LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – The Shippensburg men's basketball team remained one of six unbeaten teams in the country on Saturday, as junior Dustin Sleva became the 30th player in school history to reach 1,000 career points in an 86-70 victory at Lock Haven in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division matchup from Thomas Fieldhouse.
 
Shippensburg (15-0, 11-0 PSAC) led Lock Haven (8-7, 4-7) by just one point at halftime, 36-35. With the score 40-39 at the 18:37 mark, SU embarked upon a 14-0 run – including nine points from junior Justin McCarthur – to take control and lead by double digits for the remainder of the contest. The Raiders forced the Bald Eagles into four turnovers and 0-of-9 shooting during the decisive 5:27 stretch of play.
 
Sleva began the run with a three-pointer and reached the 1,000-point mark in large part to his impressive second-half output. He scored 20 of his game-high 27 points after halftime, and finished with 11 rebounds for his 10th double-double of the season. The output is also just one point shy of his single-game career high.
 
SU has now had two players reach the 1,000-point mark this season, with senior Abe Massaley doing so in the opener versus Penn State Wilkes-Barre. McCarthur is the next in line, having totaled 831 points through 69 career games (41 starts).
 
McCarthur was 5-of-9 from three-point range and 7-of-8 at the free-throw line on Saturday for a season-high 24 points; he also added four assists and a team-high three steals. In his last two games, McCarthur is 10-of-16 (62.5 percent) from three-point range. He has posted double digits in 12 of his last 13 contests.
 
Massaley ran the point to the tune of nine points, six assists and five rebounds. It marked the sixth time this season that Massaley has totaled six or more assists in a game.
 
Sophomore Antonio Kellem had eight points and matched a career-high with 10 rebounds (also versus Lock Haven on Feb. 17, 2016), while freshman John Castello (Mars, Pa./Mars Area) had seven points and seven rebounds on 3-of-3 shooting in 19 minutes.
 
Junior Clay Conner and senior Chris Nwandu each provided four points off the bench, as the two teams combined for just 20 points from their reserves in the contest.
 
Shippensburg committed just eight turnovers – its third-fewest in a game this season – but was limited to a 30-percent output from three-point range (its fourth-lowest rate of the year). The Raiders also won despite being out-shot for just the fourth time this season (SU – 43.3 percent, LHU – 43.9 percent) and the first time since December 10.
 
The Raiders are now 30-4 in their last 34 games dating back to Dec. 16, 2015.
 
Shippensburg returns to action at 8 p.m. Wednesday when it hosts East Stroudsburg in a pivotal conference showdown from Heiges Field House.