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RADNOR, Pa. – The Cabrini men’s basketball team will play for the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) South Region title following a 72-65 win against Penn State – Behrend Saturday at Nerney Field House. The Cavaliers have won 22 games this season for the first time since the 1995-96 campaign.
With Saturday’s victory, first-year head coach Marcus Kahn takes one step closer to a coaching milestone. Kahn captured his 99th career coaching win against the Lions, pulling to within one victory of the century mark in nearly seven seasons on the sideline.
Sophomore shooting guard Glenn Washington ignited the Cabrini offense Saturday, scoring a game-high 24 points on 8-for-12 shooting overall. Washington converted 3-of-6 three-point attempts and also grabbed six rebounds.
Junior forward Kevin Misevicius tallied 16 points, five rebounds, three steals and two blocks. Senior point guard Charles Bush totaled 14 points, four boards and four assists.
Senior shooting guard Ryan Oxley and sophomore forward Dom Farrello each recorded seven points. Farrello corralled six rebounds and Oxley added three boards.
The Cavaliers twice led by as much as 15 points in the first half and owned an 11-point advantage, 32-21, at the intermission. The Lions shot just 34.5 percent from the field in the first stanza, making only 1-of-10 long-range attempts.
Washington deposited 13 of his game-high total in the opening period, shooting 5-for-8 from the field. Misevicius added eight points and four boards at the break.
Cabrini held a double-figure lead throughout the second period and even pushed its cushion to 17 points on two different occasions. Oxley’s three-ball at the 8:56 mark handed the Cavaliers a 57-40 advantage.
Washington later drained his third and final triple of the contest just 90 seconds following, pushing Cabrini’s lead back to 17 points at 60-43.
However, PSU – Behrend stayed on the Blue & White’s heels, trimming its deficit to eight points with 2:20 remaining. Junior guard Adam Kaiser sunk a three-point field goal with 54 seconds left to pull the Lions within six points, 68-62.
Following two free throws from sophomore guard Lamar Fisher, the Cavaliers led by eight points, 71-63, and the visitors would climb no closer.
Despite losing the battle on the scoreboard, the Lions edged Cabrini in every statistical category, owning advantages in points in the paint (32-31), points off turnovers (19-18), second-chance points (14-8) and bench points (18-4).
The Cavaliers out-ran PSU – Behrend, 9-4, on the fast break.
Kaiser led the Lions with 16 points. Junior forward Adam Potter paired 13 points with 10 boards in the loss.
Cabrini (22-7) will look to match the program’s second-most victories in a single season (23) Sunday against Washington & Jefferson College in the title tilt. The Presidents claimed an impressive 58-41 win against the Catholic University of America in the day’s first game. The Cavaliers and W & J meet at 2 p.m. in Nerney Field House.