WAYNESBURG, Pa. – An all-around team effort from the Hood College men's basketball team propelled the Blazers to a 95-58 win against the Waynesburg Jackets.
Inside the Box Score
Kullen Robinson (Alexandria, Va./Alexandria City) led the Blazers with a career-high 16 points, going 5-9 from the field and a perfect 6-6 from the foul line.
Trumaine Strickland (Frederick, Md./Tuscarora) finished the game with 14 points.
Justin Gielen (Edgewater, Md./DeMatha) ended the day nicely with 12 points, shooting 6-9 overall.
Garrison Linton (New Market, Md./Oakdale) helped evenly spread the points around with eight rebounds and six assists.
How it Happened
Hood took control of the game early, going on a 9-2 run in the first three and a half minutes of the game.
Six minutes into the first half,
Karron Mallory (Manchester, Pa./Northeastern) made a three-pointer immediately after coming in for Linton to give the Blazers a 17-4 lead.
After some back-and-forth scoring, the Jackets' Ryan Felberg converted all three shots on a Strickland foul from beyond the arc to cut into Hood's lead, but a Waynesburg turnover after a
Ryan Hollwedel (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) three-pointer would lead to a quick basket for Gielen to regain their lead.
Hood would go into halftime ahead 44-27 with
Will Spencer (Davidsonville, Md./Boys' Latin School) making a long-range shot to cap off the scoring.
The second half started with both teams exchanging scores, and the Jackets would go on a 6-0 run to cut the Blazers' lead to just 11 points with 13:34 remaining, but that would be the closest they would get the rest of the game.
Hood would respond with a 20-5 run over the next five minutes, with Strickland contributing eight points himself.
The Blazers kept their foot on the gas the rest of the way as Robinson and
Yhali Steinhauer (Jezreel Valley, Israel/Putnam Science Academy (Conn.)) scored 10 of the game's final 13 points, the last of those coming from an emphatic Robinson dunk with 12 seconds left.
For the Opponent
Jordan McLoyd led Waynesburg with 14 points.
Jansen Knotts accumulated five assists on the day.
Analysis
Hood shot 50 percent overall, compared to just 36 percent for Waynesburg.
The Blazers turned the ball over just nine times, while the Jackets gave up possession 22 times.
Hood's bench outshot Waynesburg's 58-20.
Up Next
The Blazers return home after Christmas to play Goucher College Thursday, December 28 at 1 p.m.
