WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – The Stevens Institute of Technology men's basketball team dropped 55 points in the first half then survived a late comeback effort from King's Wednesday night in a 93-89 win in MAC Freedom action.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Stevens (13-7. 7-2) started the first half strong and finished even stronger, hitting 17 of their final 18 shots after starting 5-for-9. All nine players who took the floor for the Ducks scored in the half; in fact all nine had scored in the first 11 minutes.

Brendan Coughlan led the way with 14 points on a perfect 7-for-7 from the field; Anthony Loscalzo and Tommy Scholl each had nine, Harmehar Chhabra had six, and Evan Gutowski & Peter Gray each had five. In all, the team shot 81.5 percent from the floor (22-for-27), scoring 43 points over the final 14 minutes and 37 over the final 11.

The second half began with numerous attempts from the Monarchs to make a significant dent in the deficit, though Stevens remained comfortably in front, 75-64, through the first 12 minutes. Even after King's managed to work back to 77-71 at the 6:45 mark, the Ducks kept them at bay, pushing things back to 86-76 with four minutes left.

The Monarchs did not go quietly, finally closing all the way to a single possession, 88-85, with 27 seconds left, but the Ducks let them draw no closer, hitting five of their final six from the free throw line to close out the win.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• The Ducks improved to 11-1 against King's since the 2009-10 season
• Now winners of seven straight, the Ducks have shot 42.9 percent from the floor and 31.8 percent from deep in all seven
• The team's 65.4 percent mark from the field was the highest for the program since at least the 2011-12 season
• Six players finished in double figures for the Ducks (Coughlan, Loscalzo, Chhabra, Scholl, Gutowski, and Kyle Maddison) who combined for 81 on a 30-for-44 clip (68.2 percent) from the floor

UP NEXT
The Ducks host Misericordia on Saturday, February 7, at 3:00 PM at Canavan Arena in MAC Freedom action.

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