PONOMA, N.J. – Behind a balanced scoring attack, the Albright men's basketball team picked up an 83-70 win over Cabrini in the Stockton Tip-Off Tournament on Friday night.
 
With the win, the Lions improve to 2-0 on the season and will now face host Stockton in the championship game tomorrow at 3 p.m. Meanwhile, the Cavaliers fall to 2-2 overall and will take on St. Joe's Brooklyn in the consolation game.
 
Junior Samuel Majekodunmi led all five starters that scored in double-figures with a team-high 19 points, while adding seven rebounds, five steals, and three assists. Classmate Isaiah Harris followed with 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting, and eight rebounds. Junior Sidney Brown posted 13 points behind going 3-of-5 from beyond the arc, and classmate Troy Smoot added 12 points behind going 5-of-8 from the field. Senior DeLascio Dancy rounded out the attack with 10 points, eight rebounds, and four assists. Junior Deion Booker scored eight points on 3-of-4 shooting, and grabbed four rebounds.
 
The teams went back and forth in the first three minutes of the game, with four lead changes that eventually left the Lions up 8-5 at the 16:34-mark. Albright continued their strong start with the field in addition to playing strong defense to take a 17-11 lead at the 13:17-mark of the first half. Cabrini used a 7-1 run over a span of 1:26 to pull within one point at 18-17 before a three-pointer from Booker put the Lions back up 21-17 at the 10:41-mark. The Cavaliers took the lead back for the first time since the 18-minute mark at 22-21, but the Lions responded with five-straight points from first-year Robert Mangum to take a 26-22 lead. The Cavaliers struck back with a 9-2 run to go up 31-28 at the 4:59-mark of the first half. Albright used five-straight points to go back up 33-31, and eventually took a 37-36 lead into halftime with a jumper from Harris giving them the advantage at the 1:28-mark.
 
Albright came out red hot in the second half as they went on a 10-1 run to take a 47-37 lead at the 15:45-mark. The Lions forced four Cavalier turnovers in the run, while Majekodunmi tallied eight of the 10 points. Cabrini hit back-to-back jumpers to pull within six, but Albright battled back with a 10-2 run to go up 57-43 at the 13:23-mark of the second half. The Lions continued to stay strong from the field as they extended their lead out to 17 points at 62-45 at the 12:03-mark. Cabrini used an 8-2 run to pull within 11 points at 63-54 at the 10:36-mark, but were unable to sustain momentum as they went 4:34 without a field goal. The drought bailed out the Lions, who went 3:21 without a point before going back up 16 points at 71-55. The Cavaliers were able to get the deficit under double digits at 71-62 with 4:11 left in regulation, but the Lions slammed the door with a 12-3 run to go up 83-65 at the 1:19-mark. Cabrini closed the game by scoring the final five points, but the Lions took the 13-point win.
 
The Lions shot 47.1 percent (33-of-70) from the field, and 43.5 percent (10-of-23) from beyond the arc. Albright went just 7-of-16 (43.8%) from the free throw line, but out-rebounded the Cavaliers 45-32 which led to a 16-5 advantage in second chance points. The Lions also scored 18 points off 16 Cavalier turnovers. Meanwhile, the Cavaliers went 28-of-60 (46.7%) from the field, but just 5-of-19 (26.3%) from three-point range. Cabrini went 9-of-16 (56.3%) from the charity stripe, and received 21 points from the bench. Keith Blassingale led all scorers with 20 points after going 9-of-15 from the field, and Voshon Mack added 19 points, six rebounds, and four blocks.
 
Albright will return to action tomorrow, November 16^th as they will face Stockton in the tournament championship game at 3 p.m.