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Chris Shovlin scored 26 points in the Colonels 66-48 win over Marywood Wednesday

BIG SECOND HALF LIFTS COLONELS OVER MARYWOOD 66-48 IN OPENING NIGHT OF CROSS COUNTY CHALLENGE

1/2/2013 10:09:00 PM

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BIG SECOND HALF LIFTS COLONELS OVER MARYWOOD 66-48 IN OPENING NIGHT OF CROSS COUNTY CHALLENGE

WILKES-BARRE – Chris Shovlin (Kingston, PA/G.A.R.) scored 20 of his game-high 26 points in a big second half rally to lead Wilkes University to a 66-48 win over Marywood University in the 2013 Cross County Challenge Wednesday night at the Marts Center.

Wilkes moves to 6-4 overall on the year while Marywood drops to 2-8 on the season.

After the teams went to the half tied at 25, Wilkes broke open the contest in the second frame outscoring the Pacers 41-23 over the final 20 minutes of play.

Shovlin got things started with a driving layup followed by a deep corner three-pointer from Tyler Breznitsky (Freeland, PA/MMI Prep) to give Wilkes a 38-34 advantage with 12:53 on the second half clock.

A trey from Shovlin and Breznitsky to Pat Furst (Jamison, PA/Central Bucks West) score put Wilkes up 47-37 just three minutes later. The lead would grow to 15 when Furst scored inside again this time off a Shovlin feed.

From there Shovlin canned two more long range threes and a layup in transition to push the cushion to 17 points as Wilkes led 60-43 with 4:35 left.

After a slow start, Shovlin finished shooting 10-for-19 including a 5-for 11 performance from behind the arc adding four assists and three rebounds in 35 minutes. Breznitsky was solid adding 13 points and four helpers. Brendan Sheldon (Milford, PA/Delaware Valley) led the Colonel frontcourt with nine rebounds.

Kendall Harris led the Pacers attack with 19 points and nine rebounds. Harris was the lone double figure scorer as the Wilkes defense limited Marywood to just 35.0 (14-40) percent shooting from the field causing 21 Pacer miscues.

Wilkes faces Scranton tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. to conclude play in the Cross County Challenge. Scranton posted an 81-66 win over King's in the other contest on Wednesday night. King's will play Marywood at 6:00 p.m. tomorrow.

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