SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The No. 24-ranked Shippensburg University men's basketball team came up short Saturday in a madcap double-overtime affair with Lock Haven that featured 18 ties and 10 lead changes, with the visiting Bald Eagles emerging victorious in a 104-103 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division matchup from Heiges Field House.
 
Shippensburg (20-5, 16-3 PSAC) had chances to win the game at the end of regulation, the first overtime and double overtime, but could not get shots to fall. The Raiders had 96 field-goal attempts, 28 more than Lock Haven (11-11, 8-10), but shot just 36.5 percent from the field.
 
SU out-rebounded Lock Haven 60-38, but the Bald Eagles out-scored the Raiders in the paint by the same margin, 60-38. Shippensburg totaled 28 offensive rebounds while Lock Haven had just one, and the Raiders scored 19 second-chance points compared to none for the Bald Eagles. The game featured 57 combined free throws – with Lock Haven shooting 78.6 percent (22-of-28) and SU shooting 82.8 percent (24-of-29).
 
Shippensburg had not yielded more than 84 points in a game this season prior to Saturday – a mark that Lock Haven had already reached by the end of regulation (85-85). The Bald Eagles shot 55.9 percent in the contest – matching an opponent season high against the Raiders (Pitt-Johnstown shot the same percentage in an 81-73 win over the Raiders on Dec. 20). The visitors shot 66.7 percent from the field in the second half.
 
Senior John Castello and redshirt-sophomore Dom Sleva posted double-doubles. Castello led all players with 23 points on 8-of-21 shooting and grabbed 15 rebounds. It is his 10th double-double of the season and puts him over the 1,500-point mark for his career (1,513 points in 119 games).
 
Sleva scored a career-high 22 points to go along with 11 rebounds for his third double-double of the year. He made a career-high 8-of-10 at the free-throw line, and equaled a career high with three steals.
 
Junior Jake Biss finished with 21 points on 8-of-27 shooting, with 19 of those points coming in the second half and overtime. The lone first-half field goal for Biss was a layup just before halftime that made him the 34th player in school history to surpass the 1,000-point mark for a career. He played all 50 minutes.
 
Senior Daylon Carter earned a start and scored 10 points – his sixth career game in double figures – while equaling a career high with five rebounds and setting a career high with five assists. Junior Kiyon Hardy finished with 14 points, five rebounds and three assists.
 
Sophomore Carlos Carter was limited to just 21 minutes due to foul trouble but managed six points on 3-of-5 shooting and had five rebounds. Sophomore Luke Nedrow contributed four points and six rebounds. Senior Derek Ford hit a three-pointer that gave SU a 60-57 lead with 12 minutes remaining and also had three rebounds.
 
All five Lock Haven starters posted double figures. Eli Washington scored 20 points and was 7-of-7 from the field. Christian Kelly had 18 points, including a go-ahead and-one layup in the final minute of double overtime, and also blocked a shot at the end of the first overtime.
 
Saturday marked the first double-overtime game for the Raiders since a 92-85 loss at Kutztown on Feb. 2, 2018. It was Lock Haven's first win at Heiges Field House since November 2013. The Raiders fell to 10-4 at home this season after posting a 58-4 record at home in the previous four seasons.
 
Shippensburg is off Wednesday and returns to action at 1 p.m. Saturday at Bloomsburg.