Ravens Held Back by Giants

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The Basics

  • Final Score: Keystone 91, Rosemont 85
  • Records: Rosemont 6-9, 4-4 CSAC. Keystone 3-10, 3-5 CSAC.
  • Keystone won both halves, each by three points (34-31 and 57-54)
  • Keystone's win breaks a Rosemont five-game winning streak against the Giants
  • Ravens this season are 1-5 at home, 5-1 on the road
  • Location: Rosemont, PA – Alumnae Hall


How It Happened

  • The two teams battled closely through the first part of the first half. After Khai Roberts hit from downtown with 12:39 on the clock the Ravens took a 13-12 lead. After that point, the Giants assembled a 10-1 scoring stretch to grab an eight-point lead, 22-14 with 8:11 remaining in the half.
  • The Ravens chipped away at the deficit with a 9-2 run of their own to get back in touch, trailing by a lone point, 24-23 with just under five minutes left in the half. Still behind by a point with 3:23 on the clock, the Giants' Tyreek Peeples hit a trey to put Keystone back in fromt, 33-28 with 2:15 left. Charles Presley would answer with a three for the Ravens to peg the lead back down to two points, with the Ravens trailing 33-31. Rosemont would trail 34-31 at the half.
  • Rosemont started off with a 6-3 advantage to start the second half, but the Giants would answer right back. A dunk from Marcus Thomas would have the Ravensin front 44-41 with 16:47 left on the clock. The two teams would battle back and forth for the next eight minutes, and with 8:10 remaining, a three-point play from Khai Robers would give the Ravens a five-point edge, 67-62.
  • Rosemont was successful over the next four minutes in holding the lead, but a triple from Peeples put the Giants in front by three points, 78-75 with 3:12 to play. Keystone would lead for the remainder of the game, ultimately extending their lead to nine points down the stretch.
 Ravens' Top Performers
  • Marcus Thomas had a strong game, notching a double-double with 25 points and 12 rebounds.
  • Charles Presley hit on 5-for-9 from the field, all three-pointers, to score 20 points.
  • Kyle Lafferty scored 15 and Khai Roberts added 13 for the Ravens.

For the Giants

  • Tyree Jones led a balanced Keystone attack with 22 points (8-for-15 from the field, three treys).
  • Tyreek Peeples scored 16, ShaShawn Drayton scored 12, James Cooper scored 12, Eric Hardaway scored 10, and Brett Riley added 10 to account for Keystone's players in double-figures.
  • Riley and Cooper each led the Giants with nine rebounds, both just missing double-doubles.

Stats of the Game

  • At the charity stripe the Ravens shot 23-41 (56.1%), and Rosemont had 17 more free throw attempts than Keystone, who shot 75% from the line.
  • Keystone sank seven more field goals than Rosemont (33 vs. 26), with each team attempting 70 shots from the field.
  • Keystone shot 47.1% from the field compared to 37.1% by the Ravens.
  • The Ravens turned the ball over only two times in the entire contest (Keystone only had seven turnovers).

Up Next

  • The Ravens host the Immaculata Mighty Macs in a CSAC game on Wednesday, 1/20. It will be the second game of a doubleheader on Ravens Rally Night. The tip-off is scheduled for 8:00pm.