MADISON, N.J. – Senior forward Peso Crump posted a season-high 21 points and a career-high 15 rebounds and the Drew University men's basketball team won its ninth game in a row with an 86-65 victory over Moravian University in Landmark Conference action Wednesday evening in Baldwin Gym.
 
In addition, the Rangers (17-3, 13-0 LC) remained undefeated in conference play and tied the best record through 20 games in team history, equaling last year's squad.
 
Drew never trailed after opening the game on a 24-6 run. The Greyhounds pulled to within nine at halftime and crept to within six midway through the second half, but the Rangers settled any doubt with an 18-7 game-ending run, when Crump scored eight of his points.
 
Crump shot 8-for-11 from the floor while posting his second career 20-point outing and his third career double-double. Eleven of his rebounds came on the offensive glass.
 
Senior guard Josh Kline added 15 points and four steals for Drew, which has now tied the second-longest winning streak in team history. Sophomore forward Matthew Zenker contributed 12 points and a career-high eight rebounds while junior forward David Musial contributed seven rebounds and five steals.
 
Chad Kratzer netted 12 points for Moravian (12-8, 7-6 LC), which was held to 17 points below its season scoring average.
 
Balanced scoring did the trick for the Rangers early on as seven different players scored during the team's opening run, which was capped by a 3-pointer from graduate guard James Anderson with 12:43 left in the first half. The lead swelled to 19 (29-10) on a 3-pointer from sophomore guard Eli Yusavage, but the Greyhounds climbed back into with an 11-2 run and trailed 39-30 at the break.
 
Moravian continued to chip away early in the second half and made it 51-45 on a pair of free throws with 12:45 remaining. But the Rangers promptly answered by scoring the next five points on a pair of Kline foul shots and another triple from Anderson that made it 56-45 with 12:13 left.
 
Drew's lead hovered around 10 over the next eight minutes before the Rangers pulled away down the stretch. Crump kicked off his team's late surge with back-to-back layups before Kline came up with a steal and a bucket. Zenker then drained a 3-ball with 3:05 remaining to cap a 7-0 run and put his team up 75-58. Moravian was unable to get closer than 15 the rest of the way.
 
The Rangers resume their schedule on Saturday, when they visit Juniata College in a Landmark Conference tilt starting at 4 p.m.