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Mike Drinks

Men's Basketball

Hot Shooting Eagles Down Wolves

Mike Drinks
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Mike Drinks led a trio of Wolves tallied double figures with a career high 16 points. Deshawn Curtis and Calvin Brown added 12 and 10 points respectively. Lock Haven (12-6:5-3) defeated Cheyney (2-16:2-6) 75-67 on the strength on shooting 56% from the field (23-41).

The Wolves jumped out to an 8-0 thanks to back to back three-pointers by Drinks and a dunk from Brown. However, the Eagles came back to knot the game at 15. With the game tied at 19, Lock Haven went on a 7-0 run to take their biggest lead of the half. Cheyney was able to cut the deficit to one, 31-30 but the Eagles ran off the final six points of the half to take a 37-30 lead into the locker room.

On several occasions the Wolves were able to cut the lead to four points but could not get any closer. Nursing a five point advantage 50-45, the Eagles went on a 17-7 run to extend the lead to 67-52 with 3:35 to play. Cheyney would answer with a 7-0 run of their own capped by another pair Drinks three-pointers. However Lock haven converted 8-10 free throws down the stretch to preserve the victory.

Wali Hepburn (Philadelphia/ Neumann-Goretti) paced the Eagles with 18 points. Chester's Bootsie Walker added 16 points and led all players with 11 rebounds.
Cheyney is back in action on Wednesday night. The Wolves will host cross town rivals West Chester at 8:00 pm.

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