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EAST STROUDSBURG - Senior forward Rasheed Moore scored a career-high 33 points and tied a career-best with 16 rebounds, leading East Stroudsburg University to a 106-87 win over Lock Haven in the first round of the PSAC men's basketball tournament on Monday night at Koehler Fieldhouse.

Moore had 23 points and nine rebounds in the first half, pacing the Warriors to a commanding 55-32 advantage, and LHU never got closer than 13 over the final 24 minutes of the contest.

ESU (18-10), the PSAC East No. 3 seed, advances to the PSAC quarterfinals on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Shippensburg (23-3), the No. 2 seed.

Redshirt senior guard Quindell Brice scored 17 points, sophomore guard Kitt Najee Walls had 13 points and seven assists and sophomore guard Nick Giordano had 11 for the Warriors.

ESU reaches the PSAC quarterfinals for the eighth straight year, extending the longest streak in school history. The Warriors made six straight Final Four's from 2010-16, the second-longest streak in the PSAC in the last 35 years, including the 2012 and 2014 PSAC titles.

Moore's 33 points are one off ESU's PSAC/NCAA postseason high of 34 held by Hall of Famer Jonathan Roberts in an NCAA Division II Tournament first round game vs. Slippery Rock in 1990.  His previous career-high was 28 points at Chestnut Hill in November.

He set an ESU PSAC/NCAA postseason single-game record for rebounds, breaking a mark of 15 held by Terrance King (2012 PSAC semifinals vs. Mercyhurst) and Zechariah Runkle (2014 NCAA first round vs. Livingstone).  He tied his career-high of 16 boards vs. Lock Haven as a freshman.

Moore, who can become the Warriors' first-ever four-time All-PSAC East selection later this week, had ESU's first 25-point, 15-rebound and 30-point, 15-rebound games under 15th-year head coach Jeff Wilson.

He recorded ESU's first 30-point, 15-rebound game since Roberts in 1990, and first vs. a PSAC school since Roberts did it twice (in consecutive games) in 1988.

Walls (five points) and Brice (four) were the instigators in an 11-0 run that gave the Warriors a 21-12 lead nine minutes into the contest.

After LHU scored five straight, ESU rattled off eight in a row, including a three and a dunk by Moore in a 15-second span, to lead 28-17.

ESU's biggest stretch was a 15-0 run from the 5:30 to the 1:30 mark in the first half - punctuated by eight points by Moore in a 65-second span which featured back-to-back three-pointers.

In the second half, ESU pushed its lead to 27 (61-34) with two buckets by redshirt sophomore forward Chris Bing (6 points, 5 rebounds) and another by Moore for its largest advantage of the game.

Lock Haven closed it to 13 (86-73) with 6:20 left, but Giordano answered with his third three of the game to help secure the lead. Brice hit a couple of three's in the final three minutes to end it.

Tarojae Brake (20 points) and Khaleeq Campbell (17) led Lock Haven, which lost in the opening round of the PSAC Tournament for the fourth straight year.

Freshman Amir Hinton, who has set a PSAC freshman record for points and leads the conference with 24.2 points per game, scored 13 points but was 4-for-15 with six turnovers before fouling out with 2:33 remaining.

Craig Slade had 13 points and Cole Renninger added 10 for LHU.

ESU held a 19-11 advantage in turnovers and 41-37 edge in rebounding, gaining margins of 35-15 in points off turnovers and 18-7 in second chance points.

The Warriors were 14-for-31 from the three-point with Moore (4-for-7) setting a career-high for made three's and Giordano going 3-for-5 after missing the last two games due to injury.

ESU had 12 steals and six blocks, with Moore contributing three in each category.

The Warriors shot 47.4 percent (36-for-76) overall with Lock Haven at 485 percent (33-for-68). LHU was 7-for-19 from the three-point line but was partially undone by its 19 miscues.

Moore was 13-for-20 from the field, including 9-for-13 (4-for-5 from three) in a dominant first half.

Along with Brice (17 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 blocks), Walls (13 points, 7 assists - 2nd-most of the season) and Giordano (11 points), freshman forward Kobi Nwandu had eight points and three steals, redshirt junior forward Steven Stoney had seven points, Bing added six points and five boards and junior guard Ryan Krawczeniuk scored five. Junior forward Ralik Wise hit a second-half three-pointer and redshirt sophomore guard Jakwan Jones had three points and two assists.

