GLENSIDE, Pa. – Elijah Boyd scored 16 points, but the Widener University men's basketball team fell to the Arcadia Knights 79-57 in a MAC Commonwealth contest.
 
After an even first five minutes, the Pride went cold from the floor as Arcadia heated up, going on a 10-0 run to take a 16-7 lead at the 11:17 mark. Widener came back, chopping the lead to 21-16 before the Knights used an extended spurt to take a 42-23 halftime advantage.
 
Widener came out with the jump in the second half as following Arcadia scoring the first basket, the Pride tallied 14 of the next 19 points, hitting 3-of-4 from distance, slicing the lead to 49-37 seven minutes into the frame. After the Knights reestablished their lead, the Pride continued to battle, trading baskets until the final buzzer.
 
HIGHLIGHTS

• Elijah Boyd led Widener with 16 points, hitting 3-of-5 shots from three-point range. It was his ninth game this season with 10 or more points.
• Sardayah Sambo and Ryan McMahon contributed with eight points and seven rebounds each.

 
FIRST HALF NOTES

• The Pride and Knights traded baskets for the first five minutes of the game with Widener taking a 7-6 lead on a Jared Peters three-pointer. Arcadia followed with a 10-0 run as the Blue and Gold went 0-for-4 from the field during a 3:37 stretch to take a 16-7 lead with 11:17 to go.
• Widener battled back, scoring nine of the next 14 points, the last four of them on a pair of Ryan McMahon layups to chop the edge to 21-16 with just less than nine minutes remaining.
• Arcadia responded, using a 21-5 run to take a 42-23 lead into the half.
• Peters led the Pride with six points in the half on 2-for-3 shooting from beyond the arc.

 
SECOND HALF NOTES

• Following an Arcadia layup to open the scoring, Widener scored nine points in a row, eight of them from Boyd, denting the Knights' lead.
• The two teams traded baskets through the end of the game to cement the final.
• Boyd scored 14 of his 16 points in the final 20 minutes.

 
UP NEXT
The Pride remains on the road, taking on Albright on Saturday, Jan. 20. Tipoff from Reading, Pa. is slated for 3:00 p.m.