Box Score LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – The Lock Haven University men's basketball team (13-6, 6-3 PSAC East) overcame a slow start and the Bald Eagles grinded out their fifth straight win, downing visiting Shippensburg (2-17, 0-9 PSAC East) 72-68.
 
The five-game win streak is the first since Lock Haven started 9-0 in 1989-90 and the 13 wins are the most since LHU won 13 during the 1994-95 season.
 
The Bald Eagles were once again led by their big three – Wali Hepburn (Philadelphia/Neumann-Goretti), Kasheef Festus (Philadelphia/Archbishop Carroll) and Bootsie Walker (Chester, Pa./Chester).
 
Hepburn netted 19 points to go along with six rebounds and five assists. Festus had 14 points and a team-high 10 rebounds. Walker added 13 points.
 
Nate Walters (Reedsville, Pa./Indian Valley) added eight points and Dave Garcia (Scotrun, Pa./Pocono Mountain East) hit a pair of three's and finished with eight points off the bench.
 
Theo West (Philadelphia/Kensington) added six points and four rebounds.
 
Lock Haven got off to a rare slow start and Shippensburg led by as many as 14 in the first half. With 1:13 left in the first, LHU took its first lead, 33-32 on a Hepburn three-throw.
 
The Bald Eagles started the second on a 7-0 run in the second, but the Red Raiders didn't go anywhere as the two teams battled all the way to the game's final minutes.
 
Jay Hardy led Shippensburg with 19 points and Joe Lococo added 15.
 
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 Game Notes:
With the win, a West Chester win and a Bloomsburg loss, the three teams now sit in a three-way tie for second in the PSAC East standings … LHU shot 32 percent in the first half tonight and shot 52 percent in the second half … Tonight's win was the fifth straight for LHU, the most since Lock Haven started the 1989-90 season 9-0 – LHU went on to win 26 games that season … LHU is now 13-6 and the 13 wins are the most since Lock Haven won 13 games during the 1994-95 season … The Bald Eagles haven't won 14 games in a season since 1992-93 … On the season, Wali Hepburn is averaging 21.6 points per game, the most in the PSAC this season.