WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Behind a career night from Zegary Scott III, Penn State Harrisburg's men's basketball team won its ninth straight game to set the program record for consecutive wins with a 92-74 road victory over United East foe Penn College on Friday night, Jan. 14.  

HOW IT HAPPENED 

Behind a career-high 24 points from Zegary Scott III and a strong second-half effort, Penn State Harrisburg (12-1, 5-0 United East) ran away from Penn College (2-9, 2-2 United East) for its ninth win in a row; the longest win streak in modern program history. Brandon Coleman netted 14, Donyae Baylor-Carroll had 13 points, Dylan Daniels added 12, and Pedro Rodriguez chipped in with 10 off the bench.  

Clinging to a slim 49-47 lead at the break, the Lions erupted after halftime to the tune of a 23-4 run over an eight-minute span to begin the second half. Scott converted four layups to get the spurt started before Nate Curry knocked down a jumper from beyond the arc to make it 60-49 and prompt a Penn College timeout at the 16:09 mark. Coleman connected on a 3-ball, Scott and Baylor-Carroll added layups before the latter connected on two free throws, and Rodriguez closed out the run with a layup off Baylor-Carroll feed.   

The visitors grabbed their largest lead of the night when Chris Haynes buried his second trifecta, this one off another Baylor-Carroll find, to push the advantage to 82-56 with eight a half minutes left to play. Coleman hammered home a two-handed, fastbreak jam moments later and the starters gave way to the Blue & White bench, with Lance Douglas and Donald Friday Jr. getting into the scoring act to put a bow on the latest victory.  

Penn State Harrisburg jumped out to a 13-6 lead following an old-fashioned 3-point play from Coleman but the Wildcats clawed back into it and used a 12-4 run to grab their largest lead of the game with 9:43 left in the first half. The Lions settled down and put together a 10-0 run of their own that culminated with a Rodriguez 3-ball two and a half minutes later.  

The teams traded the lead 10 more times before the end of the half but the Blue & White turned it on after the break and proved too much for their conference counterparts in the final 20 minutes.  

NOTABLES 

- The Lions got off 17 more field goal attempts than Penn College and connected at a 45.1 percent clip.  

- The shot disparity neutralized the home team's 57.4 percent shooting from the floor. 

- Penn State Harrisburg got to the foul line 21 times (16-21), compared to just 10 times for the Wildcats (3-10).  

- The Blue & White finished with a slim 35-33 edge in the rebounding department.  

- The visitors forced 20 turnovers and scored 23 points off Penn College miscues. 

- The Lions protected the ball well, committing just four turnovers for the game.  

- Each team scored 34 points in the paint. 

- Zegary Scott III led the way with a career-high 24 points and added a team-high seven assists and four steals.  

- Brandon Coleman had 14 points to go along with three assists and three steals.  

- Donyae Baylor-Carroll tallied 13 points, four assists, and a pair of steals.  

- Dylan Daniels netted 12 points on 4-6 shooting and grabbed a team-high seven rebounds.    

- Pedro Rodriguez provided the spark off the bench with 10 points, four boards, and two steals.   

- Nate Curry finished with seven points and six rebounds.   

- Chris Haynes knocked down a pair of 3-pointers to tally six off the bench.   

- Jesse White recorded a 19-point, 10-rebound double-double for the Wildcats in a losing effort. 

WHO'S NEXT? 

It's right back to work for the Lions, as they continue conference play by hosting Penn State Abington at the Capital Union Building on Saturday night, Jan. 15. Tip-off is set for 5 p.m. 

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