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The Warriors (10-2 overall, 7-1 PSAC) outscored The Rock (9-3, 6-2) by a 58-40 margin in the final 20 minutes of action to erase a six-point, 32-26, deficit.

Whis Grant led the winning effort with a game-high 28 points. Duane Johnson and Terrance King each added 13 points for ESU and Matt Tobin chipped in 10 points. King grabbed 10 rebounds, while Johnson and Tobin each snared five rebounds.

Senior forward Devin Taylor paced The Rock attack with 20 points and 11 rebounds to record his team-best seventh “double-double” of the season.

Senior guard Darious Clark added 13 points for SRU, senior forward Gerald Brooks had 12 points and seven rebounds, and junior swingman Tabari Perry finished the game with 10 points and nine rebounds.

Senior guard Aubin Reeves and senior center Luiz Santos each scored seven points for The Rock. Santos also had seven rebounds.

Friday's loss, coupled with wins Friday by Gannon and Indiana (Pa.), ended a three-game win streak for SRU and dropped the Green and White into a three-way tie for first place in the PSAC-Western Division standings.

With the win over SRU, East Stroudsburg maintained a one-game lead over both Millersville and West Chester in the PSAC-Eastern Division standings.

SRU will look to regain its winning ways at 7:30 p.m. Saturday when it hosts Kutztown (3-11 overall, 2-6 PSAC), which lost a 78-77, double-overtime decision Friday night at Edinboro.

East Stroudsburg visits Edinboro (9-3, 5-3) for a 7:30 p.m. game Saturday.

Friday's SRU-ESU game action was every bit as good as its pregame billing as a battle between two of the top teams in the PSAC and NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional.

Each team made 37% of their field-goal attempts, ESU hitting 25 of 67 and SRU making 22 of 59.

The Rock made 74% (26-35) of their free throws, compared to a 69% (29-42) efficiency by the Warriors.

East Stroudsburg enjoyed more success from 3-point range as the guests made 25% (5-20) of their long-range shots, compared to an icy 11% (2-18) effort by the hosts.

For the 11th time in 12 games this winter, The Rock ruled the backboards as the Green and White outrebounded ESU by a 49-39 margin.

The hosts committed 20 turnovers, which the guests converted into 22 points, while forcing only six miscues, which led to seven Rock points.

SRU ran out to an 11-0 lead after three and a half minutes of action, only to see East Stroudsburg come back and trim the margin to four points with 11:30 left before halftime.

The Rock weathered that storm and held an eight-point lead on three occasions in the next 10 minutes of action en route to the six-point (32-26) advantage they held at the intermission.

East Stroudsburg took its first lead of the game at 38-37 with 15:00 left to play and never trailed thereafter.

The Warriors led a 12-point lead on three occasions in the final minute of action.