La Plume, Pa. – Keystone College's defense clamped down and allowed the team's fewest points against as the Giants earned a 74-59 victory over visiting Immaculata University in a Colonial States Athletic Conference men's basketball matchup on Wednesday evening in the Gambal Athletic Center.  The Giants improve to 2-10 overall this season including a 2-5 mark in league play while the Mighty Macs fall to 5-9 overall and 4-3 in the conference.
 
Keystone raced out to a 16-4 lead over the first 7:17 of Wednesday contest before Immaculata snapped the host's run with a three-pointer.  Tyreek Peeples (Philadelphia, PA/Girard College) and Khyle Diaz (East Miramar, FL/Pembroke Pines Charter) hit back-to-back treys for the Giants to push the Giants' lead to 15 points at the nine minute mark and Keystone would lead by as many as 19 points before taking a 40-26 advantage into the locker room at halftime.
 
Peeples kick-started Keystone's offense in the first half, leading all players with 11 points to go along with two assists.  Tyree Jones (Harlem, NY/Holcombe L. Rucker) added seven points and a pair of helpers while ShaShawn Drayton (Monticello, NY/Monticello) led all players with five rebounds in the opening 20 minutes of play.  The Giants shot a hot, 57.1 percent from the field in the first stanza including a 5-11 effort from three-point range while connecting on all three of the free throw attempts.
 
Jimmy Markham led Immaculata with six first half points while Roy Ferrell Jr. and Michael Griffin III chipped in with four points apiece for the Mighty Macs, who hit on 32.4 percent of their field goal attempts in the opening period while going 4-16 from beyond the arc.
 
Immaculata battled back into the game over the first 7:08 of the second half, outscoring Keystone 17-4 during that stretch to cut the Giants' lead to 44-43 before Devin Williams (Monticello, NY/Monticello) converted a layup to put the Giants back up by three.  The Mighty Macs cut their deficit to a single point two more times, but a lay-in by Williams at the 8:46 mark ignited a 13-1 run by the hosts that pushed Keystone's lead to 61-48 with just under six minutes remaining.
 
The Giants, who extended their lead to as many as 16 points, maintained a double-digit lead to secure their second conference win in their last three games.
 
Deion Monroe (Kingston, NY/Kingston ) finished with a team-high 16 points for Keystone to go along with a pair of blocked shots while Peeples netted 15 points while tying for a game-high with three assists.  Jones was the third player for the Giants in double-figures with 11 points.  Drayton tied for a game-high with eight rebounds while Eric Hardaway (Clarks Summit, PA/Abington Heights) and Bryan William corralled seven boards each.
 
James Cooper (Freehold, NJ/Pius X) also blocked two shots for Keystone, who got two steals apiece from Drayton, Peeples, Williams, and Jones.  The Giants, who were plus-three in turnovers (14-17), finished the evening connecting on 42.9 percent of their shots from the floor while going 41.2 percent from long range and 65.5 percent from the charity stripe.
 
Ferrell Jr. totaled a game-high 17 points to go along with three assists for Immaculata while Markham netted 10 points.  Matt Simon added eight rebounds for the Mighty Macs, who held a slim, 43-41 edge on the glass while getting a game-high three blocks from Tony Calamaro.  Keystone held the visitors to a 35.9 percent effort from the field on the night while Immaculata also went 27.3 percent from downtown and 50 percent from the line.
 
The Giants will hit the road on Saturday for a CSAC contest at Rosemont College which will start at 3:00 p.m.