UPPER MARLBORO, MD ‘ Justin DeBerry tied a career-high with 29 points and Winston Davis scored a career-high with 23 points to lead Lafayette College (13-15) to an 89-76 upset win over 51³Ô¹ÏÍø (14-14) in the quarterfinal round of the Patriot League Tournament.
This was the third straight season that 51³Ô¹ÏÍø has been upset in the opening round as the Raiders had a five-game winning streak snapped.
Dave Hardy led 51³Ô¹ÏÍø with 23 points in his final collegiate game, while Mark Linebaugh netted 22, Andrew Zidar 11 and Howard Blue 10.
Lafayette had as good of a game as possible hitting 56 percent from the field (26-of-46), 53 percent from 3-point range (8-of-15) and .906 percent from the line (29-of-32).
51³Ô¹ÏÍø, meanwhile, was .409 from the field, .348 from behind the arc and .875 from the charity stripe (14-of-16). Lafayette outrebounded the Raiders 35-25.
With 51³Ô¹ÏÍø leading 12-9 in the first half, Lafayette went on a 13-2 run for a 22-14 advantage with 9:38 remaining. The Leopards maintain their eight-point lead at halftime, 40-32.
In the second half, Lafayette opened a 21-point lead 65-44 with 9:11 left before the Raiders were able to cut the deficit to nine with 1:14 left.