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EAST STROUDSBURG – Freshman forward
Rasheed Moore scored 17 points and redshirt junior guard
Muhamadou Kaba had a career-high 16, all in the second half, to lead six players in double figures as East Stroudsburg University posted a 106-58 win over PSU-Lehigh Valley in its men's basketball home opener Tuesday at Koehler Fieldhouse.
Sophomore guard
Jamal Nwaniemeka had 15 points, redshirt junior guard
Will Brown had 13, junior guard
Whis Grant scored 11 and junior forward
Lamont Tillery added 10 for the Warriors (2-0), who host USciences on Thursday at 7 p.m.
ESU opened the game with an 18-0 run to extend its home non-conference winning streak to 34 games, going back to November 2007.
Moore was 6-for-7 from the field, 2-for-2 from the three-point line and added five rebounds after posting 12 points, six rebounds and three blocks in a 90-65 win at St. Thomas Aquinas in the Warriors' season opener last Saturday.
Freshman forward
Steve Harris added four points, nine rebounds, three steals and one block and freshman forward
Sultan Aminu had seven points.
Junior guard
Matt Tobin had eight assists as ESU assisted on 30 of its 39 field goals. The Warriors shot 61.0 percent (25-for-41) in the second half to finish at 51.3 percent, after shooting just 40.0 percent (14-for-35) in the first half.
ESU held a 33-13 advantage in turnovers and recorded 23 steals, led by Grant with four.
Jeff Garner was 4-for-5 from the three-point line for a team-high 14 points for PSU-Lehigh Valley (1-1). Joel Torres had 11 points before fouling out and Jordan Young had 10 points, six rebounds and five assists.
PSU-Lehigh Valley is coached by former Warrior Anthony Ross '06, ESU's Male Senior Athlete of the Year in 2005. He averaged 10.3 points per game and had 111 assists and 45 steals as a senior under head coach
Jeff Wilson.
Wilson, in his 12th season, improves to 185-127 (.593) with 20+ wins in three of the last four years, including a 22-7 record a year ago. Wilson is 30 wins from ESU's record of 215 held by Ken Sisson.
ESU will look for its 35th straight home non-conference win – and redemption after a 68-53 road loss last year – as it hosts USciences on Thursday night.