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ESU-West Chester Men's Basketball

EAST STROUDSBURG - West Chester rallied from eight points down in the final two minutes and overcame a record performance by East Stroudsburg University guard R.C. Kehoe to beat the Warriors in overtime, 92-84, Wednesday night.

Kehoe made a school-record eight three-pointers in 17 attempts and finished with 30 points. The old school mark for three-pointers was seven by Lamarr Alston against King's in 1991. He also added a season-high nine assists.

After leading only once in the game at 7-5, the Golden Rams tied the game at 75 on Joe Meade's three-pointer with 40 seconds left in regulation. Meade finished with a game-high 31 points.

In the overtime, ESU took the lead on Quincy Henderson's layup, but West Chester reeled off eight straight points with Ty Corbin hitting a three-point shot and Meade making a three-point play to go ahead for good, 83-77.

It was a heart-breaking loss for the Warriors, who broke a 29-29 tie by scoring the last eight points of the first half and went to the locker room ahead, 37-29. Justice hit a three-pointer to put them ahead and then Henderson scored a three-point play and later added two free throws.

They held the lead throughout the second half and pushed it to 14 points at one stage at 64-50 following a Kehoe three-pointer. The highlight of this stretch was Kehoe's alley-opp pass to Shahad Abdur Rahkman, whose jam had the Koehler Fieldhouse hooting and hollering.

Every time West Chester put together a run, ESU answered, usually on Kehoe baskets or passes. The Warriors still led, 69-56 with less than six minutes left on a Rahkman fast-break basket.

That was the last field goal, however, for the Warriors in regulation as West Chester started putting ESU on the foul line and then the Warriors began committing turnovers.

. Behind 72-64, the Golden Rams got Rahkman out of the game on a fifth foul and then scored 11 points in the final minute and a half. Corbin hit a three-pointer to close the gap to four points at 74-70 with 1:22 left.

After a Kehoe free throw, Meade made a driving layup to make it a three-point game at 75-72 with 54 seconds to go. ESU turned the ball on a walking call and Meade came down and buried his game-tying three-pointer.

Rahkman finished with 18 points, Juwan Justice 12 and Rob Smith 11. West Chester had four double-figure scorers in addition to Meade in Corbin, 16 points; Ramzee Stanton, 13, and Andy Sedora and Robert Williams, 11 apiece.

The win put West Chester in first place in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division with a 5-1 record. The Rams are 14-4 overall. ESU dropped to 4-14 overall and 2-4 in the conference.

West Chester 92

Williams 3 4-6 11, Stanton 4 5-7 13, Darden 3 1-3 7, Meade 9 9-10 31, Brown

0 0-0 0, Corbin 6 1-2 16, Sedora 5 1-1 11, Islam 0 0-0 0, Phillips 1 1-2 3. Totals:

31 22-31 92

ESU 84

Rahkman 7 4-7 18, Smith 3 5-6 11, Alden 0 0-0 0, Justice 4 2-2 12, Kostic

2 0-0 6, Miskar 0 0-0 0, Kehoe 9 4-7 30, Henderson 2 3-3 7, Lynch 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 27 18-25 84

Three-Point Goals: WC - Meade 4, Corbin 3, Williams: ESU - Kehoe 8,

Kostic 2, Justice 2

Halftime: ESU, 37-29. Regulation: 75-75