This marked the Golden Rams third buzzer-beating victory of the season and the second over Shepherd after Joshua Walker, who fouled on Wednesday night, came through with late-game heroics in the first meeting. West Chester returns to action on Saturday afternoon following another thrilling victory, which saw Elijah Allen hit his lone field goal of the night on an off-balance jumper from the right wing to break the hearts of Shepherd fans everywhere once again and lift West Chester to a 64-63 victory.
West Chester closed the game on an 11-2 run, keyed by a pair of back-to-back makes from Robert Smith (a corner three followed by a pull-up two) as he led the team with 19 to help West Chester pick up a 73-68 comeback victory earlier in January. West Chester eventually stretched its lead to as many as nine, but Lock Haven would not go away, putting together another run late to pull ahead by four (66-62) with two minutes to play. West Chester found itself behind early in the first meeting at Lock Haven, trailing by 12 midway through the first half but closed the half out on a 25-9 run to take a four-point lead into the halftime break. West Chester has not lost to Lock Haven in Hollinger since the 2016-17 season when the Golden Rams were swept. West Chester enters play holding a 33-9 lead in the all-time series over Lock Haven, including a five-game winning streak dating back to the first meeting of the 2019-20 season at Lock Haven, which saw the Bald Eagles escape with an 89-84 victory over the Golden Rams. Story Links WEST CHESTER, Pa.- After its second-buzzer beating victory over Shepherd of the year, the West Chester men's basketball team (18-7, 13-6) returns to action on Saturday afternoon vs Lock Haven (16-8, 12-7) in the second game of a Senior Day doubleheader in Hollinger beginning at 3 p.m.
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