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IMMACULATA, Pa.-Following an 11-day layoff, the Immaculata men's basketball team (4-5, 3-0) fell behind as many as 14 points in the first half to Montclair State (4-6), but a furious second half rally allowed the Mighty Macs to take the lead a couple times late in the game before Ordel Goldson (19 points) gave the Red Hawks the lead for good with less than two minutes left on their way to a 66-62 non-conference victory at Alumnae Hall.  The Immaculata loss snaps the team's four-game winning streak.
 
Junior Brandon Smith led the team in scoring with 15 points and chipped in six rebounds, while freshman Tyreek Peeples scored in double figures for the third time in four games with 11 of his own to go along with four assists and four rebounds.
 
After falling behind 19-5 eight minutes into the game, the Mighty Macs ripped off a 6-0 run on the strength of a jumper from senior Todd Stokley (two points, five assists, seven rebounds) and two layups from Smith to cut into the Montclair State advantage.  However, the Red Hawks were able to keep Immaculata at arms' length on the strength of Goldson and John Yates (13 points) as their lead was in double digits for the majority of the first half.
 
The Mighty Macs were able to seize some momentum in the last minute when senior Nelson Torres (10 points, four rebounds) hit Immaculata's first triple of the game to cut the lead to eight heading into the locker room at 29-21.
 
At the start of the second half, the Mighty Macs were able to take the lead on the strength of an 11-1 run.  Senior Kendall Peters (8 points) hit a three followed by a traditional three-point play from Smith before Peeples knocked down his first three of the game.  Smith then put home a layup to give Immaculata their first lead of the game at 37-36 with just under 14 minutes to go.
 
The teams would then go back-and-forth as they exchanged the leads six times in the next four minutes of play with neither team getting ahead by more than one point.
 
With 7:46 remaining and Montclair State leading by two points, Torres drove hard to the basket and earned himself an and-one opportunity.  He knocked down the free throw to give Immaculata another lead at 47-46.
 
Ken Rubenstein (11 points) then came down and hit a jumper to get the lead right back to Montclair State as the teams exchanged the lead 11 times in the final 14 minutes of the game.
 
The lead got as large as five for the Red Hawks with four and a half minutes remaining, but another mini 7-2 spurt by the Mighty Macs tied the game up at 56-56 with just over three minutes remaining.  Another Peeples three, a jumper by T.J. Klinger (5 points) in his first game back from injury, and a tip-in by junior Adam Jones (7 points, team-high 11 rebounds) knotted the game up.
 
Goldson then hit another layup to give the Red Hawks the brief lead, but Peeples knocked down his third three of the half to give the Mighty Macs the one point advantage with two and half minutes remaining.
 
Montclair State then scored the next four points before Klinger hit a three-pointer with 37 seconds left to slice the lead to one.  Following one made Red Hawk free throw, a possible go-ahead three-pointer by Klinger hit off the rim and Montclair State iced the 66-62 game away with two more free throws.
 
The loss snaps Immaculata's four-game winning streak and hands them their first loss at Alumnae Hall this season.  The Mighty Macs will look to get back to their winning ways when they travel to Moravian after the winter break for a non-conference matchup on January 7^th at 7 p.m.
 
NOTES: Immaculata is now 0-2 all-time against Montclair State after falling last December 104-64…Torres moved into 6^th place on the all-time career steals' list with two of them tonight...He now has 86 for his career passing Dan Lepone (2005-08)…Torres also moved into 2^nd on the all-time field goals attempted list with 1,022 over his three-plus seasons…He passed Rob Siter (2008-12) and trails all-time leader Kyle Finklea who has 1,372…Stokley moved into 8^th on Immaculata's career assist list with 5 helpers tonight bringing him to 81 for his career…He passed Robert Jones (2006-08) and Julius Lopez (2005-09)…Peters became the 7^th member of the 300-rebound club last game and now has 301 for his career…Peeples tied the team record for three-pointers in a game in last week's 76-59 win over Cairn…His six triples tied him with Darnell Malabet who accomplished the feat on January 20, 2011 in an 83-79 loss to Cabrini…Immaculata sits in a tie for first place with Gwynedd-Mercy at the top of the CSAC standings heading into the holiday break.