MEDIA, PA. – The Apprentice School used a pair of big runs in the first half to get a working margin and defeat Williamson Trade 84-55 on Saturday afternoon in a USCAA contest.

Williamson opened the game feisty and held a 10-6 lead on a Justin Swift jumper with 14:33 left.  A pair of buckets from Isaih Harrison brought the Builders back even and jumpstarted the 19-2 run that was capped by a Darrell Fenton tip-in to lead 25-12 with 9:29 left.

The Mechanics clawed back into the game cutting the lead to 25-19 on a jumper from Jacob Eisenhart with 7:46 left, but the Builders closed the half on a 21-5 to lead 46-24 at the break on a jumper from Terrence Palmer.

In the second half, Williamson opened with a 12-2 run to chop the lead in half on a Julian Stewart jumper with 16:49 left for a 48-36 lead.  That was as close as the hosts got as the Builders went on a 17-3 run to go back up 24 as a Lewis Archer tip-in put Apprentice School up 65-41 with 9:15 left.

Harrison was the leading scorer for Apprentice School with 20 points and eight rebounds, while Tevin Andrews had 12 points and seven rebounds and freshman Lavontae Thomas had 10 points and seven rebounds.  The Builders were 36-of-76 from the floor (47.4%), blocked 10 shots  and out-rebounded the Mechanics 55-29.

Williamson was paced by Reggie Richardson with 16 points and Debro Curtis chipped in with 10 as the Mechanics hit 21-of-56 from the floor (37.5%) and 5-of-15 from 3-point range (33.3%).

Apprentice School will now travel to the Charlotte, NC area to face USCAA rival Barber-Scotia College on Saturday at 2 pm.