Men's Basketball
Game Recap

Ben posts 24 as KU routs Penn State-Berks

Dec. 6, 2008

Kutztown (6-0)                90
Penn State-Berks (1-8)    49
BOXSCORE

READING, Pa. — Dave Ben (sr. Coatesville/Coatesville) led the Kutztown University men’s basketball team with a game-high 24 points in a 90-49 win over Penn State-Berks Saturday at the Beaver Community Center.

Ben is now four points behind George Krell (1967-70), who is third on the all-time scoring list at KU.

Stephen Dennis (jr. West Chester/Henderson) and Andre Woodlin (sr. Philadelphia/Central) also finished in double digits with 15 and 11 points, respectively.

Dennis and Ryan Washington (so. Philadelphia/Wissahickon) led the team in rebounding with seven each.

KU (6-0) forced Penn State-Berks (1-8) to turn the ball over 30 times and recorded 21 steals — Ben had a career-high nine.

The Golden Bears forced eight of those turnovers in the final 3:30 of the first half, surprising Penn State-Berks by moving into the full-court press. Off guard, the Nittany Lions were flustered and saw a 10-point lead grow into a 19-point lead at half, 44-25.

An alley-oop from Ben to Dennis set the tone right away in the second half and KU continued to roll.

Julius Gray (so. Lincoln/Oxford) made three 3-pointers and the Golden Bears shot 16-of-20 from the free-throw line.

KU will return home for a 7 p.m. tipoff against District of Columbia on Dec. 17.