Kutztown (11-5, 3-0 PSAC East)      78
Millersville (12-5, 2-1 PSAC East)   60
BOXSCORE

KUTZTOWN, Pa. — Kutztown University used stellar defense to defeat Millersville University 78-60 in convincing fashion Wednesday night in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference East men's basketball at Keystone Hall.

With the win, KU takes sole possession of first place in the PSAC East. KU is 11-5 overall, 3-0 in the PSAC East. Millersville falls to 2-1 in league play and 12-5 overall.

Andre Woodlin (jr. Philadelphia/Central) scored 17 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Jeremy Coombs (so. Philadelphia/Northeast Catholic) scored 13 points and had eight boards.  Stephen Dennis (so. West Chester/Henderson) notched 14 points despite foul trouble and a second-half injury limiting his minutes. Ryan Washington (r-fr. Glendale/Wissahickon) added 11 rebounds, six points, five assists and three blocks. 

Millersville had just four players score in the game, led by Reggie Bates with 21. Charlie Parker added 18 and Bernard Brown notched 14. RayQuan Miles was the only other Marauder in the scoring column with seven points.

KU limited Millersville to 34 percent shooting (23-for-68), including a dismal 1-for-18 from beyond the 3-point arc. KU outrebounded Millersville 46-35.

The game was close throughout the first half, but Kutztown took a 32-27 lead into halftime. KU led at the break despite only four points from Dennis, the team's leading scorer, and none from Dave Ben (jr. Coatesville/Coatesville), the second-leading scorer. Instead, it was a balanced scoring attack for KU, as eight different players scored points in the first frame.

KU scored the first six points of the second half for a double-digit lead. Millersville climbed back to within seven, 47-40 with 12:12 to play, but Millersville came no closer.

The Golden Bears went on a 9-2 run, including three buckets by Coombs, to take a commanding 14-point edge and pull away from there.

Ben, despite being limited to seven points, added seven rebounds, five assists and three blocks.

KU won for the sixth straight time against Millersville and is off to its best start in PSAC East play since beginning the 2002-03 division slate 4-0.

KU can match that start in its next game on Saturday at Bloomsburg.