Ravens dominate boards
48-30, Mayo grabs 13 boards, Powell adds eight to go with
ten points
RINDGE, N.H. (January 2,
2006) - Franklin Pierce dominated the glass in collecting
a 62-61 upset of Pace University in Northeast-10 Conference men's
basketball action at the Franklin Pierce Fieldhouse tonight.
Franklin Pierce out-rebounded Pace
48-30 for the contest, including 21-18 on its own offensive end of
the floor. The Ravens also hit 42.6-percent (26-61) of their shots
from the floor, compared to 35.5% (22-62) shooting for the Setters.
Junior forward Sean
Mayo (Saco, Maine/Thornton Academy) led the
rebounding effort with a career-best 13 boards, including a
career-high eight on the offensive end, while senior
Justin Powell (Brookline,
Mass./Brookline) snared eight boards and junior
Darryl Minnifield (Boston,
Mass./Brookline) grabbed seven. Powell also added ten
points and two assists, while Mayo registered seven points, two
blocks and two
steals.
Senior Pierre Sully
(Jamaica Plain, Mass./North Cambridge) led all
scorers with 15 points (11 first half) to go with six rebounds
(three offensive) and three assists, while freshman
Timothy Munch (Blauvelt, N.Y./Storm King
Prep) added 13 points (eight second half).
Senior Neal Wellington
(Wheaton, Md./Good Councel) led Pace with 13 points,
three rebounds, three assists and three steals. Sophomore
Desmond Quincy-Jones (Rye, N.Y./Rye)
nearly notched a double double, finishing with nine points and a
team-best nine rebounds to go with two blocks. Sophomores
Ryan Williams (Centreville, Va./Paul VI)
and Gibralter White (Gautier,
Miss./Gautier) each chipped in 11 points and three
steals.
Minnifield converted a conventional
three-point play (his only points of the night) to give Franklin
Pierce a four-point lead (58-54) with 3:08 to play. After a pair of
Pace free throws, each team missed on their next three possessions.
The Ravens appeared to seal things when Mayo grabbed a rebound off
a Munch miss at the line and scored to put them back up four
(62-58) with ten seconds left.
However, Wellington drove to the
other end and buried a three-pointer to pull Pace within a point
(62-61) with three-seconds to play. The Setters fouled, but
Minnifield grabbed his own rebound, off the miss on the front-end
of a one-and-one, to wrap the win up.
Franklin Pierce (5-5, 2-3 NE-10)
returns to action on Thursday when it visits Le Moyne College at
7:30 p.m. Pace (7-5, 4-3 NE-10) visits the College of Saint Rose on
Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
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