Trevonn Pitts led all scorers with 18 points as the Chestnut Hill College Men's Basketball Team cruised to their fifth Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference win of the season, defeating the University of the Sciences 73-55 at Sorgenti arena Tuesday night.

The Griffins improve to 8-6 overall with the win and 5-1 in CACC games.  The Devils fall to 2-11 overall and 2-5 in league play.
Pitts sank eight field goals (8-10), including two three point baskets enroute to his game high 18 points.   Amir Warrick and James Rider IV added 12 and 11 points respectively   Nigel Haughton led all players with a career-high 16 rebounds while Noah Charles paced the Griffins with five assists and three steals.

Conor Regan set the tone for the game by nailing two three point baskets in the opening minute to stake the griffins to an early 6-0 lead.  Four minutes later his layup put the Griffins ahead 20-8 and the team expanded continued to expand the lead as the half went on.  A devils basket midway through the half cut the Griffins lead to nine before a 17-2 run  capped by layups from Lucas Dunn and Warrick, gave the Griffins a 41-17 lead with just 2:34 left in the half.  A Devils three-point basket followed before the Griffins scored the final four points of the half to lead 45-20 at the break.

A layup from Haughton at the 14:40 mark gave the Griffins their biggest lead of the game, 53-24 and the Griffins still led by 27, 59-32 midway through the half when the Devils started to whittle away at the lead.  Ten straight USciences points cut the margin to 17, 59-42 with 7:01 left before baskets from Neal Hill and a three-ball from Pitts pushed the lead back up to 22, 64-42.  The Devils scored the next eight points, completing an 18-5 run run to get within 14,  64-50 with three minutes left.  Dylan Majors broke the run with a three-point basket with 1:47 left  and finished the game on a 9-5 run for the 18-point win.

Jordan Davidson led the Devils with 15 points while Zach Foley and Omari Salvi added 10 points apiece. Salvi led the team with eight rebounds.

The Griffins shot 46.9% from the field (30-64) while the Devils made just 32.2% (19-59) of their shots.  Chestnut Hill held a substantial 47-35 rebounding advantage and scored 12 points of USci turnovers to five off CHC miscues for the Devils.

The Chestnut Hill College Men's Basketball team is back in action on Thursday, January 20, 2022 when they host Jefferson University at Sorgenti Arena.  Tipoff is set for 6:00 p.m.