Men's Basketball
Game Recap

Kutztown falls in PSAC quarterfinal, 96-73

Tue. Feb 28, 2006 

Mansfield (14-13)           96
Kutztown (16-12)            73
COMPLETE STATS

 MANSFIELD, PA – In a season of close games, one finally got away from the Kutztown University Golden Bear men's basketball team.

Dorian Sims scored 10 points for KU in the PSAC quarterfinals at Mansfield (photo by Greg Orr)

Andrae Martin scored 24 points to lead Mansfield to a 96-73 win over Kutztown in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) quarterfinal at Decker Gymnasium.

             The loss ends Kutztown’s season, while Mansfield advances to the PSAC final four Friday-Saturday at West Chester.  The Mounties face Shippensburg, while West Chester will take on Edinboro. 

           Kutztown, which had 16 of 27 games prior to Tuesday decided by five points or less, suffered its most lopsided defeat of the year.  KU was just 9-of-24 from the free throw line. 

            Chris Greene scored 21 for Mansfield, which also had Carlos Collazo (17) and John Hampton (10) in double figures. 

            Bruce Hall scored 22 points for KU.  Dorian Sims added 16 and Frank Moultrie scored 10.   

            Mansfield broke open what was a close game over the first 12 minutes with a 14-2 run.  KU led 22-20 with 8:30 left in the first half, but Martin scored six points over a six minute stretch as MU built a 34-24 lead.  The Mountaineers stretched the lead to 13, 42-29, at halftime.  Martin had 17 of his 24 points in the first 20 minutes. 

            Mansfield stretched its advantage to 50-33 three minutes into the second half.  Hall hit a three pointer to cut the lead to 14, but that was as close as KU came the rest of the contest.  MU scored the next nine points to make it 59-36 with 13:49 to play.  KU got no closer than 18 points after that. 

            Kutztown’s season ends with a 16-12 record.  It was KU’s fourth-straight winning year, a first for the program since the 1910s.