PHILADELPHIA – Gee's all-around efficiency leads Widener Men's Basketball to a fast-paced game against Drexel on Monday night.
The Pride battled to a 93-59 defeat at the Daskalakis Athletic Center.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Namisse Musonge led the Pride with nine points to shoot 4-of-7 from the floor.
- Keith Gee added six with a team high seven rebounds and two blocks.
- The Pride tallied 59 total points, 33 rebounds, and 10 steals.
KEY NOTES FROM FIRST HALF
- Jacob Aryee strikes first for the Pride with a layup at 19:17.
- Jayden Lawrence hits a jumper at 14:24 break a 15-0 run.
- 12:50 showed a Musonge And-1 to make the score 23-9.
- Aryee answers a dunk on a fast break at 9:09.
- Segich puts in five points with a layup and a triple at 5:19.
- The Pride force a late turnover in the first half and capitalize with a Keith Gee layup to make the score 42-20 Drexel.
- Another turnover from the Dragons and a Lawrence triple from Madyx Gruber forced a Dragons' timeout with 22.4 left in the first.
KEY NOTES FROM SECOND HALF
- Aryee put in the first Pride points with a tip-in layup 19:11
- Myles Bright sunk a triple to make the score 49-28 after a Dragons' turnover and a Ethan Dodson kickout at 17:43.
- Bright continued the scoring with a pull-up jumper in the paint to head to a media timeout at 15:51.
- The Dragons would go on a 10-0 run out of the media timeout before Dodson put in a driving layup.
- Matt Johnson saw points at 12:28 on a driving layup to make the score 65-36 Dragons.
- Musonge put the Pride at 40 points with a second-chance jumper with 10:19 left.
- Johnson poked a steal to give TJ Bryson a driving layup with under nine left ahead of the media timeout.
- A block from Musonge turned into a pull-up jumper before a Johnson free throw and a Conner Schumacher layup at 5:38.
- Gee's defense came away with a block to give Schumacher a change at the line for two.
- First year Jeremy Hanton saw his first points with a triple from Gee with 1:38 left for the final Pride points.
UP NEXT
Widener opens their 2025-26 season with the annual Tip-Off Tournament for Autism Awareness on Friday, November 14. The Pride will tip off at 8 p.m. following Arcadia vs Washington & Jefferson.
