Box Score

ERIE - Senior forward Rasheed Moore had 26 points and 11 rebounds and scored 10 of East Stroudsburg University's final 16 points, leading the Warriors to an 88-81 win at Gannon in PSAC men's basketball on Saturday afternoon at the Hammermill Center.

Redshirt senior guard Quindell Brice scored 13 points, junior guard Ryan Krawczeniuk scored 12 and junior forward Ralik Wise added 11 points for ESU (7-3, 5-0), which remained unbeaten in the PSAC with its third win the greater Erie in the last eight days. The Warriors won 107-70 at Edinboro and 69-57 at Mercyhurst last weekend.

Zay Jackson and Evan Phoenix scored 22 points each and Matthew Dogan had 16 for Gannon (5-3, 3-2), which led by 11 early in the first half, 50-43 at halftime and 60-51 early in the second half before the Warriors rallied.

Wise scored nine points in a 15-6 run that pulled ESU level at 66-66 at the 12-minute mark, but Gannon led 74-72 after a three-pointer by Dogan with 7:56 remaining.

Moore tied it the next time down, then put the Warriors ahead for good (77-75) with a three-pointer with 6:22 remaining.

ESU finished the game on a 16-7 run starting with those two buckets as Brice hit a driving layup and a jumper around a layup by sophomore guard Kitt Najee Walls. The Warriors took an 85-77 lead on another basket by Moore, who finished off the Golden Knights with his second three-pointer of the game with 1:28 remaining.

Moore, three-time All-PSAC East selection and 2016 first team pick, had his 12th career double-double and fourth game with at least 20 points and 10 rebounds. He posted his 11th career game with 20+ points, including three of his last four outings.

He went over the 1,300-point mark for his career (1,325), 12th in school history and seven points from the top 10 - closing in on Ed Urie (1,329 - 1985-90), who was posthumously inducted to ESU's Athletic Hall of Fame in October, and Dave Moyer (1,332 - 1974-78). He is just 22 points away from the No. 8 spot on ESU's all-time scoring list.

Brice had his third straight strong game after netting a career-high 19 points in both games last weekend, including 15 in the final 8:36 of last Sunday's win at Mercyhurst.

Gannon shot 62.1 percent (18-for-29) in the first half, including 9-for-11 from the three-point line, with Jackson scoring 18 of his 22 with a 5-for-5 effort from behind the arc.

Both teams shot better than 50 percent overall. ESU was 31-for-58 (53.4 percent), going 9-for-27 from three, and Gannon shot 29-for-53 (54.7 percent) with an 11-for-17 mark from long distance. Jackson was 6-for-8 and Dogan shot 4-for-5 from three.

Moore was 7-for-10 from the field, 2-for-3 from three and 10-for-14 at the foul line for his 26 points. He had 12 first-half points, going 8-for-11 at the line, to keep the Warriors in it.

ESU took a 43-42 lead on a three-pointer by sophomore guard Nick Giordano with 1:10 left in the first half before Gannon closed on an 8-0 run to lead by seven at intermission.

The Warriors held a 26-16 advantage in turnovers, including 13-4 in the second half, to fuel their rally.

Redshirt junior forward Steven Stoney supplemented ESU's four double-figure scorers with seven points, four rebounds and three assists.

Freshman guard Jimmy Berger had seven points and eight assists as Gannon's fourth-leading scorer.

The Warriors maintain a share of the PSAC East lead with Shippensburg (8-0, 5-0) entering the holiday break.

ESU returns to action on Friday, December 30 at Cheyney.