Box Score

The Shippensburg University men's basketball team rallied from an eight-point deficit in the second half of Saturday's game at Mansfield to tie the score on two occasions and trailed by just one point with 4:27 to play, but the host Mountaineers closed the game on a 14-7 run to earn a 74-66 victory over the Raiders inside Decker Gymnasium.

Shippensburg (5-16, 3-14) got another strong effort from sophomore Sam Pygatt, who led the Raiders with 18 points on 6-of-12 shooting. Pygatt and sophomore Reggie Charles (16 points) each went 6-of-6 at the free-throw line.

Redshirt-freshman Tyhiem Perrin capped off a strong week with a 16-point performance. Perrin, who earned his fourth consecutive start and sixth of the season, made his first five shots from the floor Saturday – including four from three-point range. He finished 6-of-10 from the floor with six rebounds and a career-high three steals.

Junior Dylan Edgar had just two points and no field goals in the first half but led all players at the intermission with five rebounds. Edgar finished with seven points and tied for a game high with 10 rebounds. Sophomore Akil Anderson returned after missing the last two games due to injury and scored four points in 13 minutes off the bench.

Mansfield (6-15, 4-13) never trailed Saturday and snapped a seven-game losing streak thanks to 19 points from Joe Bell, 18 from Onyema Utti and 10 rebounds off the bench by Chuck Harper. The Mounties bench outscored Shippensburg's 21-8 and scored 20 points off turnovers.

SU struggled from the field down the stretch, going without a field goal from the 4:27 mark until the final 18 seconds (0-for-4). A Bell jumper put the Mounties up by seven points with 1:08 to play and the Mounties made all six of their free-throw attempts in the final 30 seconds to seal the victory.

Shippensburg will host Bloomsburg at 8 p.m. Wednesday for a pivotal PSAC Eastern Division tilt inside Heiges Field House.