Greyhounds Halt Pacers' Winning Streak at Four
Sidney Tharpe led Marywood with 20 points in the Pacers' loss to Moravian on Wednesday evening.

Greyhounds Halt Pacers' Winning Streak at Four

- 2/11/2009 8:54:33 PM

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Scranton, PA – Chris Cullen scored a game-high 22 points to lead visiting Moravian College to an 85-66 victory over Marywood University in non-conference men's basketball action on Wednesday evening, snapping the Pacers' four-game winning streak. With the win, the Greyhounds improve to 9-13 on the season while the Pacers see their record drop to 15-8.

Moravian built a five-point lead over the first five minutes of the game and following a Matthew Medici (Princeton Junction, NJ) lay-up the Greyhounds went on an 8-1 run over the next five minutes to claim an 18-9 advantage with 10:46 to play in the opening half.

Moravian stretched their lead to as many as 17 points in the first half on a Shane Painter lay-up with 3:14 remaining in the opening period and took a 39-23 lead into the locker room.

The Greyhound's were paced by Chris Cullen's 10 points in the opening twenty minutes and shot 50 percent from the floor for the period, a stark contrast to Marywood's 22.9 percent effort.

Sidney Tharpe (Victorville, CA) had seven points to lead the Pacers, who hit on just 2 of 13 attempts from beyond the arc in the first half.

Chadli Charlot (Lake Worth, FL) scored the first six points of the second half for Marywood, but Moravian was able to extend their advantage to 51-35 on an Eric Weaver lay-up with 15:31 to play.

The Pacers went on a 7-2 run to narrow their deficit to 11 points with 10:44 to play following a Prince Blacknall (Stroudsburg, PA) three-pointer.

The two teams swapped baskets over the next three minutes and another Blacknall trey with 7:32 remaining put the score at 64-54 in favor of the Greyhounds, but the Pacers were unable to come any closer in their final non-conference game of the season.

Moravian's Cullen led all scores with 22 pints, while Weaver finished with 17 points. Sergio Comacho added 13 points for the Greyhounds, who finished the evening shooting 49.3 percent from the floor. The trio all grabbed seven rebounds apiece as Moravian out-rebounded Marywood 47-36 for the game.

Tharpe led Marywood with 20 points while Blacknall added 15 points for the Pacers, who struggled offensively, shooting 36.4 percent from the floor and converting on five of 22 three-point attempts. Charlot was the third Pacer in double-figures with 10 points while Karl Anderson (Macungie, PA) pulled down a team-best seven boards.

Marywood returns to the court on Monday for a Colonial States Athletic Conference match-up with Centenary College in a game with playoff implications for both the Pacers and Cyclones. Tip-off is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. in Marywood's Insalaco Arena.
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