PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - The Caldwell College men's basketball team dropped a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference game to the University of Sciences, 65-52 Saturday afternoon at Bobby Morgan Arena. With the loss, the Cougars fall to 5-3 on the season, including a 2-2 mark in conference play, while the Devils improve to 3-4 overall, 3-2 CACC.

The Cougars scored the game's first nine points and jumped out to a 17-4 lead, buoyed by three-pointers from senior guard Jean Georges (Vauxhal, NJ/Spotswood), freshman guard John Reed (Wall, NJ/Wall) and junior forward B.J. Suchy (Ronkonkoma, NY/Our Savior). But the Devils picked away at the lead, eventually reducing it to on, 29-28 on William Kurtz's three-pointer with seven second left in the half.

USP opened the second half with a 10-4 run to take a 38-33 advantage with 13:39 to play. The Cougars answered with a 10-2 run of their own, capped by back-to-back three-pointers from Georges and Suchy that put Caldwell ahead 43-40 at the 11:12 mark. But USP scored the next 11 points to take a 51-43 lead and break the game open. The Cougars never got closer than eight points the rest of the way, as the Devils won for the second time in three games.

Suchy, last week's CACC Player of the Week, led all scorers with 18 points to go with nine rebounds. Georges finished with 13 points, while freshman forward Sam Cricelli (Brighton, England/Culham) recorded four steals to go with eight points and eight boards. Five players scored in double-figures for USP, led by Eric Cangelosi (15) and Kurtz (14). The Devils shot 57.1 percent in the second half, compared to 39.1 percent for the Cougars.

Caldwell is back in action on Saturday, Dec. 16, when the Cougars host Wilmington College in a CACC contest. Game time is set for 1:00 p.m. in the George R. Newman Center.