Stevens College sophomore Jebre Mouzon scored 19 points to lead his team to an overtime victory over Bucks 92-83 on Dec. 28. Freshman Donnell Simmons aided in the win with 16 points. The victory was hard to swallow for the Centurions as they gave up a nine point halftime lead.
The Centurions looked to bounce back from a weekend home loss against the Community College of Philadelphia, but played without Center Tariq Benn in the starting lineup. The patchwork lineup held their own, however, only being down by two, before Benn entered the game.
 The added reinforcements helped the Centurions step up their defense and on one occasion forced Stevens College into a shot clock violation. Still the game remained tight halfway through the first half.
Benn then proceeded to put on an offensive clinic against Stevens and Bucks pulled ahead by 13 points with five minutes to go. The Centurions allowed Stevens to hang around at the half with a lead of 39-30.
Stevens College came out in the second half with a huge offensive momentum shift and crawled back into the game with four minutes left. The two teams finished the regulation period with a back-and-forth performance, but the score was tied at 73-73.
Benn had fouled out of the game in the final minute and his presence was missed in the extra period. Stevens College pulled ahead by 89-83 near the end, but Bucks hurt their rallying chances by missing some late foul shots.
“We couldn’t match their intensity tonight,” Bucks Coach Steve Coyne said. “We didn’t play as a team and tried to force passes that weren’t there.”
Coach Curtis Cannon of Stevens College said after the game, “We played okay, but we haven’t practiced in a week because of the break and it showed, but we were able to turn it around for the second half.”
On the momentum shift, Cannon said, “We switched to a man-on-man defense and started pressing the opposition inside.”
Stevens College improves to 4-0 and is undefeated, while the Centurions fell to 2-2 and have to find a way to get back on track.
“We just have to get back to playing like this team knows how,” Coyne said. “Like a team.”