FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mansfield moves back into first place tie in PSAC East with 74-67 win over Millersville

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MANSFIELD – Yuseff Carr topped four Mountaineers in double-figures with a game-high 24 points to lead Mansfield to a 74-67 win over Millersville in a key PSAC East contest Saturday afternoon at Decker Gymnasium.

The win moved Mansfield back into a tie for first place in the PSAC East with Kutztown after the Golden Bears suffered a 92-88 loss at Bloomsburg Saturday.

“Every win in the PSAC East is tough and today was no exception,” said head coach Rich Miller. “It was difficult to get much separation from them until Derrison's (Anthony) 3-pointer late in the game. We have four more game left in the regular season and every one of them is going to be as competitive as today's game so we better be ready for it.”

Millersville jumped out to an early 13-6 lead in the first five minutes of the game before Mansfield slowly clawed back taking a 20-19 lead on a Carr layup 12 minutes into the game. Mansfield extended the lead to 33-27 at halftime behind freshman Kyle Bradley who scored 10 of his 15 points in the first half.

Mansfield (15-7, 7-3 PSAC East) never trailed in the game but the Mountaineers never pulled away to a comfortable lead either. Millersville tied the game twice in the second half, the last time with just under 13 minutes to play at 44-44, but Mansfield managed to retake the lead leading by as much as 56-48 on a Dunk by Carr with just under eight minutes to play.

Millersville closed to 62-60 on a layup by Anthony Coleman with 3:11 remaining but Derrison Anthony buried a 3-pointer on Mansfield's next possession and the Mountaineers extended the lead to 71-62 on a layup and ensuing free throw by Josh Dupuy with just under a minute to play to put the game out of reach.

Carr scored 15 of his 24 points in the second half and also pulled down eight rebounds while Bradley went 5-5 from the floor and hit all three 3-point attempts scoring 15 points. Hea also had seven rebounds.

Anthony recorded his seventh double-double of the season with 11 points and 11 rebounds while dishing out a career-best seven assists, most of them to Carr. Tony Fannick added 11 points along with six rebounds.

Bernard Brown paced Millersville (9-12, 4-6 PSAC East) with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Mike Holley added 13 points and Jaymes Miller 10 points.

Mansfield travels to Bloomsburg Wednesday evening before host Shippensburg on Saturday.