November 29, 2011
Crusaders Struggle at Division II Clarion
Box Score
CLARION, Pa. – Susquehanna men’s basketball team
certainly has not had an easy going in the early part of its
schedule, playing two of its first three games on the road. That
included Tuesday night when the Crusaders took on Division II
Clarion and fell 86-44.
SU (0-3), which had not played since Nov. 22, shot just 27 percent
(15-of-55) for the game while the Golden Eagles (3-3) made 31 of 63
field goal attempts and sank 78 percent of its free throws.
On the boards, SU pulled down just 29 rebounds to Clarion’s
49. The Golden Eagles also scored 22 points off 15 SU
turnovers.
Two players netted double figures for SU, led by J.T.
Wilson’s (Sparta, N.J./Pope John XXIII Regional) 12
and Harley Sellinger’s (Mill Hall, Pa./Central
Mountain) 10. Wilson also pulled down five rebounds and
had two assists.
Clarion held a 9-5 lead four minutes into the game and a Sellinger
layup one minute later kept it a four-point contest (11-7).
The Golden Eagles then went on a 11-2 run to take an 20-9 lead with
less than nine minutes to play in the opening half. Sellinger broke
that streak with a layup at the eight-minute mark for a 20-11
score.
However, Clarion countered with another run, this time a 7-2
stretch that made it 27-13 with 6:29 to play. SU was down by 17,
34-17, with two minutes remaining, and went into halftime behind
40-23.
The Crusaders opened the second half by scoring six points, with
four netted by Sellinger, within the first two minutes to make it
44-29. The Golden Eagles upped their lead to 20 points, their
largest advantage to that point, with 16:20 on the clock.
The Crusaders went down by 27 inside the eight-minute mark of the
game and ultimately fell by the 42-point margin.
SU’s men are back in action on Saturday when they travel to
Landmark Conference opponent Juniata for a 5:30 game.
