GLENSIDE, Pa. – The Arcadia University men's basketball team gutted out a 68-62 Commonwealth Conference victory over visiting Albright College Saturday afternoon at Alumni Gymnasium, and in doing so moved one step closer to securing a berth in the conference tournament. Senior Joe Brown, Torrell Candelaria, Jermaine Clarke, Khalil Curtis, Jose Figueroa and Travis Saltus were honored in a Senior Day ceremony prior to tipoff.
 
The Knights improved to 12-11 overall and 8-6 in conference play with the win. Arcadia entered the day tied with Alvernia University and Hood College for third in the conference standings. Both of those teams have games just getting underway. The Lions fell to 9-13 overall and 5-9 in conference play with the loss, which eliminated them from playoff contention.
 
Brown and Candelaria combined for 35 points to lead Arcadia to the win. Brown scored 18 points with five rebounds, Candelaria finished with 17 points and five boards. Junior John Landro had another strong all-around performance with 13 points, a team-best eight rebounds and four steals, while sophomore Ryan Kelley chipped in with nine points, a game-high six assists, four steals and three boards.
 
Sophomore Omari Ringgold scored a game-high 20 points while going 9 of 19 from the field to lead Albright, while freshman DeJuan Smith added 13 points with six boards and three assists.
 
It was a one-possession game for most of the contest, which saw nine ties and 17 lead changes during the course of the matchup. Figueroa tied the game at 51 after a 1 for 2 trip to the free throw line with 4:04 remaining in the first half and Kelley gave the Knights the lead for good by making a pair of free throws just over a minute later.
 
Arcadia led by one after Ringgold converted a layup as he was fouled and sank the free throw that followed, making it 55-54 with 1:36 to go. Landro then drained a huge three from the top-left of the arc on the possession that followed and then stole the ball from Smith coming out of a timeout with just over a minute to go. The Lions were forced to foul from that point on and Arcadia went 10 for 12 at the stripe to secure the win.
 
The Knights will return to action Tuesday when they host their final home game of the regular season against Messiah College at 8 p.m. at Alumni Gymnasium.