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Mansfield eliminated in PSACs

Mansfield led for the first 10 minutes, but the Mountaineers went ice-cold from the floor for the rest of the game in falling 102-74 at No. 19 East Stroudsburg in a PSAC quarterfinal game Tuesday night.

Mansfield took a 9-2 lead a little less than three minutes into the game on a jumper by Joe Bell and were up 11-5 on a dunk by Bell a minute later.

The Mountaineers held a 22-21 advantage midway through the first half before East Stroudsburg used a 22-0 run to take a 43-22 lead with a little more than three minutes remaining before halftime.

Mansfield never recovered as it missed 12 straight shots while East Stroudsburg connected on 80 percent of its attempts from the floor during the run.

Mansfield, which made just 2 of 18 shots from the floor of the final 10 minutes of the first half, trailed 54-33 at halftime, with East Stroudsburg shooting 62.5 percent from the floor and connecting on 16-of-18 free throws.

Mansfield senior Chuck Harper ended his collegiate career with 992 points after committing his fifth foul with just under six minutes to play.

Kevonte McClain and Joe Bell each scored 16 points to lead Mansfield with Bell just missing a double-double with a game-high nine rebounds. Harper added 11 points.

Whis Grant scored 19 of his game-high 21 points in the first half to lead East Stroudsburg. Duane Johnson added 15 points with Terrance King scoring 14.

Mansfield, which had a four-game winning-streak snapped with the loss, fell to 10-18 while East Stroudsburg, which advanced to the PSAC Final Four, improved to 22-5.

Mansfield (10-18)

Kevonte McClain 5-6 3-5 16, Joe Bell 7-18 2-4 16, Charles Becoats 3-7 1-3 9, Kamil Parzych 1-4 0-0 2, Chuck Harper 3-13 5-7 11, Mark Wilmer 1-1 0-0 2, Brady Burke 0-1 0-0 1 0, Tremaine Bowman 1-3 1-2 3, Onyema Utti 3-6 2-4 38 Kenny Johnson 3-8 0-0 7. Totals 27-67 14-25 74.

East Stroudsburg (22-5)

Gerald Bridges Jr. 1-1 0-0 3, Duane Johnson 4-9 4-4 15, Terrance King 4-8 6-7 14, Whis Grant 6-10 6-7 21, Matt Tobin 4-6 1-1 11, Malcolm Richardson 1-4 0-0 2, Nick Joyal 0-0 0-0 0, Lamont Tillery 3-6 0-0 8, Muhamadou Kaba 2-2 0-0 4, Dajon Todmann 2-4 4-4 8, Zechariah Runkle 2-3 2-5 6, Chris Stokes 1-2 0-0 3, Blair Ramsey 2-3 2-2 7, Dan Clapp 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 32-60 25-30 102.

Halftime: East Stroudsburg 54-33. 3-Point goals: Mansfield 6-19 (McClain 3-3, Bell 0-1, Becoats 2-5, Parzych 0-2, Harper 0-2, Burke 0-1, Bowman 0-1, Utti 0-1, Johnson 1-3), East Stroudsburg 13-22 (Bridges Jr. 1-1, Johnson 3-4, Grant 3-7, Tobin 2-4, Richardson 0-1, Tillery 2-2, Stokes 1-2, Ramsey 1-1). Rebounds: Mansfield: 33 (Bell 9), East Stroudsburg 44 (King, Runkle 7). Assists: Mansfield 16 (Parzych 5), East Stroudsburg 17 (Tobin 6). Total Fouls: Mansfield 24, East Stroudsburg 25. Fouled Out: Harper. Technical Fouls: None. A-1600.

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