Box Score READING, Pa. -- Stevenson men's basketball dropped a 95-75 road clash at Alvernia as the Golden Wolves used a big second half in Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Commonwealth action.
Alvernia shot 52.6% from the field in the second half, outscoring the Mustangs by 20 after the contest was tied at halftime. Jakob Kely poured in a game-high 25 points, posting 20 after halftime, as the Golden Wolves posted 27 points off turnovers.
Stevenson (9-8, 5-6) received a team-high 17 points from Khalil Richard, while Bo Wesley and Cameron Smith chipped in 12 points apiece.
- An early triple from Smith and a hook shot from Wesley lifted the Mustangs to a 5-4 lead. The Golden Wolves worked their advantage to 8-6 with under 17 minutes showing on the first-half clock.
- Wesley converted a turnaround shot through contact, missing the foul shot but lifting Stevenson ahead at 9-8. Alvernia canned consecutive triples, pulling back in front by a 14-11 margin.
- Richard put down his first bucket of the afternoon as Stevenson trailed by one. Both sides began to struggle from the floor in back-and-forth action before Malik Green posted a triple and a 19-16 edge for Alvernia.
- Nate Arrington converted a turnaround shot at 9:52 as Alvernia responded with a triple on the next possession off a turnover. The Mustangs raced ahead in transition with Cameron Sapienza laying a bounce pass to a cutting Smith, trimming the deficit to 24-23.
- Stevenson took a brief lead at the foul line, but the Golden Wolves used another timely basket to take control once again. After an offensive foul on the Mustangs, Jacob Stoudt drilled a three, providing a bit of separation for Alvernia at 32-27.
- Down by five, Smith converted a corner three off a feed from Ronald Ayers. Stoudt rose up to hit a three with the shot clock winding down with just over 3:10 left in the half, his third of the half.
- Jacox trimmed the Stevenson deficit back down to three points with an open look beyond the arc as each side traded scores. Stevenson moved in front briefly, but again Alvernia had an answer with the score level at 43 with under one minute remaining.
- Arrington scored on a putback for a chance at a three-point play, knotting the score at 45 for Stevenson.
- Opening up a quick 6-0 run, Alvernia pulled ahead 56-49, prompting a Stevenson timeout. Richard sank a key triple as Stevenson looked to answer back, trailing 58-52.
- Kelly hesitated in the air and finished through contact, adding the foul shot to push the Alvernia edge to 61-52. Sapienza converted two of three foul shots, but Kelly converted another three-point play for the Golden Wolves moments later. The basket handed Alvernia its largest lead of the day at 64-54.
- Kelly continued his hot shooting in the second half, working the Alvernia advantage to 69-56. Davon Jones converted the putback, finishing the three-point play following the offensive board.
- Richard whittled the Stevenson deficit back down to nine at the foul line and Ethan Jones added a three-point play of his own at the 9:02 mark.
- The Golden Wolves continued to light it up from beyond the arc, expanding the lead to 14 at 79-65. Out of a timeout, Wesley finished inside before the Golden Wolves answered on the next trip up the floor.
- Alvernia remained in front, with a block on one end and a three-pointer for a 90-71 edge before closing out the victory.
- Both sides ended the opening half by making three of their final four field goals in another evenly played 20 minutes.
- While Alvernia pulled away in the second half, the contest still featured eight ties and 14 lead changes.
- Stevenson was forced into 19 turnovers, while the Golden Wolves dropped in 27 points off turnovers.
- Alvernia used a hot-shooting stretch from deep in the second half to open up a double-figure advantage.
- Stevenson earned a 93-89 triple-overtime victory in the opening meeting of the season with Alvernia in December.
- Stevenson: The Mustangs welcome York (Pa.) to Owings Mills Gymnasium on Wednesday, February 2 at 8:00 p.m.
- Alvernia: The Golden Wolves host Eastern on February 2 at 8:00 p.m.