CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - The Wilson College men's basketball team took on the Giants of Keystone College earlier today in a Colonial States Athletic Conference matchup. Today was senior day as the team honored seniors
Rashaan Bean (San Antonio, TX., Forest Park) and
Sam Ritter (North Bingham, Pa., Northern Potter). The Phoenix (10-13, 7-5 CSAC) played an exciting game but were ultimately defeated by the Giants (10-14, 6-7 CSAC) by a final score of 93-91 in overtime.
How It Happened: Keystone got the scoring started with a shot from beyond the arc, but
Bean answered right back with back-to-back threes. After the Giants hit another three, junior
Zachary Powell (Manassas, VA., Osbourn) got in on the action with a three of his own that brought the score to 9-6 with just under eighteen minutes left in the first half. Shortly after, with the Giants ahead 17-12, Wilson worked to knot the game up at 17 apiece with a layup coming from
Bean and a trey from junior
Christian Evans (Baltimore, MD., Our Lady Of Mount Carmel). This sparked an 11-2 run from Keystone that tipped the score in their favor, 28-19. The Phoenix continued to hang tough as the two teams traded buckets back and forth for the rest of the half before they would enter halftime trailing, by a score of 45-36.
The Giants started the second half with a takeaway and a layup before
Bean was able to add another three.
Evans also added a three-pointer on the next Wilson postseason that cut the Keystone lead to five points with just under eighteen minutes in the half. Later on in the half, with the score at 65-54 in favor of the Giants, the Phoenix started to battle back and chip away at the lead. Freshman
Jordan Miles (Waldorf, MD., Westlake) connected on a deep trey that sparked the Wilson offense. Shortly after,
Powell hit another three and then, a few possessions later, added another that cut the Keystone lead to five points with 4:45 left in the game. Minutes later, sophomore
Xavier Dowtin (Oxon Hill, MD., Oxon Hill HS) made a deep shot from beyond the arc that brought the Phoenix within two points.
Powell drained an and-one layup that tied things up at 79 apiece and added the foul shot that put Wilson ahead by one with just 25 seconds left on the clock. After a missed shot from the Giants, sophomore
Adrian Thomas (Germantown, MD., Northwest HS) came up with the rebound and was able to draw a foul that put him at the line. After going 1-2 from the charity stripe, Wilson was up by two with eight seconds remaining in the game. Keystone then was able to drive in a drain the game-tying layup that brought the score to 80-80 at the end of regulation.
The Giants started overtime with a four-point play as they connected on the and-one three-pointer and foul shot that followed. Later on in overtime, the Phoenix tied the game up again off a jumper in the paint from junior
Kyle Hoffman (Waynesboro, PA., Waynesboro) that brought the score to 86 all. On the next Keystone possession, they were able to add two free-throws that put them ahead by two points. But,
Miles added his second three of the night that pushed Wilson in front, 89-88, with just under two minutes left in overtime. The Phoenix then extended their lead to three points as
Powell went 2-2 from the line, putting Wilson up by three. On the next Giants possession, they were able to score down low that cut the lead to just one point. Wilson was then forced to put up a shot as the shot clock expired that missed as Keystone was connected on a three that put them ahead by two with fourteen seconds left. Despite a truly valiant effort, the Phoenix would be defeated by a final of 93-91 in overtime.
Inside the Box Score: Wilson finished the game shooting 40% from the field while their opponent finished shooting 44%.
Bean finished his senior day with a double-double with 29 points and 15 rebounds.
Powell and
Evans rounded out scorers in double figures with 19 and 18, respectively.
Hoffman and
Miles both scored six while
Thomas and freshman
Darryl Garib (Dallas, TX., Forest Park) both finished with four.
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