Nov19

ESU-Shepherd Men's Basketball

SHIPPENSBURG - Juwan Justice scored 16 points and grabbed seven rebounds in the first half as East Stroudsburg University roared to a 36-26 halftime lead, but Shepherd came back in the second half to beat the Warriors, 64-53, Friday night in the season-opening Shippensburg Tournament.

The loss spoiled the coaching debut of ESU's new coach Mike Power. The Warirors now will play Shippensburg in a consolation game Saturday at 3 p.m. Shepherd will meet Central Washington the championship contest at 8.

The Rams opened the second half with a 12-2 scoring run to tie the score at 38. The Warriors led for the last time at 50-49 with 7:19 remaining, but Shepherd outscored

ESU, 15-3, the rest of the way for the win.

Antar Parkman led Shepherd's second half surge with 18 of his game-high 27 points. He finished with 10 for 14 shots from the floor and six of eight from the free throw line.

Justice wound up with 19 points on 7 for 12 shooting, including three three-pointers in seven attempts. He didn't get a rebound in the second half and finished with seven. Shahad Abdur Rankham and Rob Smith each added ten points.

Shepherd 64

Parkman 10 6-8 27, Gill 0 0-0 0, Tapscott 5 1-4 12, Stewart 3 3-5 9, Jones

3 0-0 6, Fitzpatrick 2 0-0 5, Kilby 0 0-0 0, Boswell 0 0-0 0, Fling 1 1-2 3, Newcome

1 0-0 2. Totals: 25 11-19 64

East Stroudsburg 53

Rose 0 0-0 0, Rahkman 5 0-4 10, Smith 4 1-2 10, Justice 7 2-2 19, Miskar 2 3-3 7,

Henderson 0 1-2 1, Travis 0 0-0 0, Kostic 0 0-0 0, Capita 0 0-0 0, Ward 2 2-2 6.

Totals: 20 9-15 53

Three-Point Goals: Shepherd - Parkman, Tapscott, Fitzpatrick; ESU - Justice 3,

Smith

Halftime: ESU 36-26