Men's Basketball Sees Seven-Game Winning Streak Snapped With 87-68 Loss at Albright

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Widener's regular season ended on a sour note as its seven-game winning streak was halted with an 87-68 Commonwealth Conference loss at Albright in Reading, PA.

The Lions (17-8, 8-6 CC), playing for a spot in the conference tournament, raced to a 42-26 halftime lead by shooting 58 percent (19-of-33) from the floor and gaining a 21-12 rebounding edge. Pedro Perez scored 10 points in the half on 5-of-6 shooting.

Widener, which already clinched second place in the conference, closed to 57-44 with 11:35 remaining on a layup from sophomore Andrew Radomicki (Media, PA). But Albright poured in the next eight points for a 65-44 margin with 8:05 left as Kyle Jordan netted four in the spurt.

Derek Hall scored 21 points on 9-of-14 shooting to go with 10 rebounds for the Lions, who shot 55 percent (36-of-65) from the floor. Jordan had 18 points and nine rebounds, Perez netted 14 points, Dave Singleton scored 13 and Sam Marrella added 10.

Senior Perry Wright (Severn, MD) scored 19 points on 8-of-16 shooting with nine rebounds for Widener, which shot 44 percent (28-of-64) from the floor. Senior Brian Smith (Baltimore, MD) netted 13 points, sophomore Bob Makor (Philadelphia, PA) scored 11 with senior Jack Brennan (Stratford, NJ) getting 10 and eight rebounds for the Pride.

Widener (18-7, 9-5) will host third-seeded Lycoming in the conference semifinals on Wednesday, beginning at 7:00 pm. The other semifinal pits top-seeded Messiah against No. 4 seed Albright.

Lycoming, Albright and Alvernia all finished in a three-way tie for third place at 8-6. Lycoming got the third seed by virtue of going 2-0 against sixth-place Lebanon Valley. Albright got its berth on a head-to-head point-differential tiebreaker against Alvernia by two points.

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