Sully leads Ravens with 20
points, eight rebounds, two assists
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y.
(January 19, 2006) - Franklin Pierce held off a late
charge, including a three-pointer as time expired, to post a 69-68
victory over Pace University in Northeast-10 Conference men's
basketball action at the Goldstine Athletic Center tonight.
Senior guard Pierre
Sully (Jamaica Plain, N.Y./North Cambridge) led
Franklin Pierce with a game-high 20 points, hitting 9-of-15 shots
from the field, eight rebounds and two assists. Freshman
Timothy Munch (Blauvelt, N.Y./Storm King
Prep) totaled 16 points as he hit 6-9 from the floor,
including 4-6 from three-point range, to go with five rebounds.
Junior Sean Mayo (Saco, Maine/Thornton
Academy) added 12 points, eight rebounds and four
assists.
Franklin Pierce shot 52.1-percent
(25-48) from the field for the contest, including 56% (14-25) in
the second half, and buried 8-of-17 (47.1%) of its three-point
attempts, including 4-6 (66.7%) in the second half. The Ravens
overcame 22 turnovers by out-rebounding Pace 36-27 and limiting the
hosts to 42.6% (26-61) shooting, including 6-of-20 (30%) from
long-distance.
Senior Neal Wellington
(Wheaton, Md./Good Counsel) led Pace with a double
double as he netted 16 points and dished ten assists. Classmate
Chaka Lightburn (Belize City, Belize)
also netted 16 points to go with a game-high nine rebounds and
three steals, while sophomore Desmond Quincy-Jones
(Rye, N.Y./Rye) added 12 points, six rebounds and
three steals.
Pace used an 11-0 run to take a
ten-point lead (30-20) after a Wellington lay-up with 6:01 to play
in the first half. Lightburn sparked the run with a conventional
three-point play to go with another pair from the charity stripe.
Franklin Pierce finished the half
strong, closing within three points (34-31) after a Mayo bucket
heading into the locker room. The Ravens continued the momentum in
the second half, jumping out to a four-point lead (38-34) after a
Munch lay-up 2:31 into the stanza.
With the score knotted at 40-40
with 14:39 to play, Franklin Pierce used a 13-2 run to open an
11-point lead (53-42) after a Munch three-pointer with 11:47 on the
clock. Munch finished the run with two three's, while Mayo added
four points.
The Ravens lead was still 11
(55-44) after a pair of Mayo free-throws with 11:12 to play, before
Pace came back with a 12-0 run to regain the lead (56-55) after a
Randy Wilson (Peekskill, N.Y./Peekskill)
hoop with 7:40 left.
The lead seesawed before Franklin
Pierce was able to regain a five-point cushion (65-60) after a
Sully jumper with 2:42 on the clock. The teams traded baskets over
the next minute before Wilson and Wellington scored around a Raven
miss to pull the Setters within a point (69-68) with 22-seconds on
the clock.
Pace had two chances to take the
lead in the closing seconds as the Ravens missed a pair of
free-throws, including a three-pointer from Gibraltar
White (Gautier, Miss./Gautier) as time expired.
Franklin Pierce (9-7, 6-5 NE-10)
returns home on Saturday to host Le Moyne College at 3:30 p.m. Pace
(8-9, 5-7 NE-10) visits Assumption College on Saturday at 3:30 p.m.
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