GLENSIDE, Pa. -- Kyle Reilly knocked down a go-ahead jumper with 33 seconds to play, then came up with a key blocked shot to help the Arcadia men's basketball team hold off Hood 78-74 on Saturday night at Alumni Gymnasium.
 
Da'Kquan Davis led the Knights with 18 points, including an 8 for 8 showing at the free-throw line, while Evan Slone (17) and Phil Pierfy (14) scored in double figures as well. Slone added nine boards, and Josh Scott had nine points and six rebounds.
 
Tied at 74-74 with 1:01 to play, the Knights (5-2, 1-0 MAC Commonwealth) worked the shot clock all the way down before Scott found Reilly open on the left baseline for a 15-footer that gave AU a 76-74 lead with 33 seconds to play. The Blazers (6-2, 1-1) pushed the ball up the floor quickly and called timeout with 28 seconds on the clock.
 
Out of the stoppage, Evan Wang drove hard to his right and tried to draw contact from Reilly, who blocked the layup attempt to preserve the two-point lead. Davis, who had secured the defensive rebound, knocked down a pair of free throws with 16 seconds to play to make it a two-possession game and cap the game's scoring.
 
The Knights held an 11-point lead (61-50) with 10:18 remaining before the Blazers began steadily inching closer. An 18-7 run for Hood over the next nearly seven minutes tied the contest at 68-68 with 3:29 to play. The Blazers hit on 7 of 12 shots from the floor while holding AU to 3 of 9 shooting with four turnovers in getting back in the contest.
 
Following Evan Wang's layup that tied the game, Davis put the Knights back on top (71-68) with a three-point play. The Blazers, however, scored the next five points to take a 73-71 lead with 2:00 showing on the clock. It marked the first time since the score was 31-29 at the 3:16 mark of the first half that Hood held a lead.
 
After falling behind for the first time since late in the first half, Scott found an open Davis, who drilled a three pointer to give the lead back to Arcadia, 74-73, and set up the game's final moments.
 
Arcadia trailed by as many as seven (27-20) in the first half, but closed the opening stanza on a 20-5 run to take a 40-32 lead into the break. Over the final six minutes of the first half, the Knights held Hood to 2 of 8 shooting, while the Scarlet & Grey shot 7 of 9, including a pair of three's from Reilly.
 
The Knights shot 51.7 percent (30-58) as a team and held a 37-32 edge on the glass. It marked the fourth time that Arcadia has shot better than 50.0 percent as a team. The Knights also limited the Blazers to 37.9 percent (25-66) shooting as a team; the fourth time this season that AU has held its opponent to under 40.0 percent as a team.
 
Mason Wang led the Blazers with 16 points, six rebounds and five assists. Michael Riley had 15 points, and Evan scored 10 with four helpers.
 
The Knights are back in action on Wednesday when they play host to Alvernia at 6 p.m.