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RADNOR, Pa. – The Cabrini men's basketball team is unbeaten through six games in the Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) regular season and is now riding a five-game win streak after a thrilling 100-98 come-from-behind win against Keystone College Thursday night in Nerney Field House.
Freshman point guard Cory Lemons led all scorers with a career-high 34 points. Lemons shot 14-for-22 from the floor overall and 5-for-7 from the foul line. He grabbed seven rebounds and dished five assists.
Senior forward Kevin Misevicius tallied 24 points, knocking down 4-of-8 3-point attempts. Misevicius added five rebounds. He has scored in double figures in 40 of the last 42 games, including a current streak of 26 straight.
In two game versus the Giants this season, Misevicius is averaging 34.5 points. He poured in a program-record 45 points, shooting 13-for-25 overall and 16-for-16 from the foul line, in a 93-85 win at Keystone just 10 days ago.
Sophomore forward Brandon Carter posted a career-best 14 points, on 5-for-10 shooting overall, recording six assists and claiming five boards. Senior guard Corey White chipped in with eight points in 14 minutes off the bench.
Junior guard Lamar Fisher scored just four points, but played 27 critical minutes and came up the game's biggest defensive play in the final minute.
The Cavaliers trailed by as much as 11 points, 92-81, with 4:56 remaining in the second half after Keystone sophomore forward Kenneth Hardnett drained one free throw. Hardnett tallied 22 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and six blocks in the loss.
Cabrini used a 14-3 run over the next 3:06 to tie the contest, 95-95, with 1:50 on the clock. Misevicius and junior forward Dom Farrello each scored five points during the stretch.
After a 1-for-2 trip to the foul line for Hardnett, Misevicius put the Cavaliers in the front, 97-96, at the 1:20 mark. It was Cabrini's first lead since the 17:06 mark of the second half. Two possessions later, another basket from Misevicius handed the Blue & White an advantage it would never relinquish, 99-98.
The next possession down, sophomore forward Malcolm Boone got to the basket, but Fisher's second blocked shot of the contest preserved the Cabrini one-point advantage.
Keystone trailed 100-98 after one free throw from Farrello with 11 seconds remaining. However, the Giants couldn't get a shot off during their final possession before the horn sounded.
Boone led four scorers in double figures for Keystone with 25 points. Boone added seven rebounds and three blocks. Junior guard Tercel Taylor scored 16 points. Taylor picked up his fifth foul of the game at the 5:46 mark.
The Giants shot better than 62 percent from the field for the game. Keystone went into the locker room at halftime with a 50-46 lead after draining 9-of-11 3-point field goals. However, the visitors struggled from the foul line, shooting just 17-for-29 for the game.
The Cavaliers are now 5-0 at home in 2009-10 and 21-2 on the Nerney Field House hardwood since the start of last season, their first under head coach Marcus Kahn.
In conjunction with the women's doubleheader Thursday, the Cabrini men and women's squads hosted “Team Danzi Night”. All admissions and concessions proceeds benefitted the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Cabrini (11-1, 6-0) continues a season-best four-game homestand Saturday versus Rosemont College. Game time is approximately 3 p.m.
