Hoboken, N.J.  – Jack Spellman joined the 1,000-point club and Mike Goodall scored a career-high 30 points for the Stevens Institute of Technology men's basketball team in an 83-55 win over the University of Scranton Saturday night from Canavan Arena.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Spellman opened the game with a block and layup in the first 30 seconds. After a series of turnovers on both ends, Kyle Maddison answered a Scranton (2-1) layup with a three-pointer, adding two free throws for a 7-4 Stevens lead.

Goodall answered a Scranton layups with back-to-back three-pointers 26 seconds apart, forcing a Royals' timeout. The Ducks' lead grew to 16-6 on a Spellman three-point play, but Scranton slowly worked its way back in with a 10-5 spurt in just under six minutes. Layups from Tommy Scholl and Goodall pushed the Stevens (2-1) lead up to nine, but a Royals' three and jumper in the paint sliced the lead back to just four.

After the teams traded baskets, with Stevens holding a 27-23 lead, Goodall book-ended a Maddison three with a pair of layups and Scholl added a three, capping a 10-0 run, drawing another Scranton timeout. Goodall pushed the halftime lead to 15 with another three in the final seconds. The Ducks led for the final 17:43 of the half.

With the score 42-30 less than two minutes into the second half, Goodall scored seven straight points via a layup, three-pointer, and two free throws. Maddison followed with back-to-back three-pointers, then a turnaround jumper, and Goodall added another three; in all, the two reeled off 18 straight points themselves in less than five-and-a-half minutes. Scranton finally ended the scoreless drought with a jumper, but Goodall knocked down another three for the new career high.

Sitting at 996 career points, Spellman moved a single point away following a three-point play at the 7:13 mark, putting Stevens in front 70-42. On the Ducks' next trip down the court, Spellman was fouled in the act of shooting, giving him two chances at the line. After missing on the first, Spellman hit nothing but net on the second, before exiting into a sea of joyous humanity from the Stevens bench.



With most of the usual rotation players on the bench for both teams, Jack Liedtka had a season-high five points in the final minutes as the Ducks closed out a second straight 25+ point win.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Goodall's performance made it two career-highs in as many games for the Ducks, following Scholl's 27-point performance on Wednesday against St. Joseph's - Long Island
• Stevens knocked down a season-high 14 threes and shot 60.9 percent, its best single-game percentage since an NCAA Tournament First Round win over Mount Union in March 2022. The team also shot at least 50 percent from beyond the arc for the second time this year, matching its season total from 2023-24.
• Spellman finished with 11 points and 12 rebounds for the lone double-double of the game.
• In addition to his career-high, Goodall added nine rebounds, three assists, and three steals. 

UP NEXT
The Ducks make the short trip down to the John J. Moore Athletics and Fitness Center for a Hudson County showdown with New Jersey City University Wednesday at 7 pm.