MADISON, N.J. (November 16, 2014) – In a record-breaking performance, the Drew University men's basketball team defeated the Penn State-Abington Lions by a score of 120-73. The 120-point output broke the school record for points in a game. It was also the most points scored in the history of the Rose City Classic tournament.
 
The previous school record was 113 and was set against Manhattanville in 1992. The Rose City tournament record was 115 and was set by Rhode Island College over Stevens Tech in 1986. Junior center Kevin-Michael Miller, who contributed 17 points to the school-record 120, was named to the All-Tournament.
 
The Rangers record setting didn't stop there as they buried a team record 18 three-point field goals. The previous record of 16 has stood since 1992. Freshman guard Kevin Herring II drained six on eight tries and junior guard Mike Klinger hit four on 10.
 
The Rangers plotted their attack on the grounds of crisp shooting, ball distribution, and rebounding.
 
Herring found his sweet shooting touch, draining his first two buckets from 3-point land. The majority of Drew's conversions came on swings around the arch that lasted until the open shooter was found. More often than not, that shooter was one of Herring or Klinger. At one point, Herring found himself wide open on a relatively simple sequence. He first seemed ponder how he could possibly be so open, then looked at his hands, then swished a three, all before the defender arrived.
 
Herring's attempts wouldn't always be that easy but when a challenge was presented, he thrived. Herring's insistence on 3-pointers forced the Lions to increase their defensive effort. Herring rose for another try and sent it free, as he descended he was hit hard. The basket fell and so did Herring, who then finished the job from the line, for a rare four-point play.
 
Within 10 minutes, the Rangers had managed nine successful, relatively evenly distributed, three pointers while spending only 13 attempts.
 
On the rare occasion that a three pointer didn't fall, the forwards were there to clean up with opportunistic and athletic put backs. Sophomore forward Ozan Yucetepe leapt for one of these and used two hands and a soft touch to count the basket. He smirked as he jogged back on defense.
 
Penn-State Abington worked hard for every basket they could muster. On one attempt, a Lions guard leapt with the ball at a trajectory that would send him out of bounds. He was bothered in the air but still managed to loft a shot over the backside of the backboard and in as he collapsed to the ground. He would convert the subsequent foul shot. Those points, however, would put the Lions at only 17, while the Rangers, riding their hot streak, sat at 36.
 
Drew would eventually cool off from deep but had enough padding from their initial run to nurse a double-digit lead.
 
The Rangers cruised into halftime atop a 54-31 score.
 
The Rangers' crisp play continued well into the second half. Klinger continued to thread the Lion defense and after losing the ball at one point due to a double team he regained possession, spun through the two defenders and delivered a strong no-look pass to Miller for a slam-dunk. The slam was the pair's swan song and they both got subbed off for the game due to the extreme score differential.
 
By the seven-minute mark, Drew led by 40. They would end the contest with a 47-point differential and a more than significant take away in the consolation contest.
 
The Rangers will host Bryn Athyn College on Thursday, November 20^th at 7:00 p.m.