{"id":38401,"date":"2025-11-19T07:39:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T07:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/38401\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T07:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T07:39:14","slug":"mens-basketball-soars-past-penn-state-scranton-in-home-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/38401\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Basketball soars past Penn State Scranton in home opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     LOCK HAVEN, Pa. \u2013\u00a0The Lock Haven men&#8217;s basketball team used a huge second half to run away with a 94-64 victory over Penn State Scranton in a non-conference game inside Thomas Fieldhouse on Monday night (Nov. 17).<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nWith the victory, The Haven improves to 2-1 on the young season and Penn State Scranton falls to 2-2.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nLock Haven featured 12 different scorers and held advantages in paint points (48-12), second-chance points (19-6) and bench points (48-37) in total team effort.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Bald Eagles dominated the glass and out-rebounded the Nittany Lions 42-25, including a game-high 21 from the offensive end.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LockHavenMBB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@LockHavenMBB<\/a> takes down Penn State Scranton 94-64 in the home opener!<\/p>\n<p>Check out this alley-oop from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lockhavenathletics.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/luke-kennevan\/11329\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11329\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Kennevan<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lockhavenathletics.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/chris-cornish\/11316\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11316\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Cornish<\/a> ???? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JFFisYIRqN\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/JFFisYIRqN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lock Haven Athletics ?? (@HavenAthletics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HavenAthletics\/status\/1990598099023151464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 18, 2025<\/a> <br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lockhavenathletics.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/luke-kennevan\/11329\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11329\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Kennevan<\/a> led all scorers with 21 points, while adding eight rebounds, six assists and a game-high four steals.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lockhavenathletics.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/devon-nelson\/11325\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11325\" target=\"_blank\">Devon Nelson<\/a> had his best game in the crimson and white, finishing with 19 points on an efficient 6-of-8 shooting from the field.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lockhavenathletics.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/blake-deegan\/11317\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11317\" target=\"_blank\">Blake Deegan<\/a> secured a 12-point, 10-rebound double-double and also blocked a pair of shots.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lockhavenathletics.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/dyllon-scott\/11320\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11320\" target=\"_blank\">Dyllon Scott<\/a> chipped in 11 points and six rebounds off the bench, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lockhavenathletics.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/mike-knouse\/11319\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11319\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Knouse<\/a> finished second on the team with nine rebounds, also off the bench.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAfter a back-and-forth first half, the Bald Eagles turned up the pressure on defense, leading to easy transition buckets, including several highlight-reel dunks.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAfter leading by just seven (44-37) at the break, The Haven went on to outscore the Nittany Lions 50-27 in the second half, headlined by a game-high 17 made free throws.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Haven defense held PSU-S to just 33 percent (21-of-64) shooting from the floor, including just nine makes in the second half.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nNext Up<br \/>\nThe Bald Eagles return on the road and will travel to Holy Family on Thursday, Nov. 20 (6 p.m.) for a non-conference game.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; LOCK HAVEN, Pa. \u2013\u00a0The Lock Haven men&#8217;s basketball team used a huge second half&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-38401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38401","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=38401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}