Box Score

CHEYNEY - Freshman guard Matt Tobin scored a career-high 28 points to lead five Warriors in double figures in an 87-73 win over Cheyney in PSAC East men's basketball on Wednesday night at Cope Hall.

Tobin scored 18 points in the first half as the Warriors (13-8, 9-6 PSAC) led 35-34 at halftime, then had 10 in the second half - all in the first seven minutes - as ESU opened the half with a 22-4 run. The stretch included 17 straight points, capped by Tobin's sixth three-pointer of the game that put the Warriors ahead 57-38 with 13:12 left.

In all, Tobin scored 28 of ESU's first 57 points in the contest and finished 9-for-12 from the field, 6-for-7 from the three-point line and 4-for-4 at the foul line. He also led the Warriors with five assists and three steals. His six three's are tied for the most in the PSAC in a game this season.

Senior guard Russell Graham III, senior forward Eric Bryan, junior forward Duane Johnson and junior forward Terrance King all had 11 points. Johnson and King combined for 14 straight points for ESU late in the second half, including two dunks by Johnson and one by King, as the Warriors built a 78-60 lead.

The Warriors moved within one game of second place in the PSAC East after Bloomsburg (10-5 PSAC), the division co-leader, lost 75-68 at Millersville (5-10). ESU travels to first-place Kutztown (11-4) on Saturday with the Golden Bears coming off an 83-58 win over Shippensburg (4-11). Fourth-place West Chester (7-8) kept pace with a 92-79 win over Mansfield (4-11).

ESU shot 56.6 percent for the game, including a blistering 70.4 percent (19-for-27) in the second half. The Warriors were 9-for-14 from the three-point line after going 10-for-16 in a 94-82 win over West Chester on Saturday.

Junior guard Gerald Bridges, Jr. had six points and seven rebounds in his second career start to join the Warriors' other four starters - Graham, Tobin, Johnson and Bryan - who were in double figures. Junior guard Blair Ramsey added a season-high nine points off the bench, one off his career-high. Graham and Johnson both had four assists.

Jason Sabb, the PSAC's second-leading scorer with 20.6 ppg, had 20 points and Jerrod Johnson and Brandon Baylor both had 18 for Cheyney (3-16, 2-13). The Wolves shot 48.2 percent but made three fewer field goals, four fewer three-pointers and four fewer free throws than ESU.

GAME NOTES
* The win is ESU's sixth straight over Cheyney, its longest streak in the series since winning seven straight from 1956-59.
* Tobin's previous career-high was 17 points in an 82-65 win over Molloy on Nov. 28.
* His six 3-pointers are the most by an ESU player since Will Brown made 6 at Kutztown on Jan. 22 last season.
* Mike Tobin, Matt's older brother and a four-year letterwinner from 2008-11, had a career-high 22 points vs. West Chester on Jan. 30, 2010. Mike was the top rebounder and second-leading scorer on the Warriors' back-to-back PSAC semifinal teams the last two years and helped ESU to the NCAA Tournament in 2010.
* Mike, who had 790 points and 509 rebounds in his career, had 35 points as a freshman in 2007-08.