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Geoff Schneider
59
Winner Daemen Daemen 7-6,1-3 ECC
51
Franklin Pierce FPU 7-5,3-3 NE10
Winner
Daemen Daemen
7-6,1-3 ECC
59
Final
51
Franklin Pierce FPU
7-5,3-3 NE10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Daemen Daemen 28 31 59
Franklin Pierce FPU 22 29 51

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

Strong Defensive Effort Lifts Wildcats To 59-51 Victory At Franklin Pierce

Mason and Atkins Combine For 29 Points, Wildcats Record Fourth Win In Five Games

RINDGE, N.H. – Junior Andrew Mason (Webster, N.Y.) scored 15 points and redshirt senior Joey Atkins (Watervliet, N.Y.) added 14 points to lead the Daemen University men's basketball team to a 59-51 victory over Franklin Pierce University this afternoon in non-conference action at the FPU Fieldhouse on the Franklin Pierce campus.
 
Daemen has now won four of its last five games and improved to 7-6 overall. FPU, a member of the Northeast-10 Conference, suffered its second-straight loss and dropped to 7-5. Daemen entered today's game receiving votes in the latest NCAA Division II Sports Information Directors of America (D2SIDA) East Region poll, while Franklin Pierce is ranked seventh.

IMPACT PLAYERS
  • Mason, who scored 13 of his team-high 15 points in the second half, went 3-of-8 from three-point land.
  • Atkins connected on 5-of-10 shots and totaled 14 points, seven rebounds and three blocks.
  • Senior Nick MacDonald (Amherst, N.Y.) went 3-of-7 from downtown and finished with 11 points and six rebounds.
  • Junior Dylan Fasoyiro (Houston, Tex.) finished with seven points and a team-high nine rebounds, while junior Justin Hemphill (Buffalo, N.Y.) contributed six points and tied Fasoyiro for the team lead in rebounds (9).
  • Senior Ryan Salzberg (Manlius, N.Y.) added six rebounds and four assists.
  • Sophomore forward Sean Trumper scored a team-high 12 points for FPU, while sophomore guard Mohamed Traore added 10 points and 12 rebounds.
GAME NOTES
  • Today's game marked just the second-ever meeting between the two schools. FPU prevailed in the first-ever meeting, 83-80, last year at KeyBank Center in downtown Buffalo, N.Y.
  • Daemen outscored the Ravens 12-7 over the first six minutes of the game and the Wildcats later took their largest lead of the first half, 22-14, following a layup by Fasoyiro with just under six minutes left in the half.
  • The teams traded baskets the remainder of the half and the Wildcats took a 28-22 lead into the break.
  • The Daemen lead was four points, 35-31, five minutes into the second half when a jumper by Mason sparked the visitors on a 17-5 run. A three-pointer by Mason with 7:58 to play capped the run and gave Daemen its largest lead of the game, a 52-36.
  • The Ravens regrouped following a timeout and scored the next 12 points. A jumper by Traore capped the spurt and cut the Daemen lead to four points, 52-48.
  • Daemen ended its scoreless streak with a three-pointer by MacDonald with 3:50 remaining, and Atkins split a pair of free throws with 3:17 left to give the Wildcats a 56-48 lead.
  • FPU cut the lead to six points, 56-50, following a layup by Jarnel Snow-Guzman with 2:53 left, and neither team scored after that until Mason swished two free throws with 39 seconds left.
  • FPU came up empty on its next possession and Atkins gave Daemen a 59-50 lead after he made one-of-two free throws with 24 seconds remaining.
  • The Wildcats shot 44-percent (11-of-25) from the field in the second half and finished 23-of-57 (40%) from the field overall. Daemen made 7-of-22 from downtown and 6-of-11 from the charity stripe.
  • FPU shot just 25-percent (9-for-36) from the field in the first half and finished 20-of-68 (29%) from the field overall. The Ravens went just 3-of-19 from downtown and canned 8-of-13 free throws.
  • Both teams totaled 44 rebounds. FPU hauled in 18 offensive rebounds and the hosts finished with a 13-6 advantage in second chance points. FPU also finished with an advantage in points in the paint (30-20) and points off turnovers (14-4).
NEXT JUMP BALL
Daemen returns to East Coast Conference play Friday (Jan. 6) with a game at the College of Staten Island.
 

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