#6 College of St. Joseph’s Vermont 93, #3 Central Penn College 92

Steven Edwards of College of St. Joseph's Vermont scores in the final seconds to upset the third-seeded Central Penn College

Box Score

Team Stats

March 5, 2015

RECORDS: College of St. Joseph's Vermont 20-11, Central Penn College 16-7

LOCATION: Penn State Fayette the Eberly Campus Main Gym

IN BRIEF: Steven Edwards of College of St. Joseph's Vermont scores in the final seconds to upset the third-seeded Central Penn College

ON THE COURT

  • Dre Anderson opened up the game with two straight three-pointers for St. Joseph's College (VT) followed by a layup to have his team take an early 8-0 lead.
  • Central Penn responded with a 10-point run of their own to take the lead 10-8 inside of two minutes.
  • Steven Edwards made a three-pointer with 10:02 on the clock to stop a run of 8 points by Central Penn.
  • Daron Johnson fouled Kyle Houston while attempting a three with under a minute remaining in the first half. Houston made all three free throws to give his team a 46-44 lead into the locker room.
  • Devon Dorsey made three consecutive buckets to give his team the largest lead of the day at 11 with 11:10 remaining in the game.
  • With just under two minutes remaining Dre Anderson went one of two from the line to tie the game at 91.
  • With eight seconds remaining in the game Steven Edwards made a jump shot to give his team the win 93-92.

BEHIND THE BOXSCORE

  • There were 16 lead changes in this battle between two determined teams.
  • Neither team shot very well from the free throw line with both teams shooting around 50%
  • Kashean Alston played in impressive 39 minutes and Devin Dorsey played 38. Both players leading their team from the opening tip off.
  • Kyle Houston of St. Joseph's Vermont helped his teams on both ends of the court with 17 points and 9 rebounds in his 40 minutes of playing time.
  • Dre Anderson of College of St Joseph's Vermont led all players 29 points while Devon Dorsey of Central Penn led all players with 16 rebounds.
  • Devon Dorsey recorded 4 of his teams' 6 blocks along with one steal.

NEXT UP

#3 Central Penn will play the loser of the Johnson and Wales (NC) and Penn State York game in a consolation match. College of St. Joseph's (VT) advances to the semi-finals of the 2015 USCAA Basketball National Championships to face second-seeded Berkeley College (NY).