Feb 9, 2008

Arnold's Retun To Form Reaps Rewards For Royals

SCRANTON, Pa. - Senior guard Randy Arnold (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West) showed signs of his old self in The University of Scranton's 67-49 victory over Drew University in the first of a two-game Landmark Conference home stand Saturday evening at the Long Center.

Sidetracked by a nagging shoulder injury since early January, Arnold connected on 7 of 12 shots from the field to finish with a game-high 18 points as the Royals won their fourth straight to improve to 14-7 overall and 6-4 in the Landmark Conference. Senior center Tom Bicknell (Melbourne, Australia/St. Bede's College) added 13 points as Scranton shot nearly 62 percent from the field in the second-half to break away from a five-point halftime lead.

Drew, which fell to 6-15 overall and 3-7 in league play, was led by senior forward David Cramer (Columbiana, Ohio/Columbiana) with 17 points on 8 of 11 shooting from the field and senior guard Chris Lopez (Staten Island, N.Y./Monsignor Farrell) added 11 points and six rebounds.

Arnold hit 5 of 8 shots in the first-half and finished with 14 points in 14 minutes as the Royals carved out a 32-27 lead. The Rangers trailed by only four points with 18:12 remaining before Arnold tallied four points during a 12-3 spurt to give Scranton a 13-point lead.

Drew continued to battle back and trailed by only eight points, 51-43, with 9:04 left. Bicknell then answered with back-to-back basket to spark a 10-3 rally to give Scranton a 15-point cushion with five minutes left.

Prior to tip-off, Bicknell was presented with the 54^th annual John ‘Les' Dickman award as the Royals' most valuable player (MVP).

The Royals, who have been hampered by injuries recently, played without senior guard Ryan Kirk (Lansdale, Pa./LaSalle College), who injured his shoulder in practice this week and is expected to sit out tomorrow's regular-season home game against the United States Merchant Marine Academy at 4:00 p.m.

For the game, Scranton shot 55.6 percent from the field and committed only 12 turnovers.


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