Basketball

University of Scranton 84, Delaware Valley College 68

DOYLESTOWN (PA) - All five University of Scranton starters reached double figures in scoring as the Royals downed host Delaware Valley College, 84-68, in a Freedom Conference game. The Royals improved to 15-3 overall and 6-1 in conference play while the Aggies fell to 3-15, 1-6.

Delaware Valley held a 23-21 lead with 7:38 to go in the first half, before Scranton scored eight consecutive points for a 29-23 advantage. Later in the half, Isaiah Pinckney drained a 3-pointer to pull the Aggies to within two, 30-28 with 3:38 remaining, but the Royals ended the half with seven straight, including five by Paul Hawk, for a nine-point lead at the break.

Down 15 early in the second stanza, Delaware Valley went on a 9-0 run, including seven by Pinckney to get to within six, 46-40, with 15:33 to go. However, Hawk hit a trey and layup on back-to-back trips and the Royals never looked back.

Ryan FitzPatrick paced Scranton with 22 points while Hawk finished with 16. Paul Biagoli added 12 points while Randy Arnold and Tom Bicknell netted 10 apiece. Bicknell also grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds.

Pinckney finished with 22 points and moved into seventh place on the Aggie all-time list with 1,311 points. Eric Lawton also 22 points in the loss.