Box Score

LOCK HAVEN – East Stroudsburg University put on an efficient offensive performance, led by 18 points from senior guard Andy Heimbach, and tied the best start in school history at 12-0 with a 91-73 victory at Lock Haven on Saturday.

ESU matched the college's 1941-42 and 1942-43 squads with a perfect start through their first dozen games. A win at Edinboro on Sunday would set the record for the program's best start and produce just the third 13-game win streak in school history.

The Warriors shot 48.3 percent from the field, 50 percent (7-for-14) from long distance and 80 percent (28-for-35) from the foul line while turning the ball over just 12 times. The 91 points are the most scored in regulation against a PSAC school since hanging 92 points on Millersville in a win in 2005-06, a span of 73 games.

Heimbach scored 13 points in the first half and hit two three-pointers during a 12-2 run to open the game as ESU led wire-to-wire for the second straight game. Junior forward Mike Tobin tied his career-high with 15 points, going 7-for-7 at the line, and added seven rebounds; freshman forward Terrance King scored 12 points and junior guard Mike DeMarco came off the bench to add 11 points, including eight in the second half.

Dalexis Pena led Lock Haven (3-7) with 24 points. Eric Brennan scored 18 points, Warren Christian had 15 and 13 rebounds and Eli Hanna had 10 points to give the Bald Eagles four starters in double figures.

Heimbach hit the first of his three triples 12 seconds into the game as ESU took control early, running out to a 12-2 lead less than four minutes in, and Lock Haven managed to pull within one possession just once in the first half after Christian scored to make it 20-17 with just under nine minutes left.

The Warriors went ahead 40-25 following a 9-0 run that started with a dunk by freshman forward Duane Johnson and was capped by two free throws by Tobin. Lock Haven answered with nine straight points to get back within six, capitalizing on three straight ESU turnovers, but senior forward Preston Ritter hit a pair at the line and freshman forward Marcus Brown drilled a three-pointer at the end of the half to give the Warriors a 45-34 lead at the break.

ESU maintained a double-figure lead for all but three minutes of the second half led by eight points each from DeMarco and King, who did all of his scoring in the first eight minutes of the period, going 2-for-2 from the field and 4-for-4 from the line.

Lock Haven pulled within six on a three-pointer by Hanna with 14 minutes left before DeMarco hit a three for the Warriors the next time down. The shot keyed a 13-2 stretch over the next four minutes and included four free throws by King, a three-point play by Tobin and a three-pointer by Heimbach that made the score 64-47.

A 9-0 spurt by the Bald Eagles made it an eight-point game at the eight-minute mark, but ESU went back in front by 10 on two free throws by Tobin and led by at least 10 points the rest of the way.

The Warriors were 13-for-15 at the foul line down the stretch and their 28 made three throws are the most since going 35-for-43 in a 70-66 win over Chestnut Hill last season. They entered the game leading the PSAC in free throw percentage at 73.5 percent and shot at least 75 percent for the eighth time in 12 games this season.

The trip to Edinboro will wrap up the four-game PSAC crossover schedule for the Warriors, who are 19-2 against the PSAC West over the last four seasons. ESU is 4-8 against the Fighting Scots in the all-time series but has won three straight.