Rosemont, PA – Keystone College's men's basketball team overcame a 22-point halftime deficit in Wednesday's Colonial States Athletic Conference game at Rosemont College, but the Ravens pulled out a 76-71 victory over the Giants after reclaiming the lead in the final two minutes of regulation.  Rosemont levels their record at 6-6 on the season with the win while moving to 4-1 in conference play while Keystone's third-straight defeat drops their record to 5-5 overall and 2-1 in the CSAC.
 
DaVaughn Thomas (Port Arthur, TX/Silsbee) completed an old-fashioned three-point play at the 14:34 mark of the first half to give Keystone an early, 9-8 lead, but Rosemont responded by scoring the game's next eight points to hold a 16-8 advantage with 12:37 left in the first half.  Thomas scored the game's next six points to bring the Giants to within one, but the Ravens countered with a 13-0 run to claim a 29-15 lead with 5:42 showing on the clock. 
 
A lay-in by Rashaud Kelley (Farrell, PA/Paul Laurence Dunbar) with just over four and a half minutes left in the opening stanza brought Keystone to back within 12 points, but Rosemont outscored the visitors 15-5 to close the half and take a 46-24 lead into the intermission.
 
Kiwan Murray paced Rosemont with 15 first half points as the Ravens connected on 56.7 percent of their field goal attempts in the first half including a solid, 5-8 effort from downtown while going 7-12 from the stripe.
 
Thomas led Keystone with 11 points and six rebounds in the first half as the Giants shot 40 percent from the floor in the opening 20 minutes of play, but went just 1-8 from three-point range and 3-6 from the free throw line.
 
Keystone opened the second half with a 19-4 burst to bring themselves back into the game, trailing 50-43 with 14:40 remaining in regulation.  After Rosemont pushed their lead back to nine points, the Giants went on a 7-0 run to cut their deficit to 56-54 with 10:39 left after Miles Dargan (Orlando, FL/Wekiva) connected on a three-pointer. 
 
A quick, 7-0 spurt by the Ravens pushed their lead back to nine points, but Keystone answered with a 16-3 run, claiming their first lead since the early minutes of the game with 3:53 left to play on a Duncan Lunsford (Marietta, GA/Sprayberry) layup and extending their advantage to 70-66 when Dan Candemeres (Holbrook, NY/Sachem East) connected from downtown with 3:06 left on the clock.
 
The next four points of the game belonged to the Ravens before Candemeres gave Keystone a 71-70 lead with 1:46 to play after making one of two free throws before Dan Kearney gave Rosemont the lead for good by hitting a three-pointer with 1:22 remaining.  The Giants turned the ball over on their next two possessions allowing the Ravens to push their lead to four points with 24 seconds to play.  A Keystone three-pointer with 10 seconds remaining would not go and Rosemont grabbed the rebound and made one of two free throws to seal the victory while closing the scoring.
 
Kiwan Murray paced Rosemont's office with 17 points while Nadir Stukes netted 13 points in the win.  DeAndre Jordan and Dan Kearney contributed 11 points apiece for the Ravens while Dom Scafidi and Kevin Fenstermaker tied for the team-lead with five rebounds apiece. 
 
Rosemont shot 53.8 percent from the field in the win while going 7-15 (46.7 percent) from three-point land and 56.5 percent from the charity stripe.
 
Thomas led Keystone with a double-double on game-highs of 18 points and 11 rebounds.  The freshman forward enjoyed a solid, 8-12 night shooting from the field.  Candemeres netted 16 points and tied with teammate Alex Smith (Floyd, NY/Holland Patent ) for a game-high with four assists. Lunsford finished the contest with 14 points while Dargan contributed 11 points on the night.  
 
For the game, Keystone shot 47.3 percent from the floor including a 41.7 percent clip from beyond the arc - including a 9-16 effort in the second half - while connecting on nine of 13 free throw attempts. 
 
The Giants will look to snap their three-game skid on Monday night when they travel to Gwynedd Mercy University for a rematch of last season's CSAC Semifinal that was won by Keystone.  Opening tip is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. in Gwynedd Valley, PA.