Behrend Men's Basketball Falls Short of Comeback; Juniata Edges Lions

ERIE, Pa. – The Juniata men's basketball team fended off Penn State Behrend's late comeback attempt to post a 67-65 win over the Lions in the final game of the PSB Tip-Off Tournament on Saturday evening in the Junker Center.

Score: Juniata 67, Penn State Behrend 65
Records: Penn State Behrend (2-2), Juniata (2-2)

Key Moments:

* The Lions came close to erasing a 15-point deficit by scoring 15 points over the last five minutes of the game
* Down 63-48, Behrend capitalized on scoring opportunities and shots from the charity stripe while holding the Eagles to a pair of field goals
* Juniata scored its last field goal at the 2:19 mark while the Lions got within two with 10 seconds left
* Tommy DiRienzo's (Pittsburgh, PA/Bethel Park), who scored eight points during the stretch, made a layup with 10 seconds left to make it a two-point game
* Behrend got the ball back after a missed Eagles free throw and had its final desperation shot hit the front of the rim for the final margin
* Juniata held the Lions to their lowest-scoring first half, yet Behrend had a season-high 44-point second half
* The Lions held a 37-23 advantage on the boards, while the Eagles edged Behrend in field-goal percentage (56.5 percent to 39.3 percent)
* Stefan Milinkovic (Fairport, NY/Fairport) scored four points down the stretch and finished with a career-high 12 points
* RJ Marsh (State College, PA/Saint Joseph's Catholic Academy) registered his first double-double of season with 15 points and 10 rebounds

Up Next:

* The Lions return to action on Tuesday against Baldwin Wallace in the Junker Center. Game time is 7:30 p.m.