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December 4, 2006

Marywood 80, Gwynedd-Mercy 77
Griffins stumble in loss to Pacers

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SCRANTON, PA. - Gwynedd-Mercy couldn't hold off a second-half surge from Marywood as the Pacers handed the Griffins their first PAC loss of the season an 80-77 defeat Monday evening.

Senior Corey Rich (Norristown, Pa./Kennedy-Kenrick) led GM with 16 points while Chris DelBrocco (Philadelphia, Pa./St. John Neumann) added 15. Junior Kevin Lauer (Philadelphia, Pa./St. John Neumann) notched 14 points and 10 rebounds for his first double-double of the year.

The Griffins (3-2, 2-1 PAC) led 42-35 at the half thanks to hot shooting, as the Griffins were 19-of-38 from the floor.

In the second stanza, GM would lead by as much as 13 points as two free throws from sophomore Haven Wroten (Philadelphia, Pa./Penn Charter) staked Gwynedd to a 55-42 leaed with just under 14 minutes in the contest. Wroten finished with 12 points and eight boards.

But a 13-3 run later by Marywood (4-3, 2-1 PAC) knotted the game at 61-61 with 6:50 remaining.

Adam Wildasin gave the Pacers the lead for good as he hit two free throws and a three-pointer on consective possessions for a 70-65 edge.

Gwynedd got as close as 75-74 when Lauer sank two from the line with 45 ticks left.

The Griffins travel to Immaculata for another PAC matchup this Thursday at 8 p.m.

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