Dennis, Washington Lead KU over Edinboro 91-85

Jan. 10, 2009

Kutztown (10-2) 91
Edinboro (10-2) 85

Stephen Dennis (jr. West Chester/Henderson) and Ryan Washington (so. Philadelphia/Wissahickon) led the Kutztown University men’s basketball team to a come-from-behind win over Edinboro, 91-85 Saturday at Keystone Hall.

KU (10-2) trailed by 13, 77-64, with 7:40 left in the second half of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference crossover, but the Golden Bears went on a 16-3 run to tie the game at 80-80 with 1:50 left.

Washington, who finished with a career-high 26 points, scored 10 points during the run. He also pulled down 15 rebounds for the double-double.

Andre Woodlin (sr. Philadelphia/Central), who had 16 points, accounted for the other six points in the 16-3 run.

Missed free throws allowed KU to crawl back, as Edinboro (10-2) missed 8-of-10 free throws in the final five minutes.

Meanwhile, KU was 11-of-12 from the stripe in during that span.

Dennis was 9-of-10 from the line and finished with a team-high 27 points, matching Edinboro’s leading scorer, Joe Jones.

Dennis’ steal with 1:18 left created an odd-man rush and allowed for Julius Gray (so. Lincoln/Oxford) to give the Golden Bears the lead at 82-80 with a putback layup off of a Washington miss.

KU never looked back, keeping the lead with made free throws.

The Golden Bears made the comeback despite not hitting a single 3-pointer in the second half. Gray, who finished with10 points, had KU’s only two 3s, both early in the first half.

Edinboro controlled the first half, shooting 57.1 percent from the floor and taking a 48-36 lead into the break.

KU shot 40.0 percent, but bounced back to shoot 50.0 percent in the second half. Edinboro also cooled off, making just 35.5 percent of its field goals.

The Golden Bears also picked up the rebounding, turning a 10-rebound deficit at half into a four rebound advantage at the end, 46-42.

Dave Ben (sr. Coatesville/Coatesville) also reached double-digits, scoring 10 points, but fouled out with less than four minutes left in the game.

Vlad Kovalevsky scored 13 for Edinboro, and Chris Bess and Gil Cummings each had 11.