Lancaster, Pa.- The Penn State Harrisburg men's basketball team dropped their first game of the new year on the road tonight against Case Western Reserve in the opening game of the Sponaugle New Year's Tournament hosted by Franklin and Marshall College. Khalil White led for the Lion's with 22 points and 3 rebounds. 

Penn State Harrisburg 65 Case Western Reserve 67 

Penn State Harrisburg Starters
John Ukpaiama, Gbolahan Alliyu, Jazmon Harris, Khalil White, Marquese Daniels 

Case Western Reserve Starters
David Black, Sam Hansen, TJ Duckett, Javier Alvarez, Colin Zucker 

Records
Penn State Harrisburg (4-6)
Case Western Reserve (4-6) 

Team Stats 
Field Goal Shooting (%): Harrisburg 26-63 (41%) Case Western 23-58 (39%)
Three Point Shooting (%): Harrisburg 8-21 (38%) Case Western 7-18 (39%)
Free Throw Shooting (%): Harrisburg 5-8 (62%) Case Western 14-21 (67%) 
Rebounds: Harrisburg 37 Case Western 41 
Assists: Harrisburg 18 Case Western 10 
Turnovers: Harrisburg 14 Case Western 13 
Blocked Shots: Harrisburg 7 Case Western 7 
Steals: Harrisburg 5 Case Western 8 

Game Highlights: 
-Penn State Harrisburg jumped out to an early lead in the first before Case Western took over with 13:53 to go in the first. The Lion's regained the lead thanks to a three pointer from Derek Coleman and a layup by Jazmon Harris
-Both teams battled back in forth for the next minutes with several lead changes before Case Western pulled ahead with three minutes to go 29-22. The Spartans led heading into halftime 32-25 
-The Lion's came out strong in the second half with a dunk right off the bat from Gbolahan Alliyu and a three pointer from White to cut the Spartans lead to two points. Jazmon Harris tied the game up with 15:28 to go in the second half with a three point jumper followed by a layup by Dante Brown to give Harrisburg the lead. 
-Harrisburg went on a 10-0 lead with ten minutes to go in the game to grab their largest lead of the day 52-45. Case Western responded with two straight threes as they tried to get back on track before White responded with a three of his own 
-With only one minute to go both teams were tied up at 65. The Spartans knocked down two free throws with three seconds to go to give Case Western the win 

Individual Leaders
Penn State Harrisburg 
Khalil White: 22 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists 
Jazmon Harris: 13 points, 5 assists, 1 block 
Dante Brown: 12 points, 7 rebounds, 2 blocks 

Case Western Reserve 
TJ Duckett: 22 points, 11 rebounds, 3 steals 
David Black: 11 points, 6 rebounds, 2 blocks
Colin Zucker: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists 

Up Next
The Lion's will face SUNY Canton tomorrow at 5:30 pm for the consoloation match of the tournament