CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - The Wilson College men's basketball played host to the Eagles of the College of St. Elizabeth earlier this afternoon in a Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) matchup. The Phoenix (8-12, 5-4 CSAC) defeated the Eagles (11-8, 5-4 CSAC), in a thrilling game, by a final score of 71-55.
How It Happened: Wilson opened the game on an 11-2 run as junior
Christian Evans (Baltimore, MD, Our Lady Of Mount Carmel) and junior
Zachary Powell (Manassas, VA, Osbourn) both drained three-point buckets. St. Elizabeth, however, would not be denied as they started to chip away the Phoenix lead and eventually go ahead by three, 18-15, off of back-to-back three's. Later on in the half, the Wilson offense would come as sophomore
Anthony Desruisseau (Burtonsville, MD, Springbrook HS) sunk back-to-back three's that that cut the deficit to just one point, 28-27. The Phoenix would take the lead before the half off a layup from
Powell, 29-28.
In the second, Wilson started to extend their lead. Senior
Rashaan Bean (San Antonio, Tx, Forest Park) got the scoring started with a deep three followed by a layup from
Powell. Soon after, the Phoenix would extend their lead to 13 points thanks to back-to-back threes from sophomore
Adrian Thomas (Germantown, MD, Northwest HS) that brought the score to 44-31 with just over fourteen minutes remaining in the game. But, the Eagles would start to chip away and eventually pull within three points, 53-50, with just over six and a half minutes remaining. The Wilson offense would surge again as they would close the game out on a 16-5 run, giving the Phoenix a 71-55 victory.
Inside the Box Score: Wilson finished the game with a field goal percentage of 47% while holding their opponents to 30%. Seven players finished with points for The Phoenix as
Thomas led the charge with 17 and nine rebounds.
Powell added his third double-double of the season with 15 points and 11 boards while
Desruisseau and
Bean rounded out scorers in double figures with 13 points and 11 points, respectively. With this win, the men's basketball team improves to 5-4 in conference play while moving into a tie for third place.
Up Next: The Phoenix will square off against the Lions of Bryn Athyn College (3-17, 2-7 CSAC) in CSAC play on Wednesday, February 5, at home starting at 8:00 pm.
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