The ±¬×ß³Ô¹Ï men's basketball team trailed by as many as 22 points but was able to rally and cut the lead to four but Mercyhurst North East ended the game on a 10-1 to earn a 70-57 victory in a WNYAC contest on Tuesday. MNE improves to 13-11 (5-6 WNYAC) while the Pioneers are 6-18 (1-10 WNYAC).
The Pioneers shot 26.7% and turned the ball over 11 times in the 1st half to find themselves in a 42-23 hole at halftime. The Saints hit a three to start the 2nd half to establish a 22 point lead before the Pioneers went on a run over the next 17 minutes to get back in the game. After a 33 to 18 run, ±¬×ß³Ô¹Ï cut the lead to 60-56 with two minutes remaining. MNE hit their foul shots down the stretch and finished off the victory on a 10-1 run.
Pat Parker (Queens/Hillcrest) and Rasheem Creech (Brooklyn/Transit Tech) each finished with 14 for the Pioneers. Alex Hall (Jamaica/Forest Hill) added 10 points and nine rebounds, Thomas Stein (Caledonia Mumford) had seven points, and DaQuan Allen (Brooklyn/Boys & Girls) chipped in seven points and six assists.
Ben Jones led four Saints scorers in double figures with 21 points.
The blue & gold return home on Thursday when they host Monroe CC at 7:30 p.m. at the Orvis Activities Center.
Newspaper Box Score
±¬×ß³Ô¹Ï College vs Mercyhurst NE
2/14/12 7:30PM at North East, PA
At North East, PA
MERCYHURST NE 70, ALFRED STATE COLLEGE 57
ALFRED STATE COLLEGE (6-18, 1-10 WNYAC)
Parker, Patrick 5-14 3-4 14; Creech, Rasheem 5-10 0-0 14; Hall, Alex 5-14
0-0 10; Stein, Thomas 3-4 1-2 7; Allen, DaQuan 2-11 3-4 7; Brown, Kennan 1-2
0-0 3; Charles, Dashino 1-7 0-0 2; Koyama, Shohei 0-1 0-0 0; Pole, Vaughn
0-1 0-0 0. Totals 22-64 7-10 57.
MERCYHURST NE (13-11, 5-6 WNYAC)
Ben Jones 6-14 6-6 21; Dejuan McGaughy 5-12 5-7 17; Geovonte Rose 1-6 9-10
11; Anthony Jones 5-13 0-0 10; Camerin Nesbit 3-5 1-2 7; Dainan Lewis 2-3
0-0 4; Wesley Henry 0-1 0-0 0; Malcolm Weston 0-2 0-0 0; Kevin Allen 0-1 0-0
0; Samer Newsome 0-1 0-0 0; Arthur Smith 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-58 21-25 70.
±¬×ß³Ô¹Ï College.......... 23 34 - 57
Mercyhurst NE................. 42 28 - 70
3-point goals--±¬×ß³Ô¹Ï College 6-25 (Creech, Rasheem 4-6; Brown, Kennan
1-2; Parker, Patrick 1-6; Allen, DaQuan 0-2; Charles, Dashino 0-3; Pole,
Vaughn 0-1; Hall, Alex 0-5), Mercyhurst NE 5-20 (Ben Jones 3-10; Dejuan
McGaughy 2-6; Anthony Jones 0-1; Malcolm Weston 0-2; Kevin Allen 0-1).
Fouled out--±¬×ß³Ô¹Ï College-None, Mercyhurst NE-None. Rebounds--Alfred
State College 40 (Hall, Alex 9), Mercyhurst NE 43 (Geovonte Rose 14).
Assists--±¬×ß³Ô¹Ï College 13 (Allen, DaQuan 6), Mercyhurst NE 18 (Dejuan
McGaughy 7). Total fouls--±¬×ß³Ô¹Ï College 16, Mercyhurst NE 8.
Technical fouls--±¬×ß³Ô¹Ï College-None, Mercyhurst NE-Dejuan McGaughy.