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Sean Fasoyiro totaled 14 points and five rebounds for the Wildcats
67
Daemen DAEM 0-2
95
Winner Gannon GAN 4-0
Daemen DAEM
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Gannon GAN
4-0
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Score By Periods
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Daemen DAEM 40 27 67
Gannon GAN 43 52 95

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Tom McDermott, Sports Information Consultant

Golden Knights Cap Weekend Sweep Of Wildcats

Gannon Drills 15 Three-Pointers En Route To A 95-67 Win

ERIE, Pa. - Gannon University drilled 15 three-pointers and used a 24-13 run over the first 10 minutes of the second half to secure a 95-67 victory over Daemen College this afternoon at the Hammermill Center on the Gannon campus.

It marked the second meeting this weekend between the two programs. Gannon rallied from a 45-29 halftime deficit to post a 76-73 win at Daemen's Lumsden Gymnasium Friday night. Daemen dropped the 0-2 on the season, while Gannon improved to 4-0.


IMPACT PLAYERS

  • Redshirt senior Andrew Sischo (Guilderland, N.Y.) scored 17 points in the first and finished with 26 points and 10 rebounds. He connected on 10-of-18 shots overall and was 6-of-8 from the charity stripe. He posted 30 points and 13 boards in Friday's loss and has now totaled  49 career double-doubles.
  • Graduate transfer Sean Fasoyiro (Houston, Texas) added 14 points and five rebounds, while freshman Andrew Mason (Webster, N.Y.) chipped in nine points.
  • Fellow newcomers Juston Johnson (Buffalo, N.Y.) and Justin Hemphill (Buffalo, N.Y.) both added six points.
  • Freshman guard Ike Herster and sophomore guard Chris Clancy accounted for 11 of Gannon's 15 three-pointers in the game. Herster went 5-of-8 from downtown and finished with 25 points and five assists, while Clancy was 6-of-9 from long range and totaled 18 points and four assists. Redshirt freshman Amani Walker added 11 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for the hosts.


PERIOD-BY-PERIOD SUMMARY
First Half (Gannon 43, Daemen 40) - The teams traded baskets early on and Daemen held a 20-18 lead when a three-pointer by freshman Alfonso Pickens, Jr. sparked the hosts on an 8-0 run. A layup by junior Kevin Dodds with 9:32 left before halftime capped the spurt and gave the Golden Knights a 26-20 lead. The Gannon lead was seven points (30-23) with just over eight minutes left in the frame when the Wildcats countered with a 10-3 run. A conventional three-point play by freshman Tyler Hind (Randolph, N.Y.) capped the run and knotted the game at 33-33 at the 4:21 mark. Daemen later regained the lead (37-36) when Sischo scored off a nice feed from Hemphill with 2:40 left before the break, but the Golden Knights outscored the Wildcats 7-2 down the stretch and the hosts took a 43-40 lead into halftime.

Second Half (Gannon 52, Daemen 27) - Daemen opened the second half scoring with a three-pointer by Fasoyiro, but the Golden Knights erupted for a 16-8 run over the next six minutes to take a 59-51 lead. Clancy sparked the run with three long-range three-pointers and a layup by Walker with 13:31 left to play capped run and gave the hosts a 59-51 lead. Two free throws by Sischo brought the lead back to six points, but a dunk by freshman Robertas Jonaitis ignited an 8-0 run by the hosts that moved the lead to 14 points, 67-53. The lead eventually grew to 20 points, 76-56, following a triple by Herster with 6:52 remaining, and Daemen never threatened after that.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

  • Daemen shot 14-of-29 (48%) from the field in the first half, but connected on just 8-off-22 shots after halftime. The Wildcats made just 5-of-19 from three-point land and connected on 18-of-23 free throws.
  • Gannon shot a sizzling 60-percent (34-for-57) from the field overall and made 15-of-25 from downtown. The hosts went 12-of-14 from the charity stripe.
  • Gannon posted a 39-18 edge in bench points and also finished with a 36-30 advantage in points in the paint.


GAME NOTES

  • Daemen is off to an 0-2 start for the first time since the 2001-02 season.
  • This was Daemen's first trip to Gannon's Hammermill Center since the 2012-13 season. Gannon improves to 11-1 all-time against Daemen, which was searching for its first win in the series since a 67-65 victory back in 2011. 
  • This weekend's games were the first of 12 on the schedule for Daemen during this unprecedented season. All games are subject to change based upon COVID-19 testing results among Daemen's Tier 1 personnel, as well as that of their opponents. Daemen has already had three games postponed, two of which have been rescheduled for next month. The Wildcats went into a COVID-related pause in team activities from Jan. 15-24. 
  • The Wildcats were hit hard by graduation, losing four of their five starters, all of whom were 1,000-point scorers and helped Daemen win 89 games.
  • Sischo, a consensus All-American, continues to climb his way up the Daemen record books. In 91 career games, Sischo has totaled 1,876 points and 929 rebounds. He stands as the only player in program history with at least 1,800 points and 900 rebounds. Already the program's all-time leader in field goals (746), he moved into a tie with David Skolen for third place in career scoring and ranks fourth in career rebounds.  
  • Sischo also moved up among the East Coast Conference all-time leaders in career points. He surpassed Dowling's David Seagers (1,856) and St. Rose's Damon Reed (1,874) to move into eighth place on the ECC's all-time scoring list. In addition, Sischo ranks second in career field goals (746) and ninth in career rebounds (929) among the ECC's all-time leaders.
  • Daemen is garnering attention from both regional and national pollsters. The Wildcats are ranked in both the D2SIDA regional (No. 2) and national (No. 25) polls, while also receiving votes in the NABC national poll.
  • Only Sischo, Harris, Fasoyiro and redshirt junior forward Ziv Basden have appeared in more than 25 college games. Six of Daemen's 12 players are either freshmen or sophomores. Eight Daemen players have exercised their right to opt out of the 2020-21 season due to COVID-19. 
  • Daemen posted an 89-31 record over the past four seasons and the 89 wins since the start of the 2016-17 season represents the most successful four-year span in program history.

NEXT JUMP BALL

The Wildcats are idle until Saturday (Feb. 6) when they return to East Coast Conference play with a game at rival Roberts Wesleyan College.

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