Thiel (1-1) exploded midway through the first half after a jumper by Penn St.-Berks Steven Fulton tied the game at 16-16 with 10:21 remaining.
Thiel broke loose on a 29-2 run over the next 7:11 and with junior forward Percy Sweeting's jumper took a commanding 45-18 lead with 3:10 to go in the opening half. Penn State Berks finished the half on a 7-0 run to trail by 20 (45-25) at the break.
A jumper from freshman forward Joe Herrmann increased the Tomcat lead to 30 (63-33) with 6:29 gone in the second half. After leading by as many as 38 (87-49) late in the game Thiel was able to get by with the 28-point win.
The Tomcats had five players finish the game in double figures, led by Moore's 26. He finished eight-of-17 from the floor but hit six-of-nine three-point attempts. Senior guard Ryan Singleton finished with 15, freshman forward Max Slater with 13, Sweeting with 11 and a game-best 15 rebounds and Herrmann with 10 and 11 boards.
Thiel held a commanding 55-45 edge in rebounding and forced Penn St.-Berks into committing 27 turnovers (16 on steals).
Fulton paced Penn St.-Berks with 12 points and 11 rebounds while Dan Gibney, Travis Miller and Mike Blatt each added 10.
Thiel will return to action on Saturday, November 27 when they will host Baldwin-Wallace College at 3 p.m. at Beeghly Gymnasium.
Newspaper Box Score Thiel College vs Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley 11/21/04 1:00 at Huntingdon, PA (Memorial Gym) At Huntingdon, PA (Memorial Gym) THIEL COLLEGE 91, PENN STATE BERKS-LEHIGH VALLEY 63 THIEL COLLEGE (1-1) Daryl Moore 8-17 4-4 26; Ryan Singleton 5-11 3-4 15; Max Slater 6-7 1-2 13; Percy Sweeting 3-8 4-6 11; Joe Herrmann 4-10 2-3 10; Alberic Kande 3-3 1-2 7; Stephen Laird 1-9 2-2 4; Gary Gates 1-2 1-2 3; CJ Hunt 0-4 2-2 2; Nick Mihalik 0-0 0-0 0; Damien Williams 0-6 0-0 0; Henry Passerrello 0-2 0-1 0. Totals 31-79 20-28 91. PENN STATE BERKS-LEHIGH VALLEY (0-2) Steven Fulton 5-8 2-3 12; Dan Gibney 5-15 0-2 10; Mike Blatt 3-12 4-5 10; Travis Miller 3-8 3-4 10; Bobby James 2-2 2-2 7; Joe Rowan 1-2 2-2 4; Matthew Bolan 0-3 4-6 4; Curtis Geiger 1-6 1-3 4; Lulo Forster 1-3 0-4 2; Antonio Mitchell 0-1 0-0 0; Zach Batdorf 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-60 18-31 63. Thiel College................. 45 46 - 91 Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley 25 38 - 63 3-point goals-Thiel College 9-28 (Daryl Moore 6-9; Ryan Singleton 2-4; Percy Sweeting 1-1; Stephen Laird 0-4; CJ Hunt 0-3; Damien Williams 0-2; Henry Passerrello 0-2; Joe Herrmann 0-3), Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley 3-13 (Curtis Geiger 1-2; Travis Miller 1-2; Bobby James 1-1; Mike Blatt 0-5; Dan Gibney 0-3). Fouled out--Thiel College-None, Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley-Lulo Forster. Rebounds-Thiel College 55 (Percy Sweeting 15), Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley 45 (Steven Fulton 11). Assists-Thiel College 18 (Daryl Moore 6), Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley 6 (Dan Gibney 2; Curtis Geiger 2). Total fouls-Thiel College 26, Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley 20. A-45 Thiel places third in the 2004 Mutual Benefit "Doc" Greene Tournament