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Turnovers Cost Storm in Loss to Nittany Lions
January 31, 2010
Junior Matt Thomason scored eight points and grabbed five boards in 14 minutes off the bench.
The Keuka men’s basketball team didn’t take care of the ball and wound up with a 85-69 loss at home to the Nittany Lions of Penn State-Harrisburg on Sunday.
Keuka falls for the sixth time in its last eight games and slip to 6-9 overall. Harrisburg wins its 10th game in its last 12 and improve to 12-6 overall.
After trailing 9-0 early, Keuka scored 10 straight points including eight from junior Rob Crowley (Attica, N.Y./Attica) to go up 10-8. The Storm would end up trailing 33-27 at the half. Keuka shot 32% (10-for-31) while Harrisburg went 13-for-39 (33%).
The Storm would get to within two (33-35) early in the second half but would be outscored 50-36 over the rest of the game, highlighted by a 16-2 run in a span of two and a half minutes. The Storm committed 35 turnovers in the game which led to 21 Nittany Lions steals. Despite Keuka out-rebounding Harrisburg by 20 (55-35), the turnovers were too much to overcome. Keuka shot 40% (25-for-63) from the floor while Harrisburg shot 32-for-77 (42%).
Crowley finished with 11 points while going 3-for-4 from behind the arc. In his last two games, Crowley is 7-for-9 from long range. Juniors Diamond Booker (Bronx, N.Y./Fredrick Douglas Acad.) and Calvin Logins (Newark, N.Y./Lyons) each added 11 points and nine rebounds a apiece.
Junior Matt Thomason (Odessa, N.Y./Odessa-Montour) added eight points and five rebounds off the bench while rookie Teddy Tuggles (Rochester, N.Y./Gates Chili) had a team-high five assists.
Harrisburg was led by Kenny Alston who poured ina game-high 21 points to go with his nine rebounds. Jordan Gatchell added 10 points, nine assists, and eight steals.
Keuka will next play at Wells College this Wednesday, Feb. 3 beginning at 7 pm.
