Box Score

WILLIAMSPORT, Penn. – The Rutgers University-Camden men's basketball team scored the first six points of the game and led all the way as it defeated Penn State- Brandywine, 92-74, in the consolation game of the Louis Fleming Basinger Memorial Tournament Tuesday afternoon at Lycoming College.
 
The Scarlet Raptors improve to 5-4, while the Lions fall to 0-9.

Scarlet Raptor senior guard Wyatt Polk (Haddonfield, NJ/Haddonfield Memorial) was named a member of the all-tournament team after scoring 35 points in a loss to Susquehanna University Monday night and pouring in 24 more points in Tuesday's win over Penn State-Brandywine.

Lions sophomore guard James Fisher (Philadelphia, PA/Upper Darby) joined Polk on the tournament team after scoring 16 points in the consolation game.

In the championship game, Susquehanna defeated Lycoming, 82-75.
 
Junior guard Julian Martin (Williamstown, NJ/Williamstown) notched four of the Raptors' first six points as they opened the game with a 6-0 run. Although the Lions managed to cut the margin to two points on several occasions, the last at 18-16, the Scarlet Raptors eventually built a 40-27 halftime lead.
 
Martin, senior guard K.J. Brown (Sicklerville, NJ/Living Faith Christian Academy) and sophomore guard Marcus Taylor (Somerdale, NJ/Sterling) each had eight first-half points for the Raptors, while Polk and senior guard/forward Alex Smart (Sicklerville, NJ/Timber Creek) both added seven. Sophomore forward Matt O'Keefe (Sicklerville, NJ/Paul VI) had eight rebounds in the first half as Rutgers-Camden controlled the boards, 31-18.
 
Penn State-Brandywine received six first-half points from sophomore guard Amir Davis (Philadelphia, PA/Walter Palmer Charter), freshman forward/center Cyrie Spencer (Sharon Hill, PA/Academy Park) and sophomore center Dimitri Burton (Philadelphia, PA/Paul Roberson).
 
The Scarlet Raptors opened up leads as large as 21 points (75-54) in the second half before settling for the 18-point victory.
 
In addition to Polk's game-high 24 points, Martin finished with 19, Taylor canned 16, Brown netted 12 and Smart added 11. Both Smart and O'Keefe grabbed nine rebounds to help the Raptors control the  boards 49-37. O'Keefe's nine boards tied his career high that was established on Dec. 6, 2014 against Kean University.
 
Brown, meanwhile, set his Raptor career highs with four rebounds and four assists, while tying his high of two steals.
 
Martin set his Rutgers-Camden career high of seven boards, while adding four assists and three steals.
 
Junior guard/forward John Tatem (Camden, NJ/Pennsauken Tech) tallied eight points, while adding six rebounds, three assists and one steal.
 
Rutgers-Camden shot 44.7 percent from the floor (34-for-76), while Brandywine shot 38.6 (27-for-70).
 
The Lions received 16 points apiece from Fisher, Davis and Spencer. Burton added 15 points. Davis and Spencer also added 11 and 10 rebounds, respectively, to finish with double-doubles. Davis added a game-high eight assists.
 
The Scarlet Raptors' next home game will be Saturday, January 3, 2015 with a 1 p.m. non-conference contest against Neumann University.