Harris Drops the Buzzer Beater from Downtown, Gives Lions Thrilling Win Over Wesley on the Road

Harris Drops the Buzzer Beater from Downtown, Gives Lions Thrilling Win Over Wesley on the Road

Penn State Harrisburg 73 Wesley 70

 

Penn State Harrisburg Starters

Jazmon Harris, Khalil White, Marquese Daniels, Gbolahan Alliyu, Kahlil Williams

 

Wesley Starters

Paul Clemons, Evan Anderson, Tyrone Craven, JW Lawson, Brian Cameron

 

Records:

Penn State Harrisburg:  (6-8, 3-4 CAC)

Wesley:  (6-8, 4-3 CAC)

 

How It Happened:

-The game started off with back-and-forth scoring for the first five minutes of the game before Wesley broke off on a 17-1 run to lead the Lions 22-9 at the halfway point of the first half.

 

-Momentum began to swing on a 3-pt. shot by Khalil White at the 8:07 mark, and the Lions were able to pull back to within five by the end of the first half, with the Wolverines leading, 37-32.

 

-Dante Brown scored 10 points in nine minutes off the bench in the first half for the Lions.

 

-Wesley was able to maintain a small lead for most of the 2nd half before pulling ahead 66-65 on a Jazz Harris 3-pt. shot at the 3:00 mark.

 

-With only one second left in the game, Jazz Harris was able to pull off the buzzer beater on another 3-pt. basket to give the Lions a thrilling come-from-behind road win.

 

-Jazz Harris (18 pts.) and Dante Brown (17 pts.) led the Lions in scoring for the contest.

 

-Gbolahan Alliyu had seven blocks in the first half alone, and 12 total in the game to tie the CAC single-game record.

 

Up Next:

Penn State Harrisburg will host Christopher Newport on Saturday, January 14th at 3 pm.