DALLAS, Pa. --- The Moravian University men's basketball team fell to host Misericordia University, 98-84, in non-conference action Wednesday evening.

How It Happened

• The Cougars netted the first five pints of the game before Greyhound freshman guard Porter Kelly drained a three-pointer. The Hounds pulled within a point twice in the first five minutes of action, at the 16:47 mark on a pair of free throws by graduate student guard Danny Cooper and again just over a minute later on two free throws from Kelly that made it 10-9. Misercordia stretched the advantage out to eight points while the Blue and Grey made it a two-point game again at 28-26 on a jumper by Cooper with 10:30 left in the first half
• Misericordia embarked on a 9-0 run to push the edge to 11 points, and the Cougars had a 12-point advantage with 2:55 until the intermission. Moravian ran off seven straight points with a lay-up from sophomore forward Nate Santiago making it 49-44 a minute and a half later. Misericordia netted the final basket of the half to head to the locker room with a 51-44 lead
• Moravian slowly chipped in the second half and once again made it a four-point game at 61-47 after a three-pointer from Cooper at the 12:10 mark; however, that would as close as the Greyhounds would get the rest of the way

Inside the Numbers

• Moravian had four players in double figures led by Cooper, who tossed in 22 points to go with eight assists and three rebounds. Kelly and Santiago both finished with 12 points, and Kelly had three rebounds while Santiago grabbed 10 boards for the first double-double of his career to go along with two assists and a pair of steals
• Junior forward Mike DiPietro tossed in 10 points to go with three rebounds while freshman forward Marquis Ratcliff contributed eight points, seven rebounds, four blocked shots and a pair of steals
• Senior guard Nate Dougherty and junior guard Alex Dietz both netted six points with Dietz recording three assists and two rebounds and Dougherty grabbing two rebounds
• Junior guards C.J. Weber and Mark Howell each scored three points while sophomore guard/forward Michael Leonardo had two points, six rebounds and a pair of assists
• The Hounds shot 30-for-68 from the field, 15-for-33 beyond the three-point line and 9-for-13 at the charity stripe 

Up Next for the Greyhounds

• Saturday, December 17 at Keystone College, 6:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, December 20 at Delaware Valley University, 3:00 p.m.