Box Score The Misericordia University men's basketball team dropped a non-conference contest at Susquehanna, 83-69, Wednesday.

Matt Greene led the Cougars with 20 points while Steve Ware added 10.

After trailing by 11 midway through the first half, the Cougars battled back to within 31-26 at halftime.

Greene sandwiched a three-pointer in between layups by Ware and Erik Kerns to cut the deficit to 33-29 with 2:41 to go in the half.

The Cougars got within four points again early in the second half, but never got any closer.

Down 56-44 with 12:07 remaining, Greene and Griffin Sponaugle both hit three pointers to cut the margin in half, 56-50, with 11:21 to play.

Susquehanna answered with seven straight points to build a 63-50 advantage.

Five points from Greene and four from Andrew Moran got the Cougars back within 67-59 with 7:02 to go.

With Susquehanna up 75-63 with less than five minutes to play, Sponaugle drilled a three-pointer and Joe Busacca made a free throw to make it 75-67 with 2:38 left.

But, Susquehanna maintained a double digit lead the rest of the way.

Misericordia, 5-7, will return to Freedom Conference play at Eastern, Wednesday, January 15.