Gallery: (1-6-2025) 2024-25 Men's Basketball vs. Bloomsburg
SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University men's basketball team raced out to a 20-5 lead at the second media timeout Monday night and never looked back en route to an impressive 86-58 victory over Bloomsburg in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division matchup at Heiges Field House.
Shippensburg (5-8, 3-4 PSAC) led by as many as 42 points in a game where nine of its 10 players in uniform scored at least four points. SU shot 61.5 percent (16-of-26) in the first half and finished the game at 58.9 percent (33-of-56) – marking its best shooting performance in nearly five years (59.3 percent vs. Kutztown on Jan. 22, 2020).
Freshman
Jaydon Smith was electric, scoring a career-high 20 points on 7-of-11 from the field and 5-of-7 at the free-throw line. Smith had three rebounds, two assists and hit a three-pointer.
Junior
Donovan Hill also had a career high, totaling 19 points on Smith's exact same shooting line (7-of-11 from the field and 5-of-7 at the free-throw line). He also delivered the highlight of the night when he drove for a baseline two-hand stuff in the second half. Hill finished with seven rebounds, three assists and two steals.
Junior
Timmy Conner got hot Monday night with nine points on 4-of-5 shooting, while fellow junior
Trey Martin delivered another strong performance with eight points, five rebounds and three assists.
Juniors
Denzel Figueroa and
Jalen Bowie each contributed seven points off the bench; Bowie finished one short of his career high by grabbing seven rebounds and also finished with two assists and two steals.
Redshirt-sophomore
Markus Frank was limited to a season-low seven points as he played less than 20 minutes due to foul trouble; it was just the second time this season that Frank was held below 10 points.
Freshman
David Dorsey had five points and five rebounds, making both of his field-goal attempts (including one three-pointer). Redshirt-freshmen
Jackson Boone and
Drew Sleva each appeared in their third game of the season; Boone posted career highs of four points and four rebounds, and each player had an assist.
Bloomsburg (2-12, 1-6) scored the first basket of the game but then proceeded to miss 14 consecutive field-goal attempts. The team's two leading scorers, Louie Wild and Matt Bengel, entered the game averaging a combined 32.4 points per game but ended Monday with just six total points. Wild was 0-of-9 from the field (0-of-6 from three-point range) while Bengel was 2-of-8.
The only two Huskies in double figures were reserves Xion Nichols (12 points) and Mondyu Richards (10 points), and nine of their 22 points came in the final seven minutes after SU had staked out a 79-37 lead.
The Raiders out-rebounded the Huskies 42-29 and limited the visitors to 34-percent shooting (27 percent in the first half). SU also scored 50 points in the paint.
Shippensburg hosts Kutztown at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Heiges Field House.
