In the night’s first game, Sami Wylie (Philadelphia, PA/Southern) paced Lincoln in scoring with 22 points, and Thomas Hickson (Baltimore, MD/Woodlawn) added 21 points and a game-high total of 15 rebounds. Jamie Cousart (Holland, PA/Holy Ghost Prep.) led King’s in scoring with 18 points.
In the second game, Richard Stockton stormed out to a 9-2 lead in the opening three minutes only to see Etown go had 11-9 three minutes later. By halftime, the host Blue Jays clung to a 30-29 lead. Etown received its biggest lead in the game with 8:41 left in the second half when Greg Adams (Lebanon, PA/Lebanon) hit a jump shot to give the Blue Jays a 57-50 edge. From there, Richard Stockton began chipping away at Etown’s lead. The game was tied 69-69 with 20 seconds to go, and a Kris Polk (Camden, NJ/Woodrow Wilson) jumper for the visiting Ospreys with 17 seconds left turned out to be the game-winner as it gave Richard Stockton a 71-69 lead.
Four Blue Jays scored in double figures, including Adams with 16 points, Brad Schreiber (Mechanicsburg, PA/East Pennsboro) with 13 points and a team-high total of six rebounds, Greg Brizek (Sinking Spring, PA/Conrad Weiser) with 12 points, and Luke Ledyard (Frederick, MD/Gov. Thomas Johnson) with 10 points from off the bench.
Polk led Stockton in scoring with 21 points from off the bench, and Tobias Smith (Newark, NJ/ Bloomfield Tech) and Kevin Holmes (Atlantic City, NJ/ Atlantic City) each scored 11 points. Jon Greene (Wildwood, NJ/Wildwood) added 10 points, and Miguel Rodriguez (Passaic, NJ/Passaic) was the Osprey’s top rebounder with 10 boards.
Stockton held a 40-38 edge in rebounding, and the Ospreys had 20 turnovers against 22 for Etown. Etown shot just nine-for-22 (40.9%) from the free throw line, while Richard Stockton hit four out of eight free throw attempts.
At Elizabethtown, Pa. LINCOLN UNIVERSITY (PA.) 72, KING'S COLLEGE (PA.) 69 KING'S COLLEGE (PA.) (0-1) Jamie Cousart 7-15 3-4 18; Thomas Moore 3-10 1-1 9; Vince Sobocinski 4-8 0-0 8; Kofi Dwebeng 2-9 2-2 7; Jim Welsh 2-7 2-2 7; Ian Gilmartin 2-2 1-2 5; Jared Black 2-6 0-1 5; Vince Scalzo 1-6 3-4 5; Dave King 1-6 1-2 3; Adam Fedorko 1-1 0-0 2; Shawn Swim 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-70 13-18 69. LINCOLN UNIVERSITY (PA.) (1-0) WYLIE, Sami 5-16 7-12 22; HICKSON, Thomas 8-9 5-9 21; MYRICK, Kyle 4-14 3-7 11; WOOD, Maurice 1-4 2-2 4; WHITE, Darryl 1-3 2-2 4; CARTER-BEY, Vincent 2-3 0-0 4; LAHART, Thomas 1-5 0-0 2; LEE, Steven 1-1 0-0 2; LEACH, Brian 0-6 2-2 2; MORRISON, Anthony 0-1 0-0 0; CORINEALDI, Gerard 0-0 0-0 0; WOOTEN, Garrick 0-1 0-0 0; BLANTON, Dante 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 23-65 21-34 72. King's College (Pa.).......... 30 39 - 69 Lincoln University (Pa.)...... 33 39 - 72 3-point goals- King's College (Pa.) 6-41 (Thomas Moore 2-9; Jim Welsh 1-6; Kofi Dwebeng 1-6; Jamie Cousart 1-5; Jared Black 1-4; Dave King 0-4; Vince Scalzo 0-4; Vince Sobocinski 0-3), Lincoln University (Pa.) 5-27 (WYLIE, Sami 5-14; MYRICK, Kyle 0-3; CARTER-BEY, Vincent 0-1; LAHART, Thomas 0-2; LEACH, Brian 0-4; MORRISON, Anthony 0-1; BLANTON, Dante 0-2). Fouledout--King's College (Pa.)-None, Lincoln University (Pa.)-None. Rebounds-King's College (Pa.) 42 (Dave King 7; Thomas Moore 7), Lincoln University (Pa.) 52 (HICKSON, Thomas 15). Assists-King's College (Pa.) 14 (Kofi Dwebeng 4), Lincoln University (Pa.) 12 (MYRICK, Kyle 6). Total fouls-King's College (Pa.) 29, Lincoln University (Pa.) 18. A-50 RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE 71, ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 69 RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE (1-0) Kris Polk 8-15 4-4 21; Tobias Smith 4-10 0-0 11; Kevin Holmes 5-11 0-1 11; Jon Greene 5-7 0-0 10; Miguel Rodriguez 4-7 0-2 8; Mario Lancioni 2-7 0-1 4; Sid Jackson 2-4 0-0 4; Chris Jones 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 31-64 4-8 71. ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE (0-1) Greg Adams 6-9 3-7 16; Brad Schreiber 6-11 1-5 13; Greg Brizek 5-13 0-0 12; Luke Ledyard 5-8 0-0 10; Michael Schatzmann 3-6 0-4 7; Chad Piersol 2-8 3-4 7; Brian Schreiber 1-4 2-2 4; Justin Shade 0-1 0-0 0; Kris Kieres 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 28-62 9-22 69. Richard Stockton College ...... 29 42 - 71 Elizabethtown College ......... 30 39 - 69 3-point goals- Richard Stockton College 5-18 (Tobias Smith 3-9; Kevin Holmes 1-3; Kris Polk 1-3; Mario Lancioni 0-3), Elizabethtown College 4-16 (Greg Brizek 2-5; Michael Schatzmann 1-3; Greg Adams 1-1; Chad Piersol 0-3; Brian Schreiber 0-1; Kris Kieres 0-2; Brad Schreiber 0-1). Fouled out— Richard Stockton College-None, Elizabethtown College-None. Rebounds-Richard Stockton College 40 (Miguel Rodriguez 10), Elizabethtown College 38 (Michael Schatzmann 8). Assists-Richard Stockton College 16 (Mario Lancioni 6), Elizabethtown College 15 (Michael Schatzmann 4; Greg Brizek 4). Total fouls-Richard Stockton College 21, Elizabethtown College 14. A-500