HOBOKEN, N.J. – 17-point nights from
Mike Goodall and
Tommy Scholl were not enough for the Stevens of Technology men's basketball team Wednesday evening, as Arcadia ended the Ducks' nine-game winning streak in a 66-63 Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Freedom thriller at Canavan Arena.
Jack Spellman finished one point shy of a double-double, ending the night with nine points and 18 rebounds, adding four blocks, and
Kyle Maddison had seven points and six assists with a team-high three steals.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scholl started the game on a personal 4-0 run with a pair of layups in the opening 30 seconds, the second coming off a Maddison steal. Arcadia answered with a 12-0 run for an eight-point lead, holding Stevens scoreless more than six minutes before a Goodall three and Maddison layup on back-to-back possessions pulled the Red and Gray back to 14-9.
The two sides traded baskets over the following four minutes, with
Harmehar Chhabra hitting a jump hook and
Lucas Green knocking down a three for Stevens (16-4, 8-1 MACF); Spellman added an emphatic two-handed jam, cutting the margin to two, 18-16, before Arcadia reeled off five in a row and 12 of the next 17, re-opening a nine-point lead, 30-21.
Two Maddison free throws, a Scholl three-pointer, and Chhabra jump hook again sliced the margin to two, and a Goodall steal-to-layup tied the game at 30 and forced an Arcadia timeout. Scholl answered an Aracdia layup with a three and
Brendan Coughlan followed two Knights' free throws with a layup, putting Stevens in front 35-34 in the final minute before Arcadia knocked down a jumper in the final 10 seconds for a 36-35 lead at the half.
After an Arcadia layup on its first possession of the second half, a Chhabra free throw, Goodall three, and Scholl layup put the Ducks on top 41-38, their largest lead since the opening two minutes of the game. Three-pointers on three straight Arcadia possessions shot the Knights right back in front, 47-41.
The lead grew to 51-42 before Green and Goodall pulled the Ducks back within three on a pair of three-pointers 36 seconds apart; Goodall answered an Arcadia dunk with another three, again bringing Stevens within two, 53-51. An Arcadia layup put them back up four, but Spellman layups on consecutive possessions tied the game at 55, where the score remained for more than three minutes until an Arcadia jumper broke the joint scoring drought with a jumper just past the 5:00 mark of the half.
Three Knights' free throws pushed the lead to five, 60-55 with two minutes left, and two Spellman free throws made it a one-possession game with 70 seconds to play, but the Ducks went four straight possessions without scoring down the stretch while Arcadia added three more free throws for a 63-57 lead.
Goodall and Maddison kept the Ducks alive with three's in the final 10 seconds, but Arcadia made three of its final four at the foul line and Scholl's game-tying three attempt from the left wing bounced off the rim.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Goodall's offensive effort gave him at least 17 points in his last three games and gave him 259 points for the year, two more than his 2023-24 season total.
- Spellman's efforts on the glass produced his 10th 15+-rebound game of the year.
- Maddison's late three extended his streak to 23 straight games with at least one dating back to last season.
UP NEXT
Stevens plays its next three games in Pennsylvania, starting Saturday with a 3:00 pm tip against Misericordia, who began Wednesday night in a four-way tie for second in the conference.
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