Jackson Nets 20; Long Goes For Double-Double In Road Win At Cheyney

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CHEYNEY, Pa. – Malik Jackson (Lansdowne, Pa./Penn Wood) scored a team-high 20 points, and Tyrell Long (Philadelphia, Pa./Bishop McDevitt) posted a double-double as visiting West Chester used a second-half spurt to down host Cheyney, 87-80, in a PSAC men's basketball contest inside Cope Hall Wednesday evening.
 
West Chester (10-12, 8-9 PSAC), playing its third straight game without starting point guard Matt Penecale, remains in fifth-place in the PSAC East standings, one-half game back of Bloomsburg in fourth and 1.5 games in front of sixth-place Mansfield. West Chester has now won seven straight over Cheyney (2-21, 2-16) and 11 of the last 12 in the series.
 
Jackson scored 12 of his 20 points after halftime, including a 10-for-12 showing from the foul line while Long scored 10 of his 17 and grabbed nine of his 10 rebounds in the final 20 minutes. That tandem was too much for the upset-minded Wolves at Cope Hall.
 
Jackson Hyland (Avondale, Pa./Kennett) (9 points) hit a driving layup that capped an early 10-0 run in the second half and gave the Golden Rams the lead for good. The Wolves would never get any closer than six the rest of the way.
 
Malik Jackson made 5 of 6 from the charity stripe in the final minute of the contest to salt away the result. Though only 1-for-11 from beyond the 3-point arc in the contest, Jackson more than made up for it by dishing out a career-best eight assists.
 
Zach Bare (Reiserstown, Md./St. Paul's School) scored 17 points in the win, including 11 in the second half.
 
West Chester returns home to Hollinger Field House on Saturday afternoon for another PSAC clash with East Stroudsburg at 3 p.m.
 
NOTES: West Chester trails the all-time series with Cheyney 46-45 … West Chester has now won two of its last three games, following two straight losses at Kutztown and at Bloomsburg … Malik Jackson now has 794 career points in 46 career games … Bare's 17-point night now has him averaging over 11 points per game and giving West Chester five different players with a per game scoring average that high.