SELINSGROVE, Pa. – It was another tough shooting night for the Susquehanna University men's basketball team Wednesday night, especially from downtown, as Susquehanna endured its second straight setback. The River Hawks (12-6, 5-2 LC) came up short in a 65-60 loss to the visiting Moravian College Greyhounds (9-9, 4-3 LC).
 
Susquehanna 60, Moravian 65
 
How It Happened
First Half

• The opening minutes of the game featured a combined three missed shots and two turnovers before Greg Eck knocked down a three-pointer to give Moravian the first lead of the night.
• The Greyhounds grew that 3-0 lead to a 20-9 advantage at 11:10, draining three more triples during the run.
• Susquehanna buried a pair of three-balls in response and worked the deficit down to three over a four-minute span before Moravian built its lead back up to 30-21 at 4:46 thanks to triples by Deandre Tillett and Nate Dougherty.
• The River Hawks closed out the half by outscoring Moravian, 8-2, down the stretch as senior guard Jordan Harnum (Denver, Colo./Trinity-Pawling (N.Y.)) sparked the run with his fourth triple of the season and capped by an old-fashioned three-point play by junior captain Bryce Butler (Abingdon, Md./Suffield Academy).

 
Halftime

• Sophomore guard Lukas Yurasits (New York, N.Y./Berkeley Carroll) led all players with eight points while Butler and Matt O'Connor tallied seven in the first half.
• Sophomore guard Danny Frauenheim (Point Pleasant Beach, N.J./Point Pleasant Beach) hauled in five rebounds to help Susquehanna post a 21-17 rebounding margin and a 10-3 edge in second-chance points.
• Moravian shot nearly 42-percent in the first 20 minutes with six three-pointers while the River Hawks connected on 37.5-percent of their shots, including just 4-of-12 from downtown.

 
Second Half

• The second half featured four lead changes and three tied scores.
• Susquehanna came out firing and used a 15-3 to boast its first and biggest lead of the game – a 44-35 advantage at 16:03 – as Butler and junior captain Matt LaCorte (Westfield, N.J./Westfield) each had five points in the run.
• In the same four-minute span in which SU took the lead, the Greyhounds missed five of their first six shots and turned the ball over three times.
• Moravian answered back with an 11-2 run to even up the game at 46-46 before retaking the lead 56-50 at 6:53.
• LaCorte put SU back on top, 60-58, at 3:05 as he connected on a three-ball and went 1-for-2 at the free throw line.
• O'Connor sealed the win for the Greyhounds by draining a contested three-ball with 27 seconds to go to break a 60-60 draw after C.J. Barnes knotted the game with two free throw shots. O'Connor then made both of his free throws with 13 ticks on the clock to put the game just out of reach.
• The River Hawks their final two three-point attempts as time expired.

 
Inside the Box Score

• Tonight marked the second straight game where Susquehanna scored 60 or less points.
• Additionally, the River Hawks were held well below their conference-leading three-point field goal percentage (38.0%) and free throw percentage (77.4%) as SU shot 29.2-percent from downtown and went 5-of-9 (55.6%) from the charity stripe.
• Susquehanna still holds the advantage in the all-time series, 40-30, but the Greyhounds have won seven of the last eight matchups.

 
Top Performers

• LaCorte, Yurasits, and Butler all scored 12 points tonight to lead the River Hawks while Frauenheim dished out six assists and grabbed five rebounds.
• LaCorte hauled in a team-best eight boards as Susquehanna edged the Greyhounds, 38-37, on the glass.
• O'Connor tallied 13 points in the second half as he finished with a game-high 20 points to lead Moravian in its second straight win while Barnes registered a double-double on 12 points and 11 rebounds.

 
Up Next for the River Hawks

• Feb. 1 at Goucher (4-14, 1-6 LC) – Towson, Md. / Decker Sports & Recreation Center Arena – Landmark Conference game – 2:00 p.m.

 
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