Box Score

SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University men's basketball team committed just four turnovers Saturday afternoon, its fewest in a game in at least 25 years, but shot just 23 percent from the field in the first half and could not overcome a 15-point halftime deficit, falling 62-58 to Cheyney inside Heiges Field House.

Shippensburg (2-18, 0-10 PSAC) dropped its second game this week by just four points and has lost three of its last four games by just four points. SU did not commit a turnover in the second half and went the final 22:25 of the contest without handing the ball over to the opposition.

The Raiders put together an 18-4 run in the second half, holding Cheyney (3-17, 3-7 PSAC East) without a field goal for nearly eight minutes, to make the score 41-38 with 11:14 to play. The Wolves would stretch their lead back up to eight points on multiple occasions, but a 9-3 Raider run got the home team within two, 60-58, with 43 seconds left.

Cheyney worked the clock but missed a three-pointer with eight seconds to go, giving Shippensburg a chance to tie or win the game in the final seconds. Sophomore Joe Lococo drove to the hoop for a lay-up with 3.3 seconds to go, but his shot would not drop as the ball bounced off a rattling rim and went out-of-bounds to give the ball back to the Wolves.

Deshawn Curtis, the PSAC's second-leading scorer, sank a pair of free throws with 2.8 seconds left that iced the win for Cheyney. Curtis finished with 27 points to lead all scorers – he had 17 points at the intermission and made all four of this three-point attempts in the game.

Lococo and freshman Abe Massaley each had 17 points to pace the Raiders. Lococo went 8-for-10 at the free-throw line and grabbed five rebounds.

Massaley had one of his best all-around stat lines of the season – dishing out six assists, recording three steals and blocking two shots without committing a turnover in 38 minutes.

Sophomore Jay Hardy was the third Raider in double figures Saturday, scoring 10 points. Redshirt-freshman Marcus Williams grabbed nine rebounds while junior Mark Wilmer was 3-for-3 in the first half to score six points.

Cheyney got 40 minutes from Curtis and center Calvin Brown, who finished with 12 points, 11 rebounds and seven blocked shots. The Wolves shot 53 percent in the first half and got all but two of their points from the starting five.

Shippensburg is off on Wednesday and returns to action Saturday at Bloomsburg. Tip-off from Nelson Field House is set for 3 p.m.