Seton Hill continued PSAC play on Saturday afternoon with another home PSAC Crossover matchup as the Griffins hosted Shippensburg.
The Griffins held a slim halftime lead but the Raiders outscored the Griffins 47-39 in the second half as Shippensburg defeated the Griffins 83-77. The Griffins are now 5-2 overall and 0-2 in the PSAC. Ship improves to 2-3 overall and 1-0 in the PSAC.
Shippensburg took an early 8-2 lead over the Griffins less than two minutes into the half. The Griffins answered with an 9-2 run to take an 11-10 lead with 15:36 to play. SHU used three pointers from
Gage Lattimore,
Kedrick Curtis and
Edir Ortiz to take the lead. Five straight points from Curtis gave SHU an 18-14 lead with twelve minutes left in the half. Shippensburg ended the first half of the first half on a 10-1 run as they took a 24-19 lead.
Lattimore scored six straight points for the Griffins as they cut the Raider lead to 32-31 with 3:15 left.
Ryan Meis hit a three and
Brian Belade followed with a basket to push the Griffin lead to 36-32 with 1:41 left. The Griffins led 38-36 at the halftime break.
A three pointer from
Brandon Coury extended the Griffins lead to 47-40 with 16:47 left in the second half. Ship got back to within two but the Griffins went on a 7-1 run as they took a 54-46 lead with 14 minutes to play. Ship answered with a 10-0 run as they took a 56-54 lead with 11:49 to play.
Gabe Gillespie hit a three to put the Griffins back in front. Belade gave SHU a 61-59 lead with ten minutes to play. That would be the last lead the Griffins would hold.
Ship followed with a three at the 9:09 mark as they took a 62-61 lead, a lead they would not relinquish. Two Curtis free throws got the Griffins back to within one but the Raiders scored four straight as they led 68-63 with 6:41 left. Two Meis free throws and a Ortiz layup cut the lead to 68-67 with 6:23 left. The Raiders then scored seven straight as they pushed their lead to eight with 4:39 left. The Griffins would get no closer than six points down the stretch.
Curtis finished with a double double of 16 points and 10 rebounds. Meis finished with 14 points. Lattimore added 13 points and Coury was the fourth Griffin in double figures with 10.
The Griffins will make a short trip to Pitt Greensburg on Tuesday afternoon.
