GWYNEDD VALLEY, PA. -- A 14-5 run late in the second allowed Keystone to pull away from Gwynedd-Mercy as the Griffins fell, 75-71, to the Giants Monday night at the Griffin Complex.

The Giants used the run with 12 minutes to play, turning a tie game into a nine-point lead with five minutes left. Gwynedd could only pull within four twice in the last minute, but could not get over the hump.

Sophomore Justin Knight (Mays Landing, N.J./Oakcrest) notched his second career double double, finishing with 21 points and 12 rebounds. Senior Brendan Stanton (Harleysville, Pa./Lansdale Catholic) added 12 points while Frank Champion (Northfield, N.J./Mainland) grabbed 12 boards. Knight also tallied five assists, a block and a steal.

Greg Westry totaled 21 points for Keystone, as he was one of four players in double figures.

The Giants came out firing, connecting on five of their first seven three-point attempts in the game's opening minutes. Miles Dargan's trey gave the Giants (11-6, 8-2 CSAC) a quick 21-10 lead at the 13:35 mark. Keystone would hit eight of their 12 three-pointers in the first 20 minutes. Both teams would shoot over 50% in the half.

The Griffins stayed within striking distance, and made their move with seven minutes to go in the period, closing the stanza on 17-6 run to lead 42-40 at the break. Champion's alley-oop dunk capped the run with seconds to go in the half.

Knight started the second with two-straight buckets to give Gwynedd their largest lead of the game (46-40).
Mike Kelly would score seven of the next nine Keystone points to lock the teams at 49-49. Trailing by one (61-60) with six minutes to play, Westry struck from downtown as part the game-changing scoring run. Duncan Lunsford would also hit from deep to give Keystone a nine-point edge with five minutes to go.

A late three from sophomore Colin Gates (Boca Raton, Fl./Grandview Prep) pulled GM within four with 35 seconds to play. After getting a rebound off a 1-and-1 miss at the other end of the floor, the Griffins could not capitalize offensively, turning the ball over back to Keystone which led to two more Westry free throws for a six-point edge.

Knight would hit a soft jumper late, but it wasn't enough as the Griffins dropped their second-straight conference game.

After shooting over 50% in the first, Gwynedd was just 10-of-34 (29%) in the second. GM won the battle of the boards, 41-36. 14 of those 41 caroms were on the offensive side, which led to 23 second-chance points.

Dargan finished with 16 points while Lunsford had 14 respectively. Mike Kelly chipped in 15 points and 12 caroms.  

Gwynedd-Mercy will get right back at it on Wednesday when they close out their four-game home stand with a CSAC matchup against Rosemont starting at 7 p.m.