January 26, 2019

Wilkes-Barre Takes Game off New Kensington in Men's Basketball

Penn State New Kensington

Penn State Wilkes-Barre

114

Final	1	T
Penn State New Kensington	69	69
Penn State Wilkes-Barre	114	114

Game Leaders

Penn State New Kensington

Pts: Jakob Richardson - 22

Reb: Thomas Gilmore - 8

Ast: Tavarski Wardlow - 4

Penn State Wilkes-Barre

Pts: Davaughn Roberts - 22

Reb: 2 Players (#10, #23) - 10

Ast: Jheron Dawson-Johnson - 10

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Penn State New Kensington	Penn State Wilkes-Barre
Field Goals	(22-59)	(43-85)
Field Goal %	37.3%	50.6%
Rebounds	31	61
Assists	8	30
Turnovers	26	15
Pts off Turnovers	8	17
2nd Chance Pts	5	14
Pts in the Paint	14	36
Fastbreak Pts	0	2
Bench Pts	19	51

Full stats

LEHMAN, Pa. – Penn State Wilkes-Barre took a game off of Penn State New Kensington in tonight's match, 114-69. This places New Kensington 7-9 overall and 3-7 in the conference.

Although New Kensington was unable to close the gap on Wilkes-Barre, the team made great efforts to catch up. Jakob Richardson (Pittsburgh, Pa./ Seton LaSalle) led the Lions in 22 points. Thomas Gilmore (Sharon, Pa./ Grit Sports Academy) was right behind with 18 points and had the most rebounds, eight. Another player who put up numbers on the board was Wilson Rojas (Pittsburgh, Pa./ Havelock), 15. Rojas also added four rebounds.

Penn State New Kensington will play next at Penn State Shenango on Tuesday, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m.

Written by Janet Surma