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Nittany Lions close out regular season with 69-64 win over Hazleton

Nittany Lions close out regular season with 69-64 win over Hazleton

Penn State Mont Alto 69, Penn State Hazleton 64

 

Anthony Davis scored a team-leading 22 points in 29 minutes of action and Cameron Williams scored 19 with 8 rebounds and 7 assists as Penn State Mont Alto won its regular season finale against Penn State Hazleton on Tuesday by a final of 69-64.

 

Davis scored six early and Williams added a bucket as Mont Alto raced to an early 10-2 advantage in the first six minutes of action. Four minutes later, Mont Alto extended its lead to 17-7 at the halfway mark of the half as Lee Newton converted on a pair of free throws.

 

Hazleton would crawl back to only be down six with 8:24 left on a Shea Morgan three pointer. Mont Alto led 34-23 following a Nathan Osei three pointer, but went into the locker room leading by just three with the score 34-31 after one half of play.

 

Williams (10), Davis (9) and Osei (9) each paced the Mont Alto offense in the second half, scoring 28 of the team's 35 points in the second half. Mont Alto led the rest of the game on its way to a 69-64 win during the regular season finale.

 

Up Next: Mont Alto will host #4 seed in the west division Penn State Fayette on Sunday, February 26 at 2 p.m., the complete first round schedule can be found below

West #4 Fayette @ West #1 Mont Alto, 2/26 @ 2 p.m.

West #3 New Kensington @ West #2 Greater Allegheny, 2/26 @ 3 p.m.

East #4 Lehigh Valley @ East #1 Brandywine, 2/26 @ 2 p.m.

East #3 Wilkes-Barre @ East #2 Schuylkill, TBD