CHESTER, Pa. – The Widener University men's basketball team fell 87-78 to Arcadia in its regular season finale Friday night. The Pride finishes the season 4-6 overall and 4-4 in conference play.
GAME NOTES
- Pat Holden posted a career-high 21 points on 7-of-11 shooting, including five three-pointers.
- Kevin Schenk recorded his first career double-double, scoring 13 points and pulling in 10 boards.
- Steven Matlack tallied 12 in the scoring column on 6-of-11 shooting. He also grabbed five rebounds.
- First year Cortland Johnson scored a personal best nine points to go with five boards.
- Five Pride players shot 50 percent or better from the field.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The score was kept even as both sides jostled for the lead through the first five minutes until Arcadia delivered 20 unanswered points to go up by as many at the half's midpoint. Widener mad a push to battle back as
Steven Matlack and
Kevin Schenk provided much of the offense, but the Knights kept things at bay and entered halftime up 53-30.
The beginning of the second half was much of the same as Arcadia went up by as many as 32. With nine minutes to play, the Blue and Gold got a spark it needed and went on a 27-7 scoring run to cut its deficit back down to 10. However, it was too little too late as time winded down and the Knights held onto a nine point win.
UP NEXT
Widener awaits the announcement of the MAC Commonwealth Championship participants on Monday.
