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EAST STROUDSBURG—The Bloomsburg University men's basketball team fell from the ranks of the unbeaten after losing to East Stroudsburg, 99-79, on Saturday in PSAC Eastern Division action.
 
After the Warriors jumped out to an early 9-4 lead the Huskies rallied and took a two-point lead, 17-15. Jon Riles (Philadelphia/Academy of the New Church) scored five points for Bloomsburg to help put the Huskies on top.
 
After ESU tied the score at 17, a Wes Lyons (Millville/Millville)' layup gave the Huskies a 19-17 lead. It would turnout to be the final lead for Bloomsburg. The Warriors went on a 13-4 run over the next four minutes to go up 33-23.
 
With the Warriors leading by six points at halftime the Huskies cut the deficit to two points on a bucket by Charles Haigler (Charles Town, WV/Hargrave Military Academy) to make it 47-45 with 18:22 to play. Later ESU pushed the lead to 14 points, but Bloomsburg went on a 10-1 run to close within five points at 71-66 with 8:53 to play. Ashkan Naderi (Herndon, VA/Herndon) hit 3-pointer for Bloomsburg.
 
A Riles layup with 6:19 to go kept the Huskies within striking distance at 77-72. From there the Warriors would go on a 22-7 to close out the game and end the Huskies winning streak.
 
Hailger led Bloomsburg (6-1, 2-1 PSAC East) with 19 points, while Jon Riles (Philadelphia/Academy of the New Church) added 14 points and Wes Lyons (Millville/Millville) 12. Moustapha Noumbissi (Upper Darby/Delaware County Christian School) and Alssene Saintilus (Williamstown, NJ/Williamstown) each scored 10 points with Saintilus getting 16 rebounds. Whis Grant and Will Brown led ESU (5-2, 4-0 PSAC East) with 16 points each.
 
Bloomsburg is idle till Dec. 16 when it visits Clarion at 7:30 p.m.