STEUBENVILLE, Ohio – The fifth-seeded Arcadia University men's basketball team fell to second-seeded Stevenson University 83-73 in the title game of the 2015 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III South Championship Tournament Sunday, which was hosted by Bethany College.
 
The Knights finished the season with an overall record of 16-13 after making their first ECAC tournament appearance, tying this year's squad for the second-most wins in the NCAA Division III era of the program. Arcadia last won 16 games just two years ago, going 16-11 in 2012-13. The program record for wins is 19, which was set in 1994-95.
 
The Mustangs finished the season at 21-9 overall after winning their second straight ECAC championship. Stevenson won each of the three meetings between the two teams this season.
 
Senior Travis Saltus scored a team-best 16 points with four rebounds and three assists for Arcadia, while classmate Joe Brown scored 14 points with six rebounds. Brown finished his career with a program-record 691 career rebounds and finished as the program's second all-time leading scorer with 1,399 career points, while Saltus finished ninth on the career scoring list with 915 points and finished sixth all-time with 222 career assists.
 
Fellow senior Torrell Candelaria added 12 points and three assists in the final game of his collegiate career, while classmate Jose Figueroa netted 10 points while pulling down six rebounds in his last game in an Arcadia uniform. Junior John Landro contributed 13 points with five assists, two rebounds and two steals.
 
Junior Erik Fisher was scored a game-high 32 points on 11 of 17 shooting from the field and an 8 of 11 showing at the line to lead Stevenson to the win, while senior Justin Kuntz posted a double-double after netting 18 points and grabbing 13 rebounds. Junior Christian Roberts added 17 points with seven boards, while senior Colby Giacubeno chipped in with 14 points and four assists off the bench.
 
The Mustangs shot 52 percent (25-48) from the field and 54 percent (7-13) from three while the Knights shot just 44 percent (27-62) from the floor and 22 percent (4-18) from three.
 
Stevenson led almost the entire way, going up by as many as nine in the first half before settling for a 32-29 lead at the break after a basket from Arcadia senior Khalil Curtis with 44 seconds remaining in the period. The Mustangs quickly opened a 10-point advantage after outscoring the Knights 12-5 in the opening three and a half minutes of the second half and later used a 9-1 burst to go up by a game-high 17 points midway through the frame.
 
Arcadia was able to gradually chip away at that deficit and pulled back within five following a Saltus free throw cut Stevenson's lead to 71-66 with 3:14 to go in the game. It was once again a five-point contest after Brown's layup just over a minute later, but the Knights would get the rest of the way. Fisher answered with a layup at the other end and the Mustangs went 8 for 10 at the line in the final minute and a half to close out the win.