Bloomsburg Athletics

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. - Thaddeus Lee (Lancaster, Pa./Mercersburg Academy) scores a career-high, 23-point double-double in 84-80 loss to Molloy.

Lee led both teams in scoring and earned a double-double with his 11 rebounds, another career high. Christopher Meakin (Littlestown, Pa./Littlestown Area) was second in scoring for the Huskies with 14 points off of the bench. Kaaba Murray (Harrisburg, Pa./Skyline Prep) had a career high as well with 13 points in his first start for Bloomsburg.

Darius Brant (Brooklyn, N.Y./William Allen) scored 11 points in his debut for the Huskies while Chase Smucker (Lancaster, Pa./Lampeter-Strasburg) and Sawyer Floyd (Mount Joy, Pa./Donegal) added eight. John Mobley (Philadelphia, Pa./Lower Merion) also added three in his Husky debut from the bench.

FIRST HALF:

Brant scored the first points of the season with a layup in the first possession of the game, and followed it up with a jumper. The Lions fought back with a three ball to make the score 4-3 Huskies. Lee answered with a three of his own in his first shot of the season. 

Bloomsburg gave themselves a six-point leads thanks to some Floyd scoring. Molloy answered by hitting two threes to tie the game back up 14-14. The two teams continued to go back in forth as the lead never went past three points as they made their way to the second media timeout. 

The Lions jumped to a six-point lead until Brant and Meakin tied it back up 29-29. Molloy felt the pressure and started to score by going on a big run to put their lead in the double digits. The half ended with Molloy up by 12 with a score of 51-39.

SECOND HALF:

Lee jump-started the Huskies with a pair of jumpers to shift the momentum. Mobley followed it with a fast break layup to cut the lead to 53-45. Meakin felt the momentum with an and-1 layup to give Bloomsburg three points. Molloy would hit some free throws which would be met with two Lee threes to cut the lead to two.

The Lions were not done, but Murray wanted part of the three-ball parade with one of his own. Murray continued his second-half takeover by scoring back-to-back buckets. Lee and Murray continued to build the momentum by tying the game with just over 8:30 left in the half. 

Molloy brought the lead right back up to eight points to try and put away the Huskies. Brant and Lee would not go away with them hitting a three and a layup respectively, cutting the lea to three. Molloy then went up by nine with just over four minutes, and again the Huskies kept poking away at the lead with Murray and Meakin cutting the lead to three.

The chaotic final half saw Lee cutting the lead to 80-78 with over a minute left in action. Forcing the Huskies to foul, Molloy continued to hit their free throws and the Huskies could not capitalize. Molloy won the bout 84-80.

On the Horizon:

The Huskies will be back in action in the Joe Retton Classic in Fairmont, W.Va. on Nov. 14. They will play Fairmont State at 5:30 p.m.