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Justin Hemphill drilled three three-pointers and scored a career-high 16 points.
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Cheyney Chey 0-8
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Winner Daemen Daemen 6-6,1-3 ECC
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Daemen Daemen
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Cheyney Chey 26 27 53
Daemen Daemen 44 32 76

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

Wildcats Fend Off Wolves, 76-53

Hemphill Scores a Career-High 16 Points; Fasoyiro Adds 15 Points and Nine Boards

AMHERST, N.Y. – The Daemen University men's basketball team evened its record at 6-6 following a 76-53 victory over Cheyney University this afternoon in non-conference action at Lumsden Gymnasium on the Daemen campus. Cheyney dropped to 2-11.
 
Daemen entered today's game receiving votes in the latest NCAA Division II Sports Information Directors of America (D2SIDA) East Region poll.

IMPACT PLAYERS
  • Four players scored in double figures for the host Wildcats.
  • Junior Justin Hemphill (Buffalo, N.Y.) paced the Wildcats with a career-high 16 points in just 22 minutes off the bench. He went 3-for-3 from three-point land and also totaled eight rebounds and two steals. Hemphill entered the game just 1-of-4 from downtown over his career.
  • Junior Dylan Fasoyiro (Houston, Tex.) narrowly missed recording his first career double-double, as he finished with 15 points, a team-high nine rebounds and three assists.
  • Redshirt senior Joey Atkins (Watervliet, N.Y.) connected on 5-of-7 shots and totaled 13 points, two blocks and two steals.
  • Senior Nick MacDonald (Amherst, N.Y.) went 2-of-5 from downtown and finished with 11 points, while fellow senior Ryan Salzberg (Manlius, N.Y.) drilled three three-pointers and added nine points and a team-high five assists.
  • MacDonald has now scored in double figures in 11 of Daemen's 12 games and has made at least one three-pointer in every game.
  • Junior Justin Poumpey (Buffalo, N.Y.) played a season-high 17 minutes off the bench and dished out a career-high four assists.
  • Freshman guard Jalen Boyd-Savage, who entered the game averaging 19.1 points, paced the Wolves with 18 points and three steals.
GAME NOTES
  • Today's game marked the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
  • The game was tied at 16-16 midway through the first half when a three-pointer by Hemphill sparked the Wildcats on an 18-0 run. Daemen drilled four three-pointers during the run and a jumper by Fasoyiro with 4:52 left in the half capped it and gave Daemen a 34-16 lead.
  • The Daemen lead was 14 points late in the half and the Wildcats took a 44-26 lead into intermission after Hemphill scored twice in the final 1:06.
  • Cheyney cut the lead to 13 points, 47-34, at the start of the second half, but the Wildcats responded with a 14-5 run and held a 61-39 lead midway through the second half.
  • Cheyney came no closer than 16 points (65-49) down the stretch.
  • The Wildcats shot 64-percent (18-of-28) from the field in the first half and finished 29-of-50 (58%) from the field overall. Daemen made 10-of-23 from downtown and 8-of-17 from the charity stripe.
  • It marked the fifth time overall--and fourth time over the last five games--Daemen has made 10 or more three-pointers in a game.
  • Cheyney shot 36-percent (19-for-53) from the field overall and went 6-of-20 from downtown. The Wolves canned 9-of-10 free throws.
  • Daemen finished with a 31-28 edge in total rebounds and the Wildcats also posted a 12-7 edge in second chance points. The hosts also finished with the advantage in points in the paint (34-22) and points off turnovers (22-15).
NEXT JUMP BALL
Daemen travels to Rindge, N.H. for a non-conference game against regionally-ranked Franklin Pierce University Monday.
 

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