Men's Basketball Falls to St. Lawrence

Four players scored in double figures but it was not enough as the Heidelberg men’s basketball team suffered a 90-79 setback to St. Lawrence University in the consolation game of the Buffalo State Holiday Inn Invitational. The invitational was hosted by Buffalo State in Buffalo, N.Y.
 
Heidelberg stands at 4-7 overall on the year, while St. Lawrence improves to 5-3. The Berg resumes Ohio Athletic Conference action on Wednesday when they travel to John Carroll University for a 7:00 p.m. match up.
 
Jim Smalley (Middleburg Heights, Ohio / Midpark) finished with 19 points leading all scorers. Smalley connected on 7-of-16 shots from the floor, including 3-of-5 from long range. He also hauled in seven rebounds and pocketed three steals. Backing Smalley with 16 points apiece was Travis Kinn (Alvada, Ohio / New Riegel) and Jake Hessey (Crestline, Ohio / Colonel Crawford). Scoring in double figures in his first collegiate start was Derrick Flynn (Cleveland, Ohio / Padua Franciscan). Flynn recorded 10 points on the day. Kinn led the Berg with eight rebounds, to go along with two assists, two steals and a block.
 
St. Lawrence had five players in double figures led by Terry Parham with 17 points. Leading the way on the glass was Garrett Sharlow with eight boards.
 
In the first half, Heidelberg cut a 10-point St. Lawrence lead down to five points, 16-11, following a Kinn lay up with 14:53 on the clock. However, St. Lawrence responded with a 12-2 run to take a 15-point lead, 28-13, roughly six minutes later. Hessey hit a three in the final 30 seconds of the half to cut Heidelberg’s deficit to 10, 40-30, at the intermission.
 
St. Lawrence opened with a trey in the second half, but Heidelberg answered with two-straight baskets to pull within eight points. Following the four points by the Berg, the two teams traded baskets before St. Lawrence built its largest lead of the game at 22 points, 77-55, with 7:10 to play in the game. Heidelberg cut its deficit to single digits on two occasions, but could not get any closer than nine points.