ESU improves to 12-5 in PSAC Tournament games since the 2009-10 season, when the Warriors began their run of eight straight quarterfinals, including six straight Final Four's.

The Warriors improve to 10-2 in home postseason games (PSAC or NCAA) since the start of that season, and 11-2 at home this year.


GAME NOTES
* ESU's 106 points are its 2nd-most in 37 all-time PSAC or NCAA Tournament postseason games
108 - 108-102 (2OT) vs. Millersville (1990 PSAC championship game)
106 - 106-87 vs. Lock Haven (2017 PSAC 1st round)
103 - 103-102 (OT) vs. Slippery Rock (1990 PSAC semifinals)
102 - 102-74 vs. Mansfield (2013 PSAC quarterfinals)

* ESU tied a school record with its 7th 100-point game of the season (also 2013-14, 2015-16)

* Moore extended his career totals to 1,657 points and 769 rebounds, both 4th in school history.
* He moved into a tie for 7th at ESU with 93 career blocks.

* He had his 19th career 20-point game (2nd-most at ESU since 2003)
* He had his 15th career double-double (t-2nd most at ESU since 2003)
* He had his 6th career 20-point, 10-rebound game
* He had his 1st career 30-point, 10-rebound game (ESU's 3rd under Wilson and first since Terrance King [32 points, 10 rebounds] in a 99-91 (OT) win at Kutztown in the 2012 PSAC quarterfinals - went on to win PSAC title)

* He had ESU's first 25-point, 15-rebound and 30-point, 15-rebound games under Wilson (427 games)

* He had ESU's 3rd 30-point, 10-rebound game in a PSAC/NCAA postseason game
34-11 - Jonathan Roberts vs. Slippery Rock (1990 NCAA 1st round)
33-16 - Rasheed Moore vs. Lock Haven (2017 PSAC 1st round)
32-10 - Terrance King at Kuztown (2012 PSAC quarterfinal)

* He had his 11th 20-point game of the season (t-3rd most at ESU since 2003)
* He surpassed the 500-point mark for the season (502), achieving the 14th 500-point season in program history.

ESU's 30-point, 15-rebound games (since 1985-86)
30-17 - Jonathan Roberts at Wilkes (1987-88) (L 106-83)
35-16 - Jonathan Roberts at King's (1987-88) (W 75-70 OT)
32-16 - Jonathan Roberts at Cheyney (1987-88) (L 122-80)
30-15 - Jonathan Roberts vs. West Chester (1987-88) (L 90-86)
32-15 - Jonathan Roberts at King's (1989-90) (W 79-77)
33-16 - Rasheed Moore vs. Lock Haven (2016-17 PSAC 1st round) (W 106-87)


ESU player - most points in PSAC/NCAA postseason game
34 - Jonathan Roberts vs. Slippery Rock (1990 NCAA 1st round)
33 - Rasheed Moore vs. Lock Haven (2017 PSAC 1st round)
32 - Terrance King at Kutztown (2012 PSAC quarterfinal)
29 - Whis Grant vs. Livingstone (2014 NCAA 1st round)
29 - Keith Fisher vs. Slippery Rock (1990 NCAA 1st round)

ESU player - most rebounds in PSAC/NCAA postseason game
16 - Rasheed Moore vs. Lock Haven (2017 PSAC 1st round)
15 - Zechariah Runkle vs. Livingstone (2014 NCAA 1st round)
15 - Terrance King vs. Mercyhurst (2012 PSAC semifinal)


* Brice's 17 points are his 3rd straight game in double figures and 18th of the season.
* They are his most since scoring 19 (tied for career-high) at Bloomsburg on Jan. 21.


ESU at home:
161-57 (.739) under Wilson
95-21 (.819) since 2009-10 (10-2 in postseason games)
61-11 (.847) since 2012-13
11-2 this season


Consecutive PSAC Quarterfinals (active)
10 - IUP
8 - ESU
6 - West Chester
4 - Mercyhurst
3 - Kutztown

Consecutive PSAC Quarterfinals (since 1981)
10 - IUP (2008-17)
10 - Kutztown (2003-12)
10 - West Chester (1997-06)
10 - IUP (1993-02)
10 - California (1991-00)
9 - Edinboro (2001-09)
9 - Clarion (1997-05)
8 - ESU (2010-17)
8 - Bloomsburg (1995-02)