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BLOOMSBURG—The Bloomsburg University men's basketball team made the most of its last game of the year rolling past Lock Haven University, 94-71, on Senior Night at the Nelson Field House on Wednesday.
 
Seniors Jon Riles (Philadelphia/Academy of the New Church) and Alssene Saintillus each had a big night for the Huskies with Riles netting a career-high 28 points and Saintillus scoring 23 points and grabbing a career-best 20 rebounds. In addition, red-shirt freshman Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) added 24 points for Bloomsburg.
 
The Huskies had a fast start to the game with Riles and Mortellite each hitting two 3-pointers in the opening four minutes to give Bloomsburg a 12-5 lead. The lead later went to 21-9 when Charles Haigler (Charles Town, WV/Hargrave Military Academy) scored on a layup with 12:36 to go in the half.
 
Lock Haven chipped away at the lead over the next eight minutes and when Bootsie Walker's scored with 4:04 to go before halftime the Bald Eagles led 38-36. The lead was short-lived however as Saintillus made consecutive shots, including a conventional three-point play, to give Bloomsburg a 41-38 advantage.
 
With the Huskies holding a one-point halftime lead Lock Haven grabbed the lead one more time on Wali Hepburn's jumper in the lane. But Riles turned a steal into a layup to tie the game, then following a Lock Haven turnover Saintillus put the Huskies back on top for good on with slam dunk. The two plays ignited a 10-0 rally for Bloomsburg giving it a 63-53 lead.
 
After Lock Haven briefly got back to within single digits, the Huskies put together a 15-1 run to blow the game open. Mortellite scored six points and Riles four in the rally for Bloomsburg.
 
Later the Huskies would stretch the lead to as many as 26 points, the last time on a layup by Saintillus with 2:06 to play before settling for the 23 point victory.
 
Riles finished with 28 points and four assists, while Saintillus had 23 points and became the first Huskies player since 2011-12 to grab 20 rebounds in a game.  Mortellite capped off a fine freshman year by scoring 24 points and getting three assists. Senior Moustapha Noumbissi (Upper Darby/Delaware County Christian School) added nine points and four blocked shots. His four blocked shots moves him into seventh place on the school's all-time list with 93. He moved past Adam Bohman (1999-03) who had 90 in his career. The Huskies other senior honored before the game, Saige Spece (Pottsville/Pottsville Area), grabbed four rebounds and dished out three assists.
 
Lock Haven, 10-16, 10-12 PSAC East, got 19 points from Walker, while Ra'eese Hunt added 10.
 
Bloomsburg ends its season at 10-16, 6-16 in the PSAC East.