The Misericordia University men's basketball team got back into the win column with an 81-75 win over Penn St.-Abington in the consolation game of the Messiah tournament, Saturday.

Nick Prociak scored a team-high 24 points on 11-15 shooting and added eight rebounds. Joseph Baldachino scored 15 and was 4-7 from beyond the three-point line.

Nate Kreitzer scored 12 while Kevin Lazdowsky finished with 11 points, eight boards and a team-high four assists.

Prociak scored six points in the first six minutes and scored eight of the Cougars first 14 points.

Kreitzer connected on a three-ball half way through the first to give MU a 21-18 lead.

A Todd Robinson steal led to an RJ Weise layup and on the next play, Nick Hornung scored after grabbing an offensive board.

Prociak scored a layup with 4:21 left in the first half to tie the game, 30-30.

The Cougars led after the first half, 34-33.

The second half started out with more of the Prociak show, with a layup for the first Cougar bucket.

After a Derek Smith block, Prociak drained a three in transition to give Misericordia a 39-36 lead.

Lazdowsky scored five in a row on the next two possessions.

A Kreitzer three from Weise pushed the Cougars back on top by one.

After a Lions layup, Smith scored to take back the lead.

Penn State added two baskets and Dewin Concepcion responded with a three-pointer.

A Prociak layup got the Cougars within one and a Concepcion basket reclaimed the lead.

A Lions three-pointer was answered with a Baldachino three off a Prociak assist.

Baldachino added back-to-back threes late to protect the MU lead.

Prociak connected on a layup with 1:30 to go to make it a two-score game.

The Lions battled back to get within one, until another Baldachino three with 30 seconds remaining put the game away.

Misericordia shot 47% from the field and had 19 lead changes.

The Cougars will play an exhibition game at Lehigh, Sunday at 4:00.