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Philipkoski shoots a 3 for MBB 2/8 recap
Geoff Schneider
89
Winner Daemen Daemen 24-1,12-0 ECC
75
Staten Island CSI 17-7,8-4 ECC
Winner
Daemen Daemen
24-1,12-0 ECC
89
Final
75
Staten Island CSI
17-7,8-4 ECC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Daemen Daemen 35 54 89
Staten Island CSI 28 47 75

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | CONTACT: Mike Miranto, Sr. Associate A.D. for Communications/Operations | 716-839-8385 | mmiranto@daemen.edu

Balanced Scoring Leads Wildcats Over CSI

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The No. 4 Daemen University men's basketball team improved to 24-1 overall and 12-0 in East Coast Conference play with a 89-75 road victory over Staten Island on Sunday. The Wildcats are 52-2 since the start of last season, including postseason results. 
 
Six Daemen players reached double figures and combined for 83 of the Wildcats' 89 points. They shot 58% (36-of-62) from the field as a team while knocking down 8-of-18 three-pointers (44%). Daemen outscored CSI 52-34 in the paint and 17-6 in transition.
 
IMPACT PLAYERS
  • Junior Zach Philipkoski (New Hartford, N.Y.) tied for the team high in points with 17 on 7-of-12 shooting and posted a game-high six assists. He has scored 10 or more points in 24 of 25 games and 23 straight. Philipkoski's six helpers equaled his third-highest total of the campaign and marked his second consecutive six-assist performance. 
  • Senior Justin Glover (Buffalo, N.Y.) also had 17 tallies. Glover finished 7-of-11 from the floor and 3-of-6 from distance. The guard has made at least three three-pointers in a game 11 times this year. He did so 18 times through his first three collegiate seasons.
  • Redshirt senior Justin Hemphill (Buffalo, N.Y.) contributed 16 points and a game-best 13 rebounds. It was Hemphill's eighth double-double of the year and sixth in his last 10 contests. Hemphill's 13 boards tied a season high.
  • Redshirt junior Benjamin Bill (Hamburg, N.Y), an All-American and the ECC Player of the Year last season, picked up 10 points in his third game back after missing the previous 11 with a lower body injury. This season's ECC Preseason Player of the Year went 5-of-8 from the floor and has made at least half of his field goal attempts in all 14 appearances this year.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Daemen started quickly. The Wildcats scored just two seconds after the opening tipoff, a layup by Glover on a feed from Bill. Through the first five minutes, the Wildcats outscored the Dolphins 10-5 and nailed four of their first six field goal tries. Daemen boosted its lead to nine (15-6) on a Hemphill lay-in with 12:30 left in the half. 
  • Daemen's advantage hovered between seven and nine until just under 10 minutes remained. The Dolphins put together a 6-0 run in less than a minute to close the gap to 19-16. The Wildcats' lead shrunk to two points on a pair of occasions (23-21 at 6:26 and 26-24 at 4:45). Daemen closed the period strong, outscoring CSI 9-4 in the final 4:45 and taking a 35-28 lead into halftime.
  • The Wildcats started the second half with two unanswered triples in the first 45 seconds, both by Philipkoski. They put together a 10-0 spurt through the first four minutes of the frame and claimed a 45-28 lead, their largest of the contest to that point. The Dolphins remained in the game with a 12-8 stretch and trailed 53-40 with 13 minutes to play. The next three minutes saw Daemen outscore CSI 9-4 and go ahead 62-44 midway through the second half.
  • The Dolphins never got closer than being within 13 points down the stretch. The Wildcats' largest lead proved to be 20 (76-56) with four minutes remaining courtesy of a layup by Bill. CSI closed with a 12-7 run, but it was too late and Daemen cruised to a 14-point victory, 89-75.
GAME NOTES
  • Daemen is ranked No. 4 in the latest NABC coaches' poll. The Wildcats returned 13 players from last year's 28-1 squad and have been in the top four in every poll this season.
  • The Wildcats were picked to finish first in the East Coast Conference preseason poll for the third time in the last four years. Daemen sits atop the ECC standings with a 12-0 record in league play.
  • Daemen has an average margin of victory of 23 points in ECC contests and has won each game by at least eight points.
  • Today was the 12th all-time meeting between Daemen and UDC. The Wildcats lead the series 10-2 and have won 6 consecutive matchups, including a season sweep this year.
  • Daemen committed just eight turnovers, tied for their fewest in a game this season. The Wildcats also coughed it up just eight times against Molloy on Jan. 18 and Roberts Wesleyan on Jan. 31.
  • The Wildcats made 58% of their field goal tries, equaling their best shooting performance of the campaign. They also shot 58% against Alaska Anchorage on Nov. 2. Daemen went 36-of-62 from the field in both contests.
  • Daemen's 44% three-point percentage (8-of-18) was its fourth-best of the season and the eighth time the Wildcats have eclipsed 40%.
  • The Wildcats accumulated 17 assists compared to the Dolphins' 11. Daemen has had more assists than its opponent in 21 of 25 contests this season.
UP NEXT
Daemen returns to action on Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. when it hosts Mercy at Lumsden Gymnasium. The Wildcats defeated the Mavericks 83-65 on Dec. 12.
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