West Chester took its five-point lead early, jumping out to a 9-4 advantage after a make by McGee before Shepherd outscored West Chester 22-14 over 10 minutes to erase the deficit and take a 26-23 lead late in the first half. The first half was a back-and-forth affair throughout, with neither side holding a lead larger than five points and the game going to the half locked at 29-29. Shepherd, once again doomed by poor shooting across the board, shot just 57.1 % (12-of-21) from the line and 37.5 % (21-of-56) from the field while also shooting 24.3 % (9-of-37).
West Chester ended the game shooting 44.0 % (22-of-50) from the field and 31.8 % (7-of-22) from three-point range while also going 13-of-19 (68.4 %) from the line. (Chester, Pa./Kiski Prep) added 11 in the victory.įor Shepherd, Phillip Jordan posted a game-high 21 points on 8-of-19 shooting while Aiden Hughley, finished with 14 on 5-of-8 shooting in the setback. McGee was one of three Golden Rams in double figures, as Robert Smith (Philadelphia, Pa./Bishop McDevitt) finished with 12 while freshman guard Anthony Purnell Jr. Mary's of the Assumption) led the Golden Rams in scoring with 20 points on 8-of-16 shooting, set up the comeback with a pair of clutch three-pointers with under two minutes to play in regulation, bringing West Chester back to within one twice, including the final 63-62 score, which set up Allen to be the hero. This time, with Walker on the bench, having fouled out earlier in the second half, Allen took his turn to be the hero, hitting his only field-goal of the contest with a jumper from the far corner, just inside the three-point line, which lifted the Golden Rams to the thrilling comeback victory. In the first meeting against Shepherd, it was Walker who hit the game-winning buzzer beater, off an assist from Allen following a missed Shepherd free throw. West Chester never led in the second half until the final second of regulation and Shepherd had back-to-back chances in the final 15 seconds to put the game away at the free throw line but West Chester made the most of the Rams final miss at the line with 5.3 seconds to play, racing the length of the floor to set Allen up for the game-winning jumper.
SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.V.- Elijah Allen (Dover, Del./Dover) hit a jumper in the corner as time expired to lift West Chester (18-7, 13-6) to an improbable comeback victory over Shepherd (13-12, 10-9) on Wednesday night by a 64-63 final.
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