{"id":102383,"date":"2026-02-01T16:20:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T16:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/102383\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T16:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T16:20:15","slug":"robinson-leads-royals-romp-of-juniata-scranton-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/102383\/","title":{"rendered":"Robinson leads Royals romp of Juniata \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jon Spatola University of Scranton men\u2019s basketball\" class=\"size-article_inline\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/STT-L-UOFSSPATOLA-0131.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Jon Spatola<br \/>\nUniversity of Scranton men\u2019s basketball\n<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 1<\/p>\n<p>Jon Spatola<br \/>\nUniversity of Scranton men\u2019s basketball\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben Robinson led five players in double figures with a career-high 19 points as the University of Scranton downed Juniata College, 82-67, in a Landmark Conference men\u2019s basketball game Saturday at the John Long Center.<\/p>\n<p>Brendan Carr added 18 points and seven rebounds for the Royals (9-3 league, 16-3 overall), who led at halftime, 42-26. Will Marion chipped in 14 points, while Josias Carbon and Jon Spatola each contributed 10 points. Spatola also handed out 15 assists, which is one shy of the Scranton single-game record of 16 set by Mark Hutchinson on Feb. 14, 1983 against Elizabethtown.<\/p>\n<p>Lackawanna 86, Middlesex 59: At Edison, New Jersey, Lackawanna College led by 15 at halftime, withstood a Middlesex College rally early in the second half, then pulled away late for a NJCAA Region 19 Division II victory.<\/p>\n<p>Jahsan Simms scored a career-high 21 points for the Falcons (3-4, 12-9). Jaksa Pejovic followed with 20 points and Latrell Mark chipped in 16 points.<\/p>\n<p>Centenary 87, Marywood 68: At Scranton, Centenary University used a 12-2 run midway through the second half to break a 51-51 tie and defeat Marywood University in an Atlantic East Conference game at Insalaco Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth Rankin had a career-high 39 points for the Cyclones, who swept the season series from Marywood for the first time since 2022-23.<\/p>\n<p>Collin Himmelberg led the Pacers (4-4, 11-8) with 20 points. Andrew Quinn added 16 points off the bench and Old Forge grad Joe Macciocco scored 13 points. Pedro Lugo grabbed eight rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>St. Mary\u2019s, Md. 67, Keystone 54: At Saint Marys City, Maryland, Keystone College lost a United East Conference game to St. Mary\u2019s College of Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmodrion Jones had a double-double of 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Giants (3-7, 5-16). Jden Golding added 12 points.<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s basketball<\/p>\n<p>At Scranton, Kaci Kranson scored 21 points and Meghan Lamanna added 14 as the University of Scranton rolled over Juniata College, 87-38, in a Landmark Conference women\u2019s basketball game Saturday at the John Long Center.<\/p>\n<p>Kranson had 19 of her points and Lamanna all of hers in the first half as the second-ranked Lady Royals (12-0, 19-0) stormed to 47-10 halftime lead.<\/p>\n<p>Sophia Talutto and Kelsey Miedreich contributed eight points apiece for Scranton, while Katie Gorski totaled five points, eight rebounds and six assists.<\/p>\n<p>Centenary 68, Marywood 59: At Scranton, Marywood University lost to Centenary University in an Atlantic East Conference game at Insalaco Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Megan Cavoli led the Pacers (4-4, 9-10) with a game-high 18 points. Anyah Ortiz added 13 points and 11 rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>St. Mary\u2019s, Md. 92, Keystone 28: At Saint Marys City, Maryland, St. Mary\u2019s College of Maryland used a 15-0 run in the first quarter to break a 9-9 tie and go on its way to a United East Conference victory over Keystone College.<\/p>\n<p>Phaneirra Barnett led the Lady Giants (3-8, 4-18) with 11 points and 10 rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>Middlesex 82, Lackawanna 46: At Edison, New Jersey, Lackawanna College managed just 14 points in the first half of a NJCAA Region 19 Division II loss to Middlesex College.<\/p>\n<p>Canyah Randle led the Lady Falcons (3-9, 7-13) with 13 points. Alania Ortiz had 10 points and Abbie Larson nine.<\/p>\n<p>Wrestling<\/p>\n<p>At Williamsport, Keystone College lost to Penn College, 53-3. Nero Bono accounted for the Giants\u2019 points with a 17-1 technical fall at 197 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>Eastern 32, Lackawanna 20: At Scranton, Lackawanna College lost to Eastern University, 32-20, at the Lackawanna College Student Union.<\/p>\n<p>Brodie Daugherty remained unbeaten (16-0) for the Falcons with a pin in 5:40 at 285 pounds. Matt Gashi-Brito (149) and Connor Ondek (157) won by major decision and Jeremiah Diaz had a pin at 184 pounds for Lackawanna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jon Spatola University of Scranton men\u2019s basketball Show Caption 1 of 1 Jon Spatola University of Scranton men\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[2300,178,180,179,726],"class_list":["post-102383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-college-sports","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}