Box Score

ERIE – Chris Giles scored 31 points to lead five players in double figures as Seton Hill won a shootout with East Stroudsburg University, 98-93, in the consolation game of the Porreco Cup on Thursday night at Gannon.

Freshman guard Will Brown led ESU (5-3) with a career-high 24 points, going 8-for-9 from the field and 4-for-4 from the three-point line in 24 minutes off the bench, but the Warriors were outlasted by a Seton Hill club that shot nearly 60 percent and had its five starters score all but 10 of its 98 points.

Brown set his previous career-high with nine points in an 82-63 loss to Wayne State on Wednesday night and had 17 points in three games entering the tournament. Sophomore forward Terrance King (16 points), senior guard Micah Covert (14), junior forward Eric Bryan (career-high 13) and sophomore forward Duane Johnson (11) joined Brown in double figures. The Warriors lost when scoring more than 90 points in regulation for the first time since a 96-91 loss at Mansfield in 2006.

Ozren Bjelogrlic scored 19 points, Kellen Holmes had 17 and Matt Miller scored 16 points for Seton Hill (5-6), and Andrew Cressler scored 10 points off the bench. Giles was 11-for-15 from the field and 9-of-10 at the foul line.

Giles scored two buckets and had an assist in an 8-0 run for the Griffins that put them ahead for good, 84-79, with 5:21 remaining. ESU trimmed an eight-point deficit (93-85) to three by holding Seton Hill scoreless over a three-minute stretch, and Covert hit two free throws after the Warriors forced a turnover to make the score 93-90 with 27 seconds left.

Seton Hill was 5-for-6 at the foul line down the stretch and Brown's three-pointer in the final five seconds brought the Warriors within five at the buzzer.

Giles scored 19 points and Brown had 14 points for ESU in the first half, which ended with Seton Hill scoring the final six points of the half to take a 49-43 lead.

The Warriors won the first six minutes of the second half, going on a 16-6 run to go ahead 59-55, and there were four ties and three lead changes over the next eight minutes as neither team could be slowed offensively. Brown's three-pointer gave ESU a 77-74 edge out of the eight-minute media timeout, but Giles gave Seton Hill the lead for good with 6:38 left and Holmes' three-pointer pushed the margin to 87-81 with less than five minutes to go.

Seton Hill had 27 assists on its 34 field goals as Holmes and Miller had eight assists each and Giles added seven assists to go with his 31 points. The Griffins were 10-for-14 from the three-point line and were shooting 39 percent from long range entering the tournament.

ESU shot 52.9 percent from the field and both teams shot better than 50 percent in each half. Sophomore guard Blair Ramsey played 23 minutes at point guard and had five points, four rebounds and six assists and Brown's 4-for-4 marksmanship helped ESU shoot 7-for-15 from downtown.

Gannon won the 37th Annual Porreco Cup title with a 61-52 win over Wayne State in the championship game. The Golden Knights used a balanced scoring effort led by Tanner Furno's 12 points and stingy defense that held Wayne State to 35 percent from the field.

The Warriors will be back on the floor at Koehler Fieldhouse on Monday and Tuesday when they host Slippery Rock and Mercyhurst in PSAC crossover action. ESU has won 26 straight home non-conference games, and was 18-1 overall in non-conference play in the last two years until falling to Wayne State and Seton Hill.