Reading, Pa. (Nov. 29, 2017) - Hood College (2-4, 1-0) scored the final 11 points of the game in a 68-65 win over Alvernia University (2-3, 0-1) Wednesday evening in MAC Commonwealth men's basketball at Jack McCloskey Court.

Alvernia senior Mike Miller hit a deep 3 with 5:42 to go that gave the Golden Wolves a 65-57 lead.  Hood answered with a 3 on the next possession and Alvernia went cold from the floor missing the final 10 shots with a pair of turnovers as the Blazers mounted the comeback.

Hood got a bucket on the block from Daniel Wegener with two minutes left to close to within three points then went to Wegener again on the next two possessions with similar results.  His bucket with 34 seconds left gave Hood a 66-65 lead then Alvernia turned the ball over on the inbounds and Hood scored again for a 68-65 lead.

Alvernia had one final look at a 3 to tie, but Alex Shippen's look from deep at the elbow was off the mark.

Wegener hit 7-of-8 shots from the floor and finished with a game-high 21 points.  Nick Youngkin and Anthony Hedgepeth led Alvernia with 18 points each.

Alvernia had an early eight point lead and built the first-half lead to as many as 10 points, 26-16.

Hood cut the deficit down to four points and Alvernia settled for a five point lead at halftime, 33-28.

Hood tied the game three times in the second half, but couldn't take the lead until Wegener's bucket with under a minute to play.

Alvernia continues the conference schedule Saturday at Lebanon Valley.  The Golden Wolves had the top two teams in the preseason poll in the next week.  At the Dutchmen on Saturday--picked second by the coaches--and against Lycoming--picked first--on Wednesday.

Alvernia 68, Hood 65