KUTZTOWN, Pa. – Cheyney University So. Rafiq Marshall (Philadelphia, Pa., Simon Gratz) came off the bench to score a career-high with 23-points, but host Kutztown University came away with a 105-83 victory in the PSAC opener for both squads Wednesday night inside Keystone Arena.

Jr. Dominique Davis (Washington DC, Eleanor Roosevelt) tallied 20-points in his debut for the Wolves (0-1, 0-1 PSAC). Sr. Juwan Mullen (Seaford, De., Seaford) went a perfect 5-of-5 from the field in scoring 15-points falling just a point shy of his career best.

Josh Jonson scored 23-points and grabbed a game-high 11-rebounds to pace the Golden Bears (2-0, 1-0 PSAC), who had five players reach double figures in scoring on the night.

Cheyney opened the scoring on a bucket by Davis, it was the only time the Wolves would lead in the game. Marshall made it a one-point, 11-10 when he connected on his first of four made shots from three-point range with 13:05 to play in the first half.

Kutztown pushed the lead to eight with a 9-to-2 run to take a 20-12 lead, but the Wolves responded with back-to-back hoops from Khaalis Carter (Philadelphia, Pa., Philadelphia Electrical & Technology Charter) and Lakeem Duncan (Washington DC, Parkville High and Center) to trim to lead to four at 20-16.

After two free-throws by Kutztown, Marshall scored to make it a 22-18 contest, but the Golden Bears converted six straight from the charity stripe to increase the lead to 28-18. The Wolves cut the margin to eight several times, but Kutztown ended the half on a 17-to- 8 run and held a 49-32 edge after the first twenty minutes.

Cheyney cut the deficit to 15 (51-36) with 18:40 to play on baskets from Davis and Mullen, but the Wolves could not get any closer.

Duncan finished with a team-high seven rebounds and a game-high five blocked shots.

The Golden Bears held a 49-34 edge on the boards, and made 34-of-44 from the free-throw line, while the Wolves connected on 19-of-33 attempts.

Cheyney returns to action on Saturday Nov. 21, when it heads out west to take on Clarion University at 3 p.m. On Sunday the Wolves travel to face the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown also scheduled for a 3 p.m. tipoff.