Hoboken, N.J. – The top-seeded Stevens Institute of Technology men's basketball team scored 45 points in each half, cruising to a 90-51 victory over fourth-seeded Arcadia University in the Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom (MAC Freedom) Semifinals on Wednesday night.

Kyle Maddison led the Ducks (19-7) with a game-high 22 points, while Josh Parks tallied 10 points for Arcadia (12-14). With the win, Stevens advances to the MAC Freedom Championship for the fifth straight season in which a championship was played (no tournament was held in 2020-21) and looks to secure back-to-back conference titles.

HOW IT HAPPENED
After a three-pointer from Arcadia made it 8-7 Stevens, the Ducks extended their lead to double digits with a 10-0 run. Tommy Scholl ignited the rally with a three-pointer, and Maddison capped it off with the final five points. A triple from Parks cut the deficit to eight, and the Knights used the momentum to go on a 9-1 run, closing the gap to 21-18.

The Knights held Stevens without a field goal for nearly eight minutes to climb back into the game. However, Mike Goodall halted the run with a three-pointer, and after an Arcadia layup, Stevens responded with an 18-5 surge over the final four minutes of the half. Maddison was the catalyst, draining three-pointers on consecutive possessions. The sophomore scored 11 points during this stretch, with Goodall also contributing, as Stevens built a commanding 45-25 halftime lead.Stevens shot 44.4% (16-of-36) from the floor in the first half, including 7-of-19 from three-point range.
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Two consecutive layups from Jack Spellman early in the second half extended the margin to 22 points, and the senior fueled an 18-3 run with a pair of dunks to break the game open. Matt Leming drilled two three-pointers during the spurt, with Maddison capping off the run with a nifty layup off a Logan Scott assist.

Anthony Loscalzo then scored seven straight points, including a three-pointer, and a layup by Harmehar Chhabrapushed the lead into 40-point territory. Brendan Coughlan's layup with 4:15 left tied the largest margin of the night at 42 points, and the Ducks sealed the victory with layups from Will Kwasigroch and a three-pointer from Peter Gray.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Maddison's 22 points were just four shy of his career-high 26, which also came against Arcadia on January 15.
• Chhabra added 15 points on 7-of-11 shooting and grabbed five rebounds.
• Stevens connected on 12-of-30 three-point attempts, with Scholl, Goodall, and Leming joining Maddison in hitting multiple threes.

UP NEXT
The Ducks host second-seeded Delaware Valley University on Saturday, with the game time to be determined. The teams split their regular-season matchups, with Stevens securing an 84-62 win in Doylestown, Pa., on January 29, while Delaware Valley won 78-72 in Hoboken last Wednesday.