PHILADELPHIA – After missing twice at the end of regulation, the HFU men's basketball team was defeated 64-71 in overtime by Chestnut Hill on Tuesday night in the Campus Center.
 
Individual Highlights

• Jake McGonigle (Ocean City, N.J./Wildwood Catholic) led all players with four assists and a career-best three steals 
• Jason Shields (Scranton, Pa./Scranton (Jefferson University)) also had a career-best three steals, while leading the Tigers with six rebounds and producing the game's second-highest total with 19 points
• Tairi Ketner (Philadelphia, Pa./Woodstock Academy (University at Albany)) and David Robinson Jr. (Philadelphia, Pa./Chestnut Hill Academy) were also in double-figures with 12 and 10 points, respectively
• Aamir Hurst (Philadelphia, Pa./Neumann Goretti) added nine points, and Tazir Cantey (Lindenwold, N.J./Eastern Regional) had eight

 
Inside the Box Score

• Holy Family forced 20 turnovers, leading to a 24-10 advantage in points off turnovers, but the Griffins outrebounded the Tigers 26-43, leading to a 2-15 edge in second-chance points

 
How it Happened
First Half

• HFU responded to Chestnut Hill scoring the first five points with nine unanswered, five of which were by Shields before a Robinson Jr. layup put the Tigers on top 9-5 three and a half minutes in
• The Griffins quickly came back with eight in a row though, beginning a 4-14 surge that ended with a 13-19 advantage at the 11:45 mark
• Holy Family tied it up at 19 on a Ketner hook shot with 8:34 showing, but this time CHC used a 2-9 run for a first half-high 21-28 cushion with 5:41 to go in the first
• The Griffins also led 23-30 two and a half minutes after, only for the Tigers to tally the final six points as two Izaiah Credle (Smyrna, Del./Smyrna (Chesapeake College)) free throws cut the deficit to 29-30 entering the locker room

Second Half

• After the two teams exchanged points, back-to-back baskets by Shields gave less than three minutes in gave HFU a lead it would hold onto for most of the first half of the second
• That cushion reached as high as four three times, including when two Shields foul shots made the score 42-38 with 13:51 remaining
• Chestnut Hill knotted the score at 42 two minutes later, but the Griffins would not go ahead until a 3-pointer made it 44-45 with 9:14 to play
• The Tigers came back with six straight in just 1:09 though, capped by a Robinson Jr. layup
• A Robinson Jr. layup brought another five-point advantage, 52-47, with 7:18 left, as did Ketner's bucket, 54-49, an even two minutes after
• Seven unanswered gave CHC a 56-54 lead with 2:55 to go, but Shields responded with a basket and two Cantey free  throws with 1:33 showing put HFU back on top
• Following back-to-back misses, the Griffins tied it once more at the 29-second mark
• The Tigers first missed a 3-pointer, before a put-back at the buzzer rimmed out

Overtime

• Cantey started overtime with a bucket, but Chestnut Hill scored the next six points to go ahead 60-64 midway through the extra period
• Two Ketner free throws with 1:48 remaining got HFU as close as two, but the Tigers could never tie it
• Hurst cut the deficit to three, 64-67, with 27 seconds on the clock, but the Griffins iced the victory by making all four of its foul shots in the final 25 seconds 

 
Up Next
Holy Family is back at home to host Bloomfield on Saturday at 3 p.m.