Albert Medoro opened the scoring in the game off an assist from Kieselowsky, the 499th of the senior point guards career. The Lions soon found themselves in an 8-4 hole when Kieselowsky fed Kyle Brudvig for a bucket in the paint and the milestone 500th career assist. Susquehanna went on a 10-2 run, whoever, to open a 16-8 lead five and a half minutes into the contest. Back to back buckets in the paint from Joel Patch a few minutes later would push the Crusader lead into double-figures at 23-12. The Lions trailed 25-14 with 9:03 left in the half when Hall went on a run of his own, scoring seven straight points to pull Albright within four, 25-21, with 6:00 remaining in the half. Susquehanna answered with three's from Zac Smith and Andy Gaebel to put the Crusaders back on top by 10, and the lead would be 11, 38-27, as the teams went to the locker room at halftime.
Albright stepped up the defense to open the second half, holding the host Crusaders without a field goal for the first 6:49 of the half. Over that time the Lions outscored Susquehanna 11-1 to cut the deficit to just one point, 39-38. Susquehanna regained its offensive form and went on an 11-2 run of its own to return the lead to double figures, 50-40, midway through the second period. Once again it would be Hall who would pull Albright back into the game. After his jumper cut the deficit to eight and Kevin Cuff answered for the Crusaders to make the score 52-42, Hall knocked down a pair of free throws, then hit back to back triples to make the score 52-50 with 6:37 to play in the game. Once again, however, the Lions could not get over the hump, as Susquehanna scored eight of the next nine points, capped by a Brad Okonak three, to hold nine, 60-51, with three minutes remaining. Albright would not get any closer than six points the rest of the way as the Crusaders went 4-4 from the foul line in the final minute to out the game out of reach.
Hall's 21 points came on 8-12 shooting from the field, including a 3-6 effort from beyond the arc. Medoro finished with 16 points and eight rebounds, while Brudvig chipped in with nine points before fouling out in the second half. Kieselowsky finished with a game-high eight assists, giving him 506 for his career, while Tom Murphy totaled a team-leading nine rebounds. Patch led Susquehanna with 20 points and nine rebounds, followed by Cuff and Matt McDevitt with 12 points each.
Newspaper Box Score Albright vs Susquehanna 02/10/07 3:00 pm at Selinsgrove, PA - O.W. Houts Gymnasium At Selinsgrove, PA - O.W. Houts Gymnasium SUSQUEHANNA 69, ALBRIGHT 62 ALBRIGHT (9-13, 4-8 Comm) Phil Hall 8-12 2-2 21; Albert Medoro 7-14 2-2 16; Kyle Brudvig 3-6 3-5 9; Matt Kieselowsky 3-9 0-0 7; Tom Murphy 2-10 0-0 4; Andre Murphy 1-5 0-0 3; Alex Schneider 1-1 0-0 2; John Bernat 0-0 0-0 0; Greg Conroy 0-3 0-0 0; Michael Boles 0-0 0-0 0; Taylor Steltz 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-61 7-9 62. SUSQUEHANNA (15-8, 7-5 Comm) Joel Patch 8-15 4-4 20; Matt McDevitt 4-7 2-4 12; Kevin Cuff 4-13 3-3 12; Brad Okonak 2-4 4-4 9; Andy Gaebel 3-12 1-3 8; Zac Smith 2-5 0-0 5; Bryan Majors 1-6 1-2 3; Brandon Andersen 0-0 0-0 0; Chad Cohle 0-0 0-0 0; Marcus Burke 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-62 15-20 69. Albright...................... 27 35 - 62 Susquehanna................... 38 31 - 69 3-point goals-Albright 5-20 (Phil Hall 3-6; Matt Kieselowsky 1-4; Andre Murphy 1-4; Tom Murphy 0-3; Greg Conroy 0-2; Albert Medoro 0-1), Susquehanna 6-23 (Matt McDevitt 2-4; Brad Okonak 1-3; Kevin Cuff 1-3; Zac Smith 1-3; Andy Gaebel 1-9; Bryan Majors 0-1). Fouled out--Albright-Matt Kieselowsky, Susquehanna-None. Rebounds-Albright 40 (Tom Murphy 9), Susquehanna 38 (Joel Patch 9). Assists-Albright 15 (Matt Kieselowsky 8), Susquehanna 13 (Matt McDevitt 4; Bryan Majors 4). Total fouls-Albright 18, Susquehanna 11. A-1000