Goodrick vs. IUP
74
East Stroudsburg ESU 21-9,15-6 PSAC
99
Winner Gannon Gannon 26-6,17-3 PSAC
East Stroudsburg ESU
21-9,15-6 PSAC
74
Final
99
Gannon Gannon
26-6,17-3 PSAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
East Stroudsburg ESU 37 37 74
Gannon Gannon 38 61 99

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Bob Shreve, Assistant Director of Athletics Media Relations

Goodrick, Prosser Lead Golden Knights to 99-74 Win in Atlantic Regional Quarterfinal

WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. – The Gannon men's basketball team ran its winning streak to ten games in a row with a 99-74 win over East Stroudsburg on Saturday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Div. II Atlantic Regional. West Liberty is hosting the regional at the ASRC.

The No. 2 seed, Gannon began its defense of the Atlantic Regional crown in impressive fashion against the No. 7 seed Warriors. The Golden Knights improved to 26-6 under first-year head coach Easton Bazzoli while East Stroudsburg's season came to a close at 21-9.

Gannon now moves on to face No. 3 seed Virginia State in Sunday's semifinals at 5:00 p.m. VSU handed West Chester an 80-64 defeat on Saturday. Just as Gannon had defeated East Stroudsburg earlier in the season the Golden Knights also own a win over Virginia State, 89-65 in the third game of the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED
A trend has developed of late for the Golden Knights. Fall behind early, then come storming back, normally with a big run following the intermission. On Saturday ESU jumped out to a a 21-9 lead less than eight minutes into game.

The Warriors still led 29-18 with seven minutes left but Gannon slowly crawled back into the game. Gannon used an 8-0 run at the end of the half to reclaim the lead for the first time since the opening minutes at 38-37 at the half. Justin DeBuck (Broward County, Fla./Pembroke Pines Charter) accounted for the final five points.

After shooting just 33.3 percent in the first half Gannon sizzled in the final 20 minutes, making 23-of-38 shots (60.5 pct.). Gannon outscored East Stroudsburg 61-37 in the half. And the Warriors had no answer for Tasman Goodrick (Sydney, Australia/St. Joseph's College) in the second half. The 6-foot-9 sophomore had 12 points in the first half, then added 15 points in the second half while controlling the boards.

After scoring the final eight points of the first half the Golden Knights added the first ten of the second half to make it 18 consecutive points for a 48-37 lead. Goodrick accounted for six of those points. ESU trimmed the lead to five at 48-43 but back came Gannon with eight points in a row.

ESU was able to cut the lead under double figures just once more, that at 59-50 with just over 11 minutes remaining. Gannon followed with another spurt, this one 12-2 on the strength of eight points by Pace Prosser (Berlin, Pa./Berlin Brothersvalley) and four by Goodrick. That made it 71-52 with 9:15 left and the Golden Knights coasted the rest of the way.

BY THE NUMBERS
Gannon shot 60.5 percent in the second half (23-of-38) to finish the game at 46.8 percent (36-of-77). Even more impressive – the Golden Knights made 7-of-26 3-pointers, meaning they were 29-of-51 on 2-pointers. Gannon went 20-of-31 at the line.

Gannon limited ESU to 35.5 percent shooting (22-of-62), going 11-of-31 in both halves. The Warriors were 6-of-23 on 3-pointers and went 24-of-30 at the line.

The Golden Knights won the battle of the boards 42-33, limiting ESU to eight offensive rebounds. The Warriors were forced into 24 turnovers while Gannon committed 17.

Tasman Goodrick (Sydney, Australia/St. Joseph's College) recorded his 18th double-double of the season finishing with 27 points and 11 rebounds. He made 10-of-14 field goals and was 7-of-13 at the line, adding three assists, two steals and a pair of blocks.

Pace Prosser (Berlin, Pa./Berlin Brothersvalley) added 20 points, going 7-of-14 from the floor with a 3-pointers and making 5-of-6 free throws. The freshman guard also had seven assists and two steals.

Ernest Shelton (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) (13 points) and Justin DeBuck (Broward County, Fla./Pembroke Pines Charter) (10) were also in double figures. Shelton added eight rebounds while DeBuck had four assists.

Mason Bennett (Canton, Ga./Cherokee) saw extended action with 24 minutes, matching his season high with nine points and pulling down a career-high seven rebounds. He also had two assists and two steals. Layne Sarver (New Madison, Ohio/Tri-Village) made three 3-pointers to end the day with nine points.    
 
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