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Graduate student Sean Fasoyiro and Daemen men's basketball move to 6-0 in ECC play following 93-59 win over Molloy.
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Molloy MOLM 3-11,2-3 ECC
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Winner Daemen DAEM 9-6,6-0 ECC
Molloy MOLM
3-11,2-3 ECC
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Daemen DAEM
9-6,6-0 ECC
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Score By Periods
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Molloy MOLM 27 32 59
Daemen DAEM 48 45 93

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | By Joe Kraus, Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant

Wildcats Continue Winning Ways With 93-59 Victory Over Molloy Friday

Wildcats move to 6-0 in ECC play for first time in program history, win fourth straight behind four double-figure scorers

AMHERST, N.Y. – On what was a chilly night in Western New York, Daemen men's basketball heated up with some key stretches when they faced the Molloy Lions Friday night.

A 21-point lead at halftime (48-27) and four double-figure scorers helped the Wildcats continue their recent productive stretch with a 93-59 victory over the Lions in East Coast Conference play. Graduate student Sean Fasoyiro (Houston, Tex) led all players with 19 points and 12 rebounds while teammates Andrew Sischo (Guilderland, N.Y.) added 13 points and nine rebounds and Kyle Harris (Buffalo, N.Y.) and Joey Atkins (Watervliet, N.Y.) added 11 points apiece to all finish in double-figure scoring.

With the victory, Daemen has now won six of its last seven games (fourth straight), improved to 9-6 overall and remained atop the East Coast Conference standings with a perfect 6-0 conference mark – their best start since joining the conference in the 2013-14 season. Molloy, meanwhile, drops to 3-11 overall and 2-3 in ECC play.

Fasoyiro and Sischo helped the Wildcats build a 14-9 lead at the 13:46 by each making three baskets all inside the arc, using driving lay-ups and jump shots. Molloy brought the game within close range on three separate occasions before Sey Dieng's fast-break lay-up tied the game at 20-20 – the only tie in the contest. Daemen took control of the half at this point. After an exchange of baskets between Daemen's Juston Johnson (Buffalo, N.Y.) and Molloy's William Muller cut the Wildcats' lead to three points (25-22), the blue-and-white responded with a massive 23-5 run over the last 6:49 of the first half. The basketball was shared during this stretch, with more action in the paint from Fasoyiro and Sischo and three three-pointers from Harris – including back-to-back makes with under three minutes left in the half. Daemen went into the locker room with a 48-27 lead.

Sophomore Andrew Mason (Webster, N.Y.) knocked down his second three-pointer of the night to start Daemen's second half (51-27) before Molloy brought the score within 19 points with 12:56 left to play (59-40.) That's as close as Molloy would get as the Wildcats continued to make scoring opportunities and ending the game on a 34-19 run with efforts on both ends of the floor coming from inside the paint and beyond the arc from Atkins and Nick MacDonald (Amherst, N.Y.) down the stretch. A basket from senior Sayeed Osorio (New York, N.Y.) with 0:30 remaining ended the scoring and gave Daemen its largest lead of the night (93-59)

IMPACT PLAYERS
  • Fasoyiro finished a team-high 8-of-16 shooting in the victory and has now reached double figure scoring for the seventh time in the last eight game. Seeing 28 minutes of game action, tonight marked Fasoyiro's second double-double of the season and the third of his Wildcat career.
  • With the 13 points and nine rebounds against the Lions, Sischo's consecutive double-double games streak ended at 12. Sischo played only 27 minutes tonight, his fewest this season since recording 19 minutes against Colorado Mesa on Oct. 30.
  • Along with the 11 point-outing, Harris posted a team-high four assists in 28 minutes of game action. Including his season-high 18 point performance at D'Youville on Jan. 8, Harris has now finished in double-figure scoring four times this season and in three of the last four contests.
  • In only 11 minutes off the bench, Atkins established a new career-high with his 11 points, 10 of which came in the second half on five fast-break opportunities down the stretch. He also had four rebounds and two blocks.
  • MacDonald and Mason contributed nine points and eight points respectively while junior Ryan Salzberg (Manlius, N.Y.) and graduate student Zecaree Veiga (Riverside, R.I.) scored seven points each.
  • Junior guard Pierce Boczar and freshman guard Sey Dieng led Molloy with 12 points and 11 points respectively.
GAME NOTES
  • Daemen returns 11 players, including all five starters, from their 2020-21 team that won the NCAA Division II East Region Championship and advanced to the Elite Eight.
  • The 6-0 start for Daemen in East Coast Conference play is their best start in program history since joining in the 2013-14 season. Daemen has now won 13 of their last 15 conference games and 12 straight in the friendly confines of Lumsden Gymnasium. The Wildcats have not lost a home ECC contest since Jan. 12, 2020 vs. Bridgeport.
  • Tonight's game marked the 16th all-time meeting between Daemen and Molloy. The Wildcats now lead the series, 11-5 and are now 6-2 when facing the Lions in Lumsden Gymnasium. Additionally, tonight is Daemen's fourth straight win in the series.
  • Daemen shot a season-best 37-of-66 (56.1%) from the field overall, marking only the second time the blue-and-white shot over 50% in a contest this season (74-64 win at Dist. Columbia on Dec. 20.) The Wildcats once again found success from three-point land, going 10-of-19 (52.6%) against the Lions. Daemen has now made 10 or more three-pointers in four of the last six games. In comparison, Molloy finished 24-of-60 (40%) from the floor and 7-of-20 (35%) from beyond the arc.
  • Daemen held the advantage in points off turnovers (24-10), second chance points (11-4), fast-break points (20-6) and points in the paint (44-20.) The Wildcats also out-edged the Lions in bench production, 35-20.
  • Tonight's 34-point win over Molloy was Daemen's largest victory as a program since a 98-67 victory versus D'Youville on February 24, 2021 and have now scored 90+ points in consecutive games.
  • A two-time consensus All-American and three-time ECC Player of the Year, Sischo is NCAA Division II's active leader in career points (2,563), rebounds (1,305) and double-doubles (73). He is the all-time leading scorer and all-time leading rebounder in Daemen and ECC history. Sischo also is just the 34th player in NCAA Division II history to score 2,500 points and ranks among the top-10 leaders in career rebounds in NCAA Division II history.
NEXT JUMP BALL
The Wildcats return to East Coast Conference play Sunday (Jan. 16) when they host Queens College. 

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