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LOCK HAVEN, Pa.
– Despite 21 points from senior Joe Walker (Lock
Haven, Pa./Central Mountain) and 13 second-half
points from sophomore James Chappell
(Coatesville, Pa./Coatesville Area), the Lock Haven
University men’s basketball team (0-1) fell victim to a
much taller Grand Valley State University team (1-0),
80-62 tonight at Thomas Field House.
The Bald Eagles shot for
a 44 percent clip (22-50), better than all but six of
their games last season, but lost the battle in the
paint, 42-22. Redshirt freshman 6-foot-10 center
Callistus Eziukwu accounted for many of those 42,
netting a game-high 23 overall for the Lakers. Grand
Valley State shot 59.3 (32-54) percent for the game.
The Haven stuck with GVSU
early on, thanks to 13 first-half points for Walker and
fellow senior Eddie Christiano’s (Coal
Township, Pa/Lourdes Regional) contributions,
joining Walker and Chappell in double-figures with 11.
Lock Haven held a 9-8
lead in the early going, just over five minutes in, but
never saw the lead again. LHU brought the gap back to
three at 34-31 on a jumper by Chappell for the first
second-half points.
The Lakers then
sandwiched two 10-point runs around free throws by
Michael Dye (Milford, Pa./Delaware Valley),
pushing the lead to 54-33 with 13:30 left. The Haven
never got it any closer than 13 from that point on.
Walker, Chappell,
Christiano, Dye and the rest of the Bald Eagles are back
in action Sunday, Nov. 21 at Division I Youngstown State
University at 7 p.m. |
