MADISON, N.J. – Junior guard
Andre De Los Reyes scored a game-high 27 points and the Drew University men's basketball team rolled to a 97-74 victory in Landmark Conference play Wednesday evening in Baldwin Gym.
The Rangers (18-6, 12-5 LC) are now tied with the University of Scranton for second place in the Landmark Conference standings heading into the final day of the regular season this Saturday.
De Los Reyes shot 10-for-16 from the field, including 5-for-7 from 3-point range while posting his third game of scoring over 25 points this season.
Junior guard
Eli Yusavage added 19 points and six rebounds while sophomore forward
Ben Manns contributed 16 points and five boards. Junior guard
Charlie Thornton added 13 points, eight rebounds, and three steals along with a pair of emphatic dunks, and senior forward
David Musial registered six points, eight rebounds, and three steals while becoming just the third player in team history to reach 200 steals.
Chad Kratzer scored 19 points for Moravian (15-9, 9-8 LC).
Drew held Marquis Ratcliff, the Landmark Conference's leading scorer who averaged 23 points per game entering the night, to just five points.
It was a back-and-forth game early on, as there were three ties and 10 lead changes over the opening 10 minutes before
David Musial put the Rangers in front to stay at 22-20 on a layup midway through the first half.
Drew held just a two-point lead (34-32) with 3:32 left in the half before it closed the period before an 11-2 run gave the Rangers and 11-point lead. Manns scored seven straight points during the run, which was capped by a tip-in from senior forward
Kevin Cronin. The Rangers carried a 45-36 lead into the locker room.
The Rangers broke it open early in the second half, using a 14-5 run to open up its first 20-point lead (62-42) of the night with . Yusavage dropped five points and posted a 3-for-3 trip to the foul line at one point during the stretch. Moravian was unable to get closer than 17 the rest of the way and settled any doubt with a late 11-2 run that sent the lead to 26 (92-66) with 3:18 to go.
Drew closes out the regular season on Saturday, when it visits Susquehanna University at 2 p.m. in a Landmark Conference affair.