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EAST STROUDSBURG - Senior forward
Rasheed Moore had 25 points and nine rebounds, junior guard
Ryan Krawczeniuk scored 14 and redshirt sophomore forward
Chris Bing had a double-double with 11 points and 15 boards, leading East Stroudsburg University to a 95-68 win over Bloomsburg in PSAC East men's basketball on Saturday afternoon at Koehler Fieldhouse.
Moore scored 14 of ESU's first 19 points in the second half after a three-pointer at the buzzer gave him 11 points at intermission. He recorded his ninth 20-point game of the season and the 17th of his career, while finishing one rebound shy of his 15th career double-double.
Krawczeniuk had 13 points in a four-minute stretch late in the first half. Bing posted his third double-double of the season and grabbed nine offensive rebounds, helping the Warriors to a 21-3 advantage in second chance points.
ESU (17-8, 15-5) ended a two-game slide after road losses at West Chester (100-92) and No. 6-ranked Kutztown (96-92).
The Warriors had their fifth straight 90-point game to tie a school record set in 1970-71 and tied in 1993-94. They entered the weekend second in the PSAC in scoring (89.5 ppg) and have led the PSAC in scoring four straight years.
Carnell McGirt had 16 points, nine rebounds and three blocks to lead Bloomsburg (14-10, 10-10), which had won five of its last six games since ESU's 99-85 win at Nelson Field House on January 21.
BU forward Christian Mortellite, the PSAC's top scorer (23.6 ppg), had 15 but was limited to two points and three fouls in the first half. Mortellite was held under 20 points for just the fourth time in his 24 games this season, and had scored 30 points in three of BU's last six games, including 39 in an 81-77 win at Mansfield on Wednesday.
ESU held a 22-14 advantage in turnovers and a 51-32 margin on the glass, including 23 offensive boards (17 in the first half).
ESU led 44-28 at intermission after holding just a two-point edge (18-16) at the midpoint of the first half. Krawczeiuk was front and center in a 25-10 run to close the half, hitting a trio of three-pointers, a layup and a stepback jumper, and scoring the first eight points in a 10-0 run between the 7:45 and 5-minute marks.
Moore's three beat the first-half buzzer, and was the second basket of a 19-0 run spanning halftime. The Warriors scored the first 13 points of the second half, including a three by Moore to open the stanza. He had a layup and another three, later scored on consecutive possessions and finished the stretch with a jumper for a person 17-point flurry in just over five minutes of game time.
The 19-0 run gave ESU a 57-28 lead at the 17-minute mark, and the Warriors led by at least 25 the rest of the way.
Junior forward
Ralik Wise had nine points and four rebounds, sophomore guard
Nick Giordano scored eight points (3-for-3 from the field, two three's), sophomore guard
Kitt Najee Walls scored seven points and redshirt senior guard
Quindell Brice added six for the Warriors.
ESU had 25 assists in 38 baskets led by Walls (6), Krawczeniuk (5), redshirt sophomore guard
Jakwan Jones (4), Giordano (3) and redshirt junior forward
Steven Stoney (3).
Mortellite, the PSAC leader in three's per game (4.3) and second in three-point percentage (46.0), was just 2-for-9 from long distance with Bloomsburg shooting 4-for-18 from three as a team.
Malik Sneed added 13 points and a team-high four blocks for the Huskies, who had 10 blocks in the contest.
Moore was 3-for-5 from downtown to pace an ESU effort that finished 10-for-26 from three after opening 10-for-17.
ESU avoided its first three-game losing streak since late in the 2012-13 season. The Warriors have just two three-game slides in the last eight years (since the start of the 2009-10 campaign), improving to 169-64 (.725) in that span.
Moore, who moved into fourth at ESU in career points on Wednesday at Kutztown, pushed his career total to 1,586. His season mark of 18.0 ppg ranks seventh in the PSAC.
ESU hosts Shippensburg (22-3, 18-3), ranked No. 12 in this week's NABC DII poll, on Wednesday at 8 p.m. on Senior Night as the Warriors honor Moore and Brice. Ship notched a 97-64 win vs. Cheyney on Saturday following a 93-70 loss at West Chester, just its third of the season, on Wednesday. The Raiders won the first meeting, 86-82 (OT), on January 18.
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