{"id":324809,"date":"2026-11-10T12:58:22","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T12:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/324809\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T12:58:22","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T12:58:22","slug":"lock-haven-mens-basketball-beats-penn-state-scranton-89-52-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/324809\/","title":{"rendered":"Lock Haven men&#8217;s basketball beats Penn State Scranton 89-52 | Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lock Haven, Pa. \u2014 Lock Haven shot 46.8% from the floor and had four players in double figures as the Bald Eagles men&#8217;s basketball team beat visiting Penn State Scranton 89-52 in its season opener Monday night at Thomas Fieldhouse.<\/p>\n<p>Lock Haven&#8217;s defense forced 11 Penn State Scranton turnovers in the first half as the Bald Eagles built a 49-20 halftime lead.<\/p>\n<p>Redshirt junior forward Blake Deegan set the tone early with a 3-pointer and a dunk off a steal in the opening 10 minutes. He finished with 10 points, a game-high 13 rebounds and three blocks.<\/p>\n<p>Lock Haven led 18-14 with 12:39 left in the first half, then used a 21-0 run over the next six-plus minutes to go up 39-14 with 6:30 left in the half. The Bald Eagles shot 8 of 16 from 3-point range in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>Penn State Scranton (0-3) leaned on Elijah Bryant, who scored 27 points on 12-of-22 shooting. Lock Haven held the Lions to 5 of 23 from 3-point range and turned 16 turnovers into 18 points.<\/p>\n<p>Bryant scored seven points in a 10-2 stretch that cut the deficit to 73-36 with 11:34 left, but Lock Haven answered right away and never let it get closer.<\/p>\n<p>Lock Haven outrebounded the Lions 55-30, and its 19 offensive rebounds led to an 11-3 edge in second-chance points. Junior forward Chris Cornish had seven rebounds in nine minutes, six on the offensive end.<\/p>\n<p>Redshirt freshman forward Deuce Ketner led Lock Haven with 15 points on 7-of-11 shooting, most of it at the rim.<\/p>\n<p>Sophomore guard Mike Green came off the bench to score 12 points on four 3-pointers in 12 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Freshman guard Will Spross, playing his first college game, also scored 12 points and added six rebounds and three assists.<\/p>\n<p>Lock Haven (1-0) plays Bluefield State at 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, at the Atlantic Region Challenge at Slippery Rock.<\/p>\n<p>Information provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/lockhavenathletics.com\/news\/2026\/11\/9\/mens-basketball-lock-haven-rolls-past-penn-state-scranton-89-52-in-season-opener.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lock Haven Athletics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Mikey Mariano Jr.\/Lock Haven Athletics<\/p>\n<p>            <img  data- class=\" img-responsive lazyload tnt-prop-img\" width=\"1216\" height=\"40\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><br \/>\n            <img  data- class=\" img-responsive lazyload tnt-prop-img\" width=\"400\" height=\"40\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                Success! 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