Box Score GLENSIDE, Pa. – The Arcadia University men's basketball team dropped a 75-67 Commonwealth Conference contest to visiting Alvernia University Wednesday night at Alumni Gymnasium. The Crusaders improved to 10-5 overall and 6-3 in conference play, while the Knights fell to 6-10 overall and 1-8 in conference play.
 
The game was won for Alvernia at the free throw line, where the Crusaders went 19-of-31 to Arcadia's 11-for-14 performance at the stripe. The two teams were even on the floor, 56-56.
 
Senior forward Brain Parker (Chichester, Pa.) scored a game-high 31 points on 9-of-13 shooting from the field and was 13-for-17 at the free throw line to lead Alvernia to the win. He also had a game-high 11 rebounds. Senior guard Chris Davis (Norristown, Pa.) and junior center Harrison Deyo (Phoenixville, Pa.) added 11 points each.
 
Junior guard Torrell Caldelaria (Philadelphia, Pa.) and sophomore forward Alex Cohen (Ridgewood, N.J.) scored 10 points each to lead a balanced attack for the Knights. Senior guard Mike Fitzpatrick (Towson, Md.), sophomore guard John Landro (Cornwall on Hudson, N.Y.) and junior forward Khalil Curtis (Philadelphia, Pa.) added eight points each.
 
It was a one-possession game for all but a minute and a half in the opening stanza, with the brief exception being the final 1:37 of the frame after senior forward Khalil Bennett's (Old Bridge, N.J.) three gave Alvernia a 37-31 lead. Fitzpatrick then drained a pair of free throws for the Knights with six second to go in the opening half, cutting their deficit to 37-33 at the break.
 
The two teams exchanged small runs in the second half, which eventually saw the Crusaders open a game-high 12-point advantage with 5:43 to go, 66-54. Arcadia pulled back within seven two and a half minutes later and it was still seven point game after junior forward Joe Brown's (Philadelphia, Pa.) layup with 1:06 remaining.
 
The Knights had their chances to get even closer as Alvernia went through an 0-for-4 stretch at the line, but could not get a shot to fall before Bennett finally hit a pair with 33 seconds on the clock to make it a 74-66 game.
 
Arcadia will next travel to Stevenson University Saturday for a 1 p.m. Commonwealth Conference contest.