Allentown, Pa.-  The Penn State Abington men's basketball team were defeated, 81-79, Friday night by Penn State Lehigh Valley. 

Max Alton (Pennington, N.J.) led Abington with 25 points on 8-of-14 shooting. Dequan Jackson (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Michael Davis (Philadelphia, Pa.) each had 19 points for Abington. Devin Jones (Philadelphia, Pa.) added 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting.
 
Abington was 16-for-31 (51.0%) from the field in the first half, while Penn State Lehigh Valley shot the ball at a 56.7% rate (17-for-30) for the first half.
 
Abington (1-5, 1-0 NEAC) shot 17-for-56 (30.4%) from the field, while Lehigh Valley shot 32-for-61 (52.3%) from the field for the game. Lehigh Valley was 10-for-20 (50.0%) from three point land, while Abington was only 9-for-22 from beyond the arc
 
Lehigh Valley was led by Joe Wiggins' 18 points on 7-of-15 shooting
 
Abington returns to action on Monday, December 22nd, against Centenary College. Game is scheduled for a 2:00 p.m. tip-off.