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Dylan Fasoyiro scored 19 of his career-high 31 points in the second half
79
Winner Daemen Daemen 8-6,2-3 ECC
75
Staten Island CSI 3-10,1-3 ECC
Winner
Daemen Daemen
8-6,2-3 ECC
79
Final
75
Staten Island CSI
3-10,1-3 ECC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Daemen Daemen 48 31 79
Staten Island CSI 35 40 75

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

Fasoyiro Nets A Career-High 31 Points To Lead Wildcats Past Dolphins

Daemen Has Won Five Of Its Last Six Games

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Junior Dylan Fasoyiro (Houston, Tex.) erupted for a career-high 31 points to lead the Daemen University men's basketball team to a 79-75 victory over the College of Staten Island this evening in East Coast Conference action at the Sports & Recreation Center on the CSI campus.
 
Daemen has now won five of its last six games and improved to 8-6 overall and 2-3 in the ECC. CSI, which is in year two of its transition from NCAA Division III to Division II, dropped to 3-10 overall and 1-3 in the league.

Daemen entered tonight's game receiving votes in the latest NCAA Division II Sports Information Directors of America (D2SIDA) East Region poll.

IMPACT PLAYERS
  • Fasoyiro, whose previous career-high was 18 points during a win at Mercy College last month, connected on 10-of-17 shots overall and made 4-of-5 from downtown. He scored 19 of his 31 points in the second half and also contributed four rebounds, three steals and two assists.
  • Junior Andrew Mason (Webster, N.Y.) netted 15 points for the second consecutive game. He played 37 minutes, went 3-of-5 from three-point land and grabbed five rebounds.
  • Redshirt senior Joey Atkins (Watervliet, N.Y.) connected on 5-of-8 shots and totaled 11 points, five rebounds and three blocks.
  • Junior Justin Hemphill (Buffalo, N.Y.) added 10 points, six rebounds, three assists and three blocks in just 17 minutes off the bench.
  • Senior Ryan Salzberg (Manlius, N.Y.) played 36 minutes and contributed six points, six rebounds and a season-high six assists.
  • Freshman guard James Chestnut connected on 12-of-19 field goals and totaled 27 points, seven rebounds and four assists for the host Dolphins, while sophomore forward Messiah Mallory added 13 points, five rebounds and five assists.
GAME NOTES
  • Today's game marked just the third all-time meeting between the two schools. Daemen has prevailed in all three meetings.
  • Daemen was hot from three-point land early in the game (5-of-7 from downtown) and the Wildcats used a 17-4 run to build a 27-14 lead. Six different players scored during the rally and a bucket by redshirt junior Justin Poumpey (Buffalo, N.Y.) with 10:53 left in the half capped the run.
  • CSI answered with a 7-2 spurt and cut the lead to eight points, 29-21, after sophomore Luis Armas scored with 9:02 left in the frame.
  • Daemen's eighth three-pointer of the half gave the Wildcats a 43-31 lead with just under three minutes left before halftime, and Daemen took a 14-point lead, 47-33, following a driving layup by Fasoyiro at the 1:24 mark. The Wildcats would take a 48-35 lead into the break.
  • CSI put together a 17-6 run over the first eight minutes of the second half and cut the Daemen lead to two points, 54-52, following a layup by Chestnut with 12:04 left.
  • Daemen then scored 14 unanswered points to regain a 16-point lead. Fasoyiro scored 12 points during the run and his jumper with 6:58 left gave the Wildcats a 68-52 lead.
  • The Daemen lead was 11 points, 75-64, after Fasoyiro drained his fourth three-pointer of the game with 3:12 remaining, but CSI put together one last push and eventually cut the lead to five points, 77-72, following a three-pointer by junior Bryce Waterman with 37 seconds left.
  • Mason made two free throws four seconds later to secure the win.
  • The Wildcats shot 58-percent (19-of-33) from the field in the first half and finished 28-of-57 (49%) from the field overall. Daemen made 10-of-16 from downtown, marking the sixth time this season the Wildcats have made 10 or more triples in a game. The Wildcats went 13-of-20 from the charity stripe.
  • CSI shot 54-percent (15-for-28) from the field in the second half and finished 30-of-57 (53%) from the field overall. The Dolphins, who entered the game averaging nine three-pointers a game, went 8-of-14 from downtown and canned 7-of-9 free throws.
  • Daemen finished with a 30-25 edge in total rebounds, marking the 11th time this season the Wildcats have out rebounded their opponent.
  • Daemen hauled in nine offensive rebounds and finished with a 14-9 advantage in second chance points. CSI finished with an advantage in points in the paint (38-30) and points off turnovers (23-22).
NEXT JUMP BALL
Daemen is back in action Monday (Jan. 9) with a non-league game against Assumption of the Northeast-10 Conference at Lumsden Gymnasium. The game was originally scheduled for Dec. 17 but was postponed due to weather.
 

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