FREDERICK, Md. – The Widener University men's basketball team fell to the Hood Blazers 92-63 in its regular season finale on Saturday afternoon.
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With its win against Arcadia on Tuesday night, the Pride locked up the top seed in the MAC Commonwealth Championship and will host the semifinals on Wednesday night at 6:00 p.m against the winner of Monday's First Round game between Hood and Lycoming.
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HISTORY
- Widener finishes the regular season 19-6, marking its best campaign since 2008-09 when it finished 20-5 and won the MAC Commonwealth Championship as the top seed.
- The last time the Pride hosted a conference tournament game was on February 22, 2017.
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BY THE NUMBERS
- Kolbey Woodard led the Blue and Gold with a career-high 19 points on 8-of-11 shooting and tied a team-high seven rebounds.
- Jared Peters and Elijah Boyd chipped in with eight points a piece.
- Kenny Lewis tied a team best seven boards to go with six points.
- 10 different players found the scoring column for the Pride.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
Widener opened the game with back-to-back three-pointers and managed to keep things tight through the first ten minutes. However, a 23-11 scoring spree from the Blazers in the final eight minutes of the first allowed them to take a 20-point lead into halftime. Despite a career performance off the bench from Woodard, Hood continued to pull away in the second half as it cemented the game's final score.
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