GLENSIDE, Pa. – The Albright men's basketball team hung with the first place team in the MAC Commonwealth for the majority of the night before ultimately succumbing to a 77-69 loss to Arcadia on Wednesday night.
 
With the loss, the Lions fall to 5-15 overall and 4-8 in MAC Commonwealth play. Meanwhile, the Knights continue to pace the conference as they improve to 17-3 overall and stay perfect in conference play at 11-0.
 
Sophomore Christian Lane had a breakout game as he poured in a career-high 26 points behind going 6-of-10 from beyond the arc, and 10-of-15 from the field. Classmate Samuel Majekodunmi added 16 points, four rebounds, and three assists. Senior Jared Rappoport just missed a double-double as he posted nine points, a game-high 11 rebounds, and two blocks in the loss.
 
Albright started fast as they quickly jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first 1:34 of the game, and eventually worked its way out to an 11-5 advantage at the 16:06-mark after going 5-of-6 from the field during that span. After the Lions went up 14-8, the Knights scored 14 unanswered points to take their first lead of the game at 22-14 with 10:04 left in the first half. Both teams tallied runs of five-straight points to leave the Knights up 27-19 before Arcadia went on an 8-3 run to take a 35-24 lead, their largest of the half, with 1:26 left in the first half. Albright then went on a 7-1 run to close out the half that was capped by a layup to beat the buzzer by Lane, and bring the deficit down to 36-31.
 
The Lions outscored the Knights 9-4 in the opening 3:32 of the second half to tie the game at 40 before the Knights countered with five-straight points to re-take the lead at 45-40. Majekodunmi tallied five-straight points of his own to tie the game at 45, but Arcadia again answered with five-straight points to go back up 50-45 at the 13:02-mark. Lane hit a three-pointer to make it 50-48 before Arcadia went on an 11-3 run to go up 61-51 at the 6:12-mark of the second half. Lane then broke a drought of 6:17 without a field goal for the Lions with a three-pointer, and would bring the Lions within four points at 64-60 on a three-pointer with 3:53 left in the second half. Unfortunately for the Lions, that would be as close as they would get for the rest of the game as the Knights went 12-of-13 from the free throw line down the stretch to seal the game.
 
Albright shot 43.5 percent (27-of-62) from the field for the game and went 11-of-28 (39.3%) from beyond the arc. The Lions went 4-of-10 from the free throw line and held a slight 41-38 rebounding advantage. Meanwhile, the Knights shot 40.7 percent (22-of-54) from the field and 5-of-13 (38.5%) from three-point range. Arcadia shot 71.8 percent (28-of-39) from the free throw line and forced 21 Lion turnovers that led to 22 points.
 
Josh Scott led the Knights with a team-high 25 points and seven rebounds, while Da'Kquan Davis added 20 points, five rebounds, and three steals.
 
The Lions will return to action on Wednesday, February 6^th after being idle this weekend, and will host Hood at 8 p.m.