Box Score

Reading, PA (Nov. 28, 2005) – Senior guard Chris Talley (Royersford, PA/Spring Ford) hit three 3s and racked up a team-high 20 points to lead Alvernia College to an 83-54 win over Immaculata University in Pennsylvania Athletic Conference men’s basketball action Monday evening at the Physical Education Center.

            Talley scored half of his 20 in the first half as the Crusaders (3-1, 1-0 PAC) built a 42-28 lead at the break and never looked back.  Sophomore Damon Bogan (Oxford, PA/Oxford) scored 18 points and grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds in 22 minutes of play.  Immaculata sophomore Reggie Strickland (Philadelphia, PA/Central) scored a game-high 23 points.

            Immaculata nailed the first bucket of the night, a 3 from Julius Lopez (Linfield, NJ/Spring Ford), and the guests had a two point edge, 14-12 with 14:21 left in the first half.  Talley nailed a 3 to put the Crusaders up one and Alvernia closed out a 19-4 run on a Bogan jumper at the 7:07 mark to take a 13-point lead.  Immaculata cut the lead back down to seven on two occasions, but Alvernia scored the final seven points of the half and enjoyed the biggest lead of the first at the break, a 14-point gap, 42-28.

            The lead grew to 25 points on five straight points from Talley with 14:19 left to play and reached its maximum, 32 points on a Garrett Etzel (Shillington, PA/Governor Mifflin) jumper in the final 1:30.

            Alvernia will travel to College Misericordia for a men’s and women’s doubleheader on Wednesday.

Alvernia 83, Immaculata 54

IMMACULATA UNIV. (0-5, 0-2 PAC)

Reggie Strickland 11-19 0-0 23; Kyle Finklea 3-5 1-3 7; Lamar Williams 3-5

1-3 7; Dan Lepone 2-6 0-0 5; Josh Alderson 1-2 2-2 4; Mitchell White 1-3 0-2

3; Julius Lopez 1-5 0-0 3; Sean Fordham 1-3 0-0 2; Joe Slavick 0-1 0-0 0;

Dan Freed 0-3 0-0 0; Darnell Forde 0-1 0-0 0; Kris Behm 0-2 0-0 0. Totals

23-55 4-10 54.

ALVERNIA COLLEGE (3-1, 1-0 PAC)

Chris Talley 8-13 1-1 20; Damon Bogan 8-11 2-2 18; Lamar Brickus 3-5 5-5 11;

Garrett Etzel 3-8 4-4 10; Zach Straining 5-10 0-0 10; Mike Brock 2-4 2-2 8;

Tremayne Pickett 1-1 2-4 4; Ryan Finger 1-3 0-0 2; Michael Urie 0-2 0-0 0;

Marcel Roane 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 31-58 16-18 83.

Immaculata Univ...............   28   26  -   54

Alvernia College..............   42   41  -   83

3-point goals-Immaculata Univ. 4-17 (Dan Lepone 1-4; Julius Lopez 1-3;

Reggie Strickland 1-4; Mitchell White 1-3; Dan Freed 0-1; Lamar Williams

0-1; Kyle Finklea 0-1), Alvernia College 5-16 (Chris Talley 3-4; Mike Brock

2-4; Lamar Brickus 0-1; Garrett Etzel 0-2; Zach Straining 0-2; Michael Urie

0-2; Damon Bogan 0-1). Fouled out--Immaculata Univ.-None, Alvernia

College-None. Rebounds-Immaculata Univ. 22 (Reggie Strickland 4), Alvernia

College 43 (Damon Bogan 10). Assists-Immaculata Univ. 9 (Dan Lepone 3),

Alvernia College 14 (Chris Talley 4). Total fouls-Immaculata Univ. 21,

Alvernia College 17. A-307

First game in the Alvernia/Immmaculata series.