IMMACULATA, Pa. (12/14/21) – Letrell West totaled 27 points as the Kean University men's basketball team came away with a 79-66 non-conference victory over Immaculata University on Tuesday evening.

Patrick Strzala finished with 16 points and five rebounds for the Cougars who improve to 8-3 overall. Gregory Vlassopoulos recorded 17 points and seven rebounds for the Mighty Macs who fall to 3-6 overall.

The Cougars torched the nets in the opening half, shooting 51.7% from the floor and 50.0% from downtown as Kean opened the game on a 32-12 run. West scored 11 points and Strzala added six during the run. Immaculata closed the half on a 16-11 run, including going 10-for-13 from the charity stripe, which cut Kean's advantage down to 43-30 at halftime.

Immaculata opened the second half on a 15-7 run, which cut the Cougars lead to 50-44 with 12:52 remaining. Kean answered with a mini 6-2 run to push the lead back to double digits at 56-44 with 11 minutes to play. That would be the closest the Macs got as Kean eventually stretched the lead to 73-57 with 4:30 remaining.

JD Daniels totaled 11 points, while Nate Lyles tallied 10 points and five rebounds.

Head Coach David Turco and the Cougars will return to action in Princeton, N.J. on Tuesday, Dec. 21^st, against the Tigers of Princeton University at 7:00 p.m.