ABINGTON, Pa. - Penn State Harrisburg's men's basketball team earned the regular-season split with United East foe Penn State Abington thanks to a 74-58 road victory over the opposing Lions on Wednesday night, Feb. 8.

Chase Robinson led the way with a career-high 24 points, while Nate Curry netted 15 and finished one rebound shy of a double-double. Zegary Scott III was the third player to reach double digits with 13 points. 

Malik Holland had the hot hand in the early going and his pair of 3-pointers helped Penn State Harrisburg (12-10, 9-4 United East) jump out to a 15-8 lead at the 14:32 mark. The hometown Lions (16-7, 10-4 United East) responded with an 11-0 to pull ahead but a Lance Douglas 3-ball combined with nine straight points from Robinson allowed the visitors to roar back in front before a Curry jumper stretched the advantage to 41-25 with 3:25 left before halftime.

Penn State Abington cut the deficit to a dozen but an Isaiah Eggleston jump shot and an old-fashioned 3-point play from Robinson pushed the lead to 48-33 at the break.

The home team came out of the locker room hot to start the second half, hitting triples on three straight possessions to pull to within seven with 16:58 left to play. Penn State Harrisburg withstood the barrage, however, and used a 5-0 spurt capped by another Robinson and-1 to regain control. The hometown Lions came back down to earth from beyond the arc and good looks from Curry and Scott solidified the double-digit lead heading into crunch time. 

Penn State Harrisburg's defense held Penn State Abington to just six points in the final 12 minutes and Robinson put a bow on the win and his career night by scoring the team's final six points. 

NOTABLES

- The Lions shot 50 percent from the floor and their 85.7 percent clip from the foul line was one of the team's top efforts from the stripe this season.

- Penn State Harrisburg won the rebounding battle 36-27.

- The Penn State Harrisburg bench outscored the Penn State Abington reserves 26-12.

- Robinson netted a game-high 24 points on 8-of-14 shooting off the bench.

- Curry racked up 15 points and a game-high nine rebounds.

- Scott finished with 13 points, five rebounds, and four assists.

- Holland tallied nine points, while Eggleston finished with eight of his own.

- Douglas added seven rebounds and a pair of steals to go along with three points.

WHO'S NEXT? 

The Lions will look to keep rolling when they host United East foe Gallaudet at the Capital Union Building on Saturday afternoon.

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