READING, Pa. – The Albright men's basketball team was unable to overcome a red-hot shooting Alvernia squad as they fell 93-85 to the Golden Wolves on Wednesday night at the Bollman Center in MAC Commonwealth play.
 
With the loss, the Lions drop to 10-7 overall and 5-3 in MAC Commonwealth play. Meanwhile, the Golden Wolves snap a two-game skid as they improve to 8-8 overall and 4-4 in conference play.
 
Junior Samuel Majekodunmi scored a game-high 28 points behind going 7-of-9 from the field and 11-of-12 from the free throw line.  Classmate Isaiah Harris posted 21 points on 8-of-10 from the field and grabbed five rebounds, while Sidney Brown added 17 points, three assists, and two steals.
 
The Lions opened the game by scoring the first five points of the game to take a 5-0 lead just 1:42 into the game, but the Golden Wolves quickly came back with five-straight points of their own in just under a minute to tie the game. Albright stretched its lead out to 13-9 at the 14:17-mark behind six points from Harris before extending its lead out to 20-13 at the 11:56-mark following a three-pointer from Majekodunmi. The Lions held a 26-19 advantage at the 8:44-mark before the Golden Wolves began heat up from the field as they went on a 16-2 run to take a 35-28 lead at the 3:50-mark. Brown scored five quick points for the Lions to cut the Alvernia lead down to 35-33 with 2:29 left in the first half. However, Albright could not sustain momentum as the Golden Wolves closed the half on a 10-5 run to take a 45-38 lead into the locker rooms.
 
Alvernia came out scorching hot in the second half as they scored 10-straight points in the first 2:06 to go up 55-38 at the 17:54-mark. The Golden Wolves went 16-of-18 from the field in the first 11:30 of the second half to take their largest lead of the game at 80-57. However, the Lions made a run at the Golden Wolves with 12-straight points to make it an 80-69 game at the 4:23-mark of the second half. Albright went 5-of-6 from the field in that stretch and forced three Alvernia turnovers. The Lions would get as close as seven points with 49 seconds left in regulation, but would get no closer than that the rest of the way. Alvernia made 9 of its 11 free throws in the final minute of the game to close out the victory.
 
The Lions shot 52.6 percent (30-of-57) from the field for the game after shooting 58.1 percent in the second half. Albright went just 7-of-29 (29.2%) from beyond the arc, but shot a solid 18-of-23 (78.3%) from the free throw line. Meanwhile, the Golden Wolves shot 58.9 percent (33-of-56) behind going a sizzling 69.2 percent (18-of-26) from the field. Alvernia shot 50 percent (5-of-10) from three-point range, and a strong 22-of-24 (91.7%) from the free throw line. The Golden Wolves held a slight 29-26 edge in rebounds, and scored 50 of their points in the paint. Alvernia scored 20 points off 17 Lion turnovers, while Albright had 26 fast break points.
 
Keon Taylor led the Golden Wolves with 36 points behind going 12-of-19 from the field and 12-of-13 from the free throw line. Steve Pierce added 21 points and six rebounds, while Justin Thomas posted 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting.
 
Albright returns to action on Saturday, January 25^th as they will travel to face Hood at 3 p.m.