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Payton Shumpert scored a career-high 13 points
57
Clarion Clar 2-6,0-2 PSAC
87
Winner Daemen Daemen 5-5,1-3 ECC
Clarion Clar
2-6,0-2 PSAC
57
Final
87
Daemen Daemen
5-5,1-3 ECC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Clarion Clar 26 31 57
Daemen Daemen 44 43 87

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | CONTACT: Tom McDermott, Director of Athletics Communications | tmcdermo@daemen.edu

Wildcats Shoot Lights Out In 87-57 Win Over Clarion

AMHERST, N.Y. – The Daemen University men's basketball team evened its record to 5-5 on the year following an 87-57 victory over Clarion University this evening in non-conference action at Lumsden Gymnasium on the Daemen campus. Clarion, a member of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, dropped to 2-6.

Daemen shot a season-high 60-percent from the field overall and made 12 three-pointers in the game. It marked the third-straight game the Wildcats have made 10 or more three-pointers.
 
Daemen entered today's game ranked 10th in the latest NCAA Division II Sports Information Directors of America (D2SIDA) East Region poll.

IMPACT PLAYERS
  • Five players scored in double figures for the Wildcats.
  • Redshirt senior Joey Atkins (Watervliet, N.Y.) connected on 7-of-12 shots and totaled 14 points, five rebounds and two blocks.
  • Sophomore Payton Shumpert (Syracuse, N.Y.) added a career-high 13 points off the bench, as he connected on 5-of-8 shots overall and made 3-of-6 from downtown.
  • Junior Andrew Mason (Webster, N.Y.) was a perfect 4-for-4 from three-point land and totaled 12 points, while classmate Dylan Fasoyiro (Houston, Tex.) chipped in 12 points, four rebounds, four assists and three steals.
  • Mason, who tied the program's NCAA-era (2015-present) record for three-pointers in a game (7) during a 72-70 loss at St. Thomas Aquinas last Friday night, has now connected on 15-of-22 (68%) three-pointers over the last three games.
  • Fasoyiro has now scored in double figures in four of the last five games.
  • Junior Justin Hemphill (Buffalo, N.Y.) scored seven points and grabbed a team-high six rebounds, while freshman Justin Glover (Buffalo, N.Y.) added five points and four assists.
  • Freshman Ben Bill (Hamburg, N.Y.) made the most of his 10 minutes and finished with six points and five rebounds.
  • Freshman Jayson Harris netted 15 points for the Golden Eagles, while junior Mekhi Reynolds added 14 points.
GAME NOTES
  • Tonight's game marked the first-ever appearance by Clarion at Lumsden Gym and the first meeting between the two schools since the 2000-01 season. The all-time series is now tied at 2-2.
  • The teams traded baskets early on and Daemen held a 10-8 lead when a three-pointer by Mason sparked the hosts on a 17-2 run. Four different players hit a three-pointers during the run and a triple by Shumpert with 9:33 left before halftime capped the run and gave Daemen a 27-10 lead.
  • Mason's third three-pointer of the half with 3:18 left before intermission gave the Wildcats their largest lead of the half, 42-18, and the hosts took a 44-26 lead into intermission.
  • The Daemen lead was 19 points, 61-42, midway through the second half when the Wildcats secured the win with an 11-0 run. A breakaway dunk by Atkins with 8:07 left to play capped the run and gave the hosts a 70-42 lead.
  • Daemen established season highs for points (87), field goals (34) and three-pointers (12) in a game.
  • The Wildcats have now shot 50-percent of better in each of the last three games and have shot 48-percent (35-73) from downtown over the last three contests.
  • Daemen shot a 60-percent (34-for-57) from the field overall tonight and made 12-of-23 three-pointers. The Wildcats finished 7-of-13 from the free throw line.
  • Clarion shot 37-percent (21-for-57) from the field overall and went 4-of-19 from downtown. The Golden Eagles canned 11-of-13 free throws.
NEXT JUMP BALL
Tonight's game marked the first of five-straight non-conference games for the Wildcats. Daemen will host Assumption University of the Northeast-10 Conference Saturday (Dec. 17) at 1 p.m.
 

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