No. 1 La Roche Holds Off No. 5 Behrend Men's Basketball in AMCC Tournament

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's basketball team dropped a 63-55 decision to the La Roche Redhawks in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Semifinals on Friday afternoon.

Score: La Roche 63, Penn State Behrend 55
Records: Penn State Behrend (11-16), La Roche (19-7)

Key Moments:

* The Behrend Lions fell short of their seventh overall AMCC Championship
* La Roche's Devon Darrell went 12-for-20 from the field and 7-for-11 from the charity stripe for 31 points
* With a two-point lead with 28 seconds to play, the Redhawks went 6-for-6 from the free-throw line to punch their ticket into the AMCC final game
* The Lions trailed by nine at most and led by two at the 15:15 mark of the second half
* Matt McDonough (Pittsburgh, PA/North Allegheny) hit a three-pointer to give Behrend a 38-36 lead
* La Roche made the next two baskets to never trailed again
* The Redhawks were 12-for-13 from the free-throw line and held a 21-10 advantage in rebounds in the second half
* McDonough drained a team-best 11 points in the second half and ended with 15
* Matt Niland (Erie, PA/Fairview) and Mason Blankenberg (Ontario, NY/Wayne) each added 10 points
* La Roche outscored the Lions by four points in each quarter