Young leads Penmen with 26
points; Sully nets 22 for Ravens
RINDGE, N.H. (February 19,
2005) - Southern New Hampshire University rallied from an
early deficit and expanded on a two-point halftime lead to post a
71-60 victory over Franklin Pierce in Northeast-10 Conference men's
basketball action at the Franklin Pierce Fieldhouse this afternoon.
The loss locks Franklin Pierce
(9-17, 7-14 NE-10) into 11th-place for the upcoming
Northeast-10 Tournament, which will tip-off with first round action
next Saturday. The Ravens opponent is yet to be determined with one
Conference date remaining. Southern New Hampshire (20-6, 16-6
NE-10) moves into third place with the win, which concludes its
NE-10 slate. The Penmen will await the outcome of the final games
for Saint Anselm, Saint Rose and Stonehill over the next three
days.
Junior P.J. Young
(Boston, Mass./Manchester (N.H.) Central) led SNHU
with a game-high 26 points as he connected on 10-of-12 shots from
the field and converted all six free-throw attempts, to go with
five rebounds. Classmate Miguel Gonzalez (Jamaica,
N.Y./Holy Cross) registered 14 points (all second
half), six rebounds, three assists and four steals. Freshman
Sam Carey (Manchester, N.H./Central)
added 12 points, four boards, three steals and two assists, while
junior John Baiano (Staten Island, N.Y./St.
Peter's) chipped in eight assists and four
steals.
Junior Pierre Sully
(Jamaica Plain, Mass./North Cambridge Catholic) led
Franklin Pierce with 22 points (16 first half) as he hit 8-of-13
from the field, including 2-3 from three-point range, to go with
five rebounds. Classmate Justin Powell (Brookline,
Mass./Brookline) added 16 points and 11 rebounds (six
offensive) for his first career double double. Sophomore
Darryl Minnifield (Boston,
Mass./Brookline) chipped in eight points, five
boards, two assists and two steals.
The Ravens seized the early
momentum in the game, staking out a 15-6 lead after a Sully three
7:37 into the contest. Sully scored 14 of the Ravens first 18
points in the contest overall.
Southern New Hampshire used a 10-0
run to take its first lead of the game (16-15) after a Carey lay-up
off a steal with 8:09 to play in the stanza. Franklin Pierce
regained a four-point edge (25-21) after two-straight baskets from
Powell with 5:33 left. The Penmen closed out the half with an 8-2
run, in which neither team scored over the final 1:29 of the half,
to take a two-point (29-27) lead into the locker room.
Franklin Pierce regained the lead
(35-34) after a Minnifield lay-up with 15:26 to play, but SNHU used
a 7-2 run to open a seven-point advantage (44-37) with 12:32 left
in regulation.
A J.J. Harvey (Albany,
N.Y./Siena College) dunk off a steal gave the Penmen
an eight-point lead (48-40) with 9:45 to play, but more importantly
stopped play for 37-minutes because of a broken rim. The Ravens
emerged from the break a little flat and SNHU scored the first five
points to open a 13-point lead (53-40) with 8:41 to play.
The lead was still 13 (60-47) after
a Gonzalez jumper with 5:37 left. The Ravens closed to within eight
(66-58) after sophomore Nazim Senaldi (Istanbul,
Turkey) scored a floater with 1:35 on the clock, but
that was as close as they would get as the Penmen hit five of their
next six free-throws and the Ravens missed their final six shots
from the field to seal the win.
Franklin Pierce (9-17, 7-14 NE-10)
rounds out the regular season on Monday at UMass Lowell at 7:30
p.m. Southern New Hampshire (20-6, 16-6 NE-10) rounds out the
regular season with a non-conference game with Post University on
Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
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