Senior Brandon LaRose scored a season-high 22 points on 10-of-14 shooting as the Muhlenberg men's basketball team built a big lead early in the second half and held off a late comeback effort for a 65-58 win at Haverford.

Four players added seven points for the Mules (5-2, 2-2), who won their second straight.

Muhlenberg took the lead for good at 6-5 on a jumper by LaRose early in the game. LaRose scored 14 points in the first half, two on a dunk that made it 20-15 with 9:01 left. The Mules still had a five-point lead, at 29-24, before scoring the final six points of the half to take a double-digit lead into the locker room.

Muhlenberg kept the momentum after the break, opening with an 11-4 run to take its biggest lead at 46-28 less than three minutes into the second half.

The Fords (1-7, 0-3) chipped away at the lead, closing to within single digits at the five-minute mark. The Mules buckled down on defense, however, holding Haverford to two field goals, including a meaningless one with three seconds left, the rest of the way.

 Junior Owen McLeod recorded a pair of steals and went 3-for-4 from the foul line in that closing stretch. 

Point guards Kevin Miller and Matt Gnias combined for five assists and only one turnover, with Gnias (pictured above) adding seven points. Junior Nick Rindock finished with seven points, three assists and three steals.