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74
Assumption ASM 5-10,1-7 NE10
88
Winner Daemen Daemen 9-6,2-3 ECC
Assumption ASM
5-10,1-7 NE10
74
Final
88
Daemen Daemen
9-6,2-3 ECC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Assumption ASM 33 41 74
Daemen Daemen 47 41 88

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

Wildcats Close Non-Conference Slate With 88-74 Win Over Assumption

AMHERST, N.Y. – Five players scored in double figures to lead the Daemen University men's basketball team to an 88-74 victory over Assumption University this afternoon in non-conference action at Lumsden Gymnasium on the Daemen campus.
 
Daemen has now won four straight and six of its last seven games. The Wildcats improved to 9-6 overall. Assumption, a member of the Northeast-10 Conference, suffered its fourth-straight loss and dropped to 5-10. Daemen finished 3-1 this year against the NE-10 and 7-3 overall in non-conference games.

Daemen entered today's game ranked ninth in the latest NCAA Division II Sports Information Directors of America (D2SIDA) East Region poll.

IMPACT PLAYERS
  • Redshirt senior Joey Atkins (Watervliet, N.Y.) scored 15 of his game-high 18 points in the second half and also contributed seven rebounds, five assists and four steals.
  • Junior Andrew Mason (Webster, N.Y.) went 4-of-5 from three-point land and totaled 16 points and four rebounds
  • Junior Dylan Fasoyiro (Houston, Tex.) played 35 minutes and contributed 12 points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals.
  • Junior Justin Hemphill (Buffalo, N.Y.) scored in double figures for the third time in the past four games and finished with 12 points in just 10 minutes off the bench.
  • Senior Nick MacDonald (Amherst, N.Y.) played a team-high 37 minutes and totaled 10 points and a season-high seven rebounds, while fellow senior Ryan Salzberg (Manlius, N.Y.) added nine points.
  • Senior guard Kani Glover scored 15 points in the second half for Assumption and finished with a team-high 16 points.
GAME NOTES
  • Today's game marked just the second all-time meeting between the two schools, and the first since the 2002-03 season. The all-time series is now 1-1. Assumption was making its first ever visit to Lumsden Gym.
  • The game featured two of the better three-point shooting teams in the region. Assumption entered the game averaging 9.5 triples a game and finished 11-of-28 from downtown today. Daemen entered the game averaging eight three-pointers and game and went 9-of-23 from long range today.
  • The 88 points was a season high for Daemen.
  • Daemen held a 12-11 lead six minutes into the game when a bucket by Hemphill sparked the hosts on an 11-2 run. A corner three-pointer by sophomore Payton Shumpert (Syracuse, N.Y.) capped the run and gave Daemen a 23-13 lead with 11:25 left before halftime.
  • The Daemen lead was eight points, 33-25, when the Wildcats took control with 11 unanswered points. A layup by Salzberg with 3:32 left before intermission capped the run and gave the Wildcats their largest lead of the first half, 44-25. Daemen would take a 47-33 lead into the break.
  • Daemen opened the second half with an 8-2 spurt and took a 20-point lead, 55-35, following a three-pointer by Mason.
  • The Daemen lead was 21 points, 64-43, eight minutes into the second half when the Greyhounds put together an 18-5 run that cut the lead to eight points, 69-61.
  • A layup by MacDonald and four free throws by Fasoyiro built the Daemen lead back to 14 points, 75-61, and the Greyhounds came no closer than 13 points after that.
  • The Wildcats shot 52-percent (33-of-64) from the field, marking the sixth time this season—and the fifth time over the last eight games—it has shot 50-percent or better in a game. The Wildcats went 13-of-16 from the charity stripe.
  • Assumption shot 48-percent (26-for-54) from the field overall and made 11-of-15 from the charity stripe.
  • Daemen forced a season high 20 turnovers and the hosts finished with a 32-19 advantage in points off turnovers. Daemen also finished with an 11-6 edge in second chance points and a 42-28 advantage in points in the paint.
NEXT JUMP BALL
Daemen is back in action Wednesday (Jan. 11) when it hosts rival Roberts Wesleyan University in an East Coast Conference game.

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