Reading, PA.- The Mustangs travelled to NEAC rival PSU-Berks this evening.  The game began with many lead exchanges in the first half, but ended with Villa on top 84-75. 

Villa's Chris Warren (Largo, MD/ Bishop MacNamara) opened the game with a three-point shot at 18:02.  The Mustangs held the Nittany Lions from scoring until the 14 minute mark.  At 10:00, PSU's Mark Fowler hit a jumper to tie the game at 10-10.  The lead was exchaged multiple times througout the rest of the half. 

With 57 seconds left on the clock, Greg Woody (Baltimore, MD/ Mt. St. Joe's) hit nothing but net on a three-pointer to regain the lead at 31-28.  Then, Chaise Lancaster (Bowie, MD/ Northwestern) stole the ball from the Lions and hit a lay-up on a fast break to make the score 33-28.   Steve Segears (Lanham, MD/ St. Johns College HS) made two free-throws to give the Mustangs the lead at the half, 35-30. 

The second half opened up with Cilk McSweeney (Ft. Lauderdale, FL/ Dillard) hitting a jumper within 15 seconds of the game.  Villa Julie continued to maintain control of the ball and went up by as many as 13 points off of a three-point shot by Phil Williams (Bishop Heights, MD/ Bishop MacNamara) to make the score, 57-44. 

At 7:51 PSU hit a dunk and started to gain momentum.  However it wasn't enough to take control of the game.  With under five minutes on the clock, McSweeney shut down the Lions' momentum by sinking two dunks.  The second dunk was assisted by Woody and McSweeney also made the extra point to make the score 78-69 with 2:00 left on the clock.  The Mustangs kept control of the glass and ended the game with a 84-75 win. 

Top scorer of the game was PSU's Joe Askew with 41 points.  McSweeney was the top scorer for the Mustangs with 15 points, followed by Lancaster with 14 points and Jason Lambert (Bloomfield, CT/ Kingswood-Oxford) with 13 points. 

With the win, the Mustangs' record climbs to 7-7 overall and 4-2 in the NEAC.  They hit the court again on Saturday, January 20, at 4:00 to play at SUNY-Purchase.