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holt mbb vs roberts
57
New York Tech NYTM 3-16, 2-6 ECC
92
Winner Daemen DAEM 17-5, 6-2 ECC
New York Tech NYTM
3-16, 2-6 ECC
57
Final
92
Daemen DAEM
17-5, 6-2 ECC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
New York Tech NYTM 19 38 57
Daemen DAEM 39 53 92

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | By Mike Miranto, Sr. Associate A.D. for External Operations & Communications

Wildcats Complete Weekend Sweep With 35-Point Win

Daemen Cruises Past New York Tech To Improve To 17-5 Overall, 6-2 In Conference Play

AMHERST, N.Y. - All five starters scored in double figures as the Daemen College men's basketball team closed the weekend on a high note, cruising to a 92-57 win over visiting New York Tech in East Coast Conference action at Lumsden Gymnasium today. 

The Wildcats picked up their third-straight win and their second this weekend, improving to 17-5 overall and 6-2 in ECC play. Daemen, which knocked off visiting Molloy College on Friday night, continued to break out offensively. The Wildcats entered the weekend averaging just 66.8 points over the first six games this month, but have now reached 90 points in back-to-back games, the second time they've done so this season. 

New York Tech, which had won two of their last four games including a 68-66 win Friday at Roberts Wesleyan College, dropped to 3-16 overall and 2-6 in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS
  • Andrew Sischo (Guilderland, N.Y.) paced Daemen's quintet of double-figure scorers, finishing with 19 points and six rebounds. The redshirt junior center shot 6-for-12 from the field with  a trio of alley-oops in the second half among his total. He added a perfect 6-for-6 showing at the charity stripe.
  • Jeff Redband (Batavia, N.Y.) continued his assault from three-point range, canning 5-of-8 shots from downtown today en route to 17 points. Today's shooting performance included the 280th three-point field goal of Redband's career as he moved past David Skolen for second in program history.
  • Joey Wallace (Rochester, N.Y.) also notched 17 points and added season-highs of seven assists and four steals. Daemen is now 10-1 this season when he records at least three assists.
  • Breon Harris (Niagara Falls, N.Y.) and Jay Sarkis (Rochester, N.Y.) got into the act as well, scoring 14 points apiece. Harris chipped in season-highs in assists (7) and steals (5), and Sarkis canned a pair of three-pointers among his 5-for-10 shooting performance.
  • Redshirt senior forward Jeffrey Hayden came off the bench to record 17 points, seven rebounds, four steals and three assists for the Bears. Laurynas Stonkus added 12 points.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • A disastrous offensive start for the Bears allowed Daemen to open up a 15-3 lead in the game's first 11 minutes. The visitors made just one of their first 15 field goal attempts and compounded matters by committing eight turnovers in that span as well. 
  • A thunderous one-handed slam in transition by Harris made it 22-5, and the Daemen lead reached 20 points (29-9) when Sischo converted a pair of freebies with 5:07 left in the period. The Wildcats would take a 39-19 lead into halftime despite less than 40 percent field-goal shooting (12-for-31). The Bears shot a dreadful 8-for-28 (28.6%) and their 13 turnovers resulted in 16 Wildcat points. 
  • The Daemen offense kicked into another gear to start the second half, opening the period with a 12-2 spurt that increased their lead to 51-21. Back-to-back threes by Redband and Sarkis prompted a New York Tech timeout, but Sarkis drilled another one when play resumed to cap the spurt.
  • The Bears never got the deficit under 26 points for the remainder of the contest. They employed some full court pressure periodically, but that was met in a bevy of transition opportunities for Daemen, including the three alley-oop slams by Sischo. Daemen was credited with 22 fastbreak points in the period, finishing with a season-high 28 in the game.
  • Daemen made 21-of-34 field goals and 8-of-12 three-pointers in the second half as they erupted for 53 points - their first half with 50+ points since Dec. 19.
  • The Wildcats finished 33-of-65 from the field (50.8%) and 11-of-22 from three-point range (50%). They held sizable advantages in points off turnovers (29-9), fastbreak points (28-4) and rebounding (38-29).

GAME NOTES
  • Daemen is ranked fourth in the latest Division II Sports Information Directors of America (D2SIDA) East Region media poll.
  • Daemen has won nine-straight meetings with New York Tech, improving to 10-3 in the all-time series. 
  • The result marked Daemen's third win this season by at least 30 points, and their second-most lopsided win of the season behind a 44-point defeat (103-59) of Mercy College on Dec. 13.
  • Daemen has held eight opponents to 65 points or less, and five to under 60 points this season. The Wildcats rank second in the ECC in scoring defense, allowing 72.4 points per game this season. 
  • The win was Daemen's 46th-straight when reaching the 90-point plateau. Since the start of the 2009-10 season, Daemen is 76-2 when scoring 90+ points. Their last loss when scoring in the 90's came January 7, 2014 at Dominican College (98-93, overtime). 
  • Daemen also improved to 11-1 at home this season. The Wildcats have won 34 of their last 37 home games, and are 108-15 at home since the start of the 2011-12 season.
  • Daemen's starters combined for 81 points - the fourth time this season they've gone for 80+. Daemen's starters accounted for a season-high 88 points in Friday's win over Molloy. The Wildcats last had all five starters in double figures during their 98-83 win over No. 4 West Liberty University on Nov. 16. 
  • Daemen entered the game leading the ECC in three-pointers made per game (9.1). They've now made at least 10 three-pointers in 10 games this season, including the last two in a row. Their overall three-point shooting efficiency today marked a season-high, and their first game shooting 50 percent from three-point range since their 2018-19 regular season finale. 
  • Redband, who leads the ECC with 67 three-pointers this season, has made at least one triple in 52 of the last 56 games, and today's output marked the 19th game of his career with at least five trifectas. He now has 283 three-pointers in his career, five back of Brian Montanaro's program record of 288 set from 2002-06.
  • Redband appeared in the 110th game of his career today, becoming just the 20th player in program history to do so. He ranks third all-time in games started with 107.
  • Redband also moved past Kharmen Wingard for 11th place on Daemen's all-time scoring list. He stands four points shy of 1,300 for his career.
  • Sischo's string of consecutive 20-point games was snapped at five, although he played a season-low 29 minutes. He stands just seven rebounds shy of 800 for his career.
  • Both Sarkis and Wallace are closing in on the 1,000-point plateau for their careers. Sarkis, who's bidding to become just the fifth player in team history with 1,000 points and 300 assists, has totaled 971 points in 102 games for the Wildcats. Wallace, who played three full seasons at Southern Connecticut State University before transferring to Daemen, has totaled 987 points in 106 career games.
  • Harris moved from eighth to a tie for fifth (also Anibal Soler) on Daemen's all-time steals list. The senior guard has totaled 165 steals in 88 games. Today's game marked the sixth of his career with at least five steals, and his first since Feb. 22, 2019. 

NEXT JUMP BALL
Daemen plays just one game in the coming week. They'll visit rival Roberts Wesleyan this Saturday, Feb. 1 in Rochester. Daemen has won 18-straight and 25 of the last 26 meetings with RWC, their longest active winning streak against any single opponent which includes a 96-70 final at Lumsden Gymnasium earlier this season. 

 
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