Farmingdale State 56, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy 41
KINGS POINT, N.Y. | The Farmingdale State College males’s basketball workforce gained its fifth-straight sport on Saturday afternoon, because the Rams posted a 56-41 victory on the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.
FSC (11-2, 4-0 Skyline) by no means trailed in the competition, and broke a 7-7 tie by scoring seven consecutive factors over the Mariners (4-9, 1-3) to take the lead for good. Seniors Michael Notias (Manhasset, N.Y.) and Robbie Siechen (Syracuse, N.Y.), and junior Kentrell Evans (Brooklyn, N.Y.), all transformed layups throughout the unfold, whereas sophomore Jordan Tucker (Elmont, N.Y.) added one free throw. After USMMA minimize its deficit to 21-19 with 1:51 on the clock, junior Liam Buckley and Siechen transformed lay-ins to offer the guests a 25-19 lead at halftime.
The Rams, who held a decisive 56-34 rebounding edge on the afternoon, put the sport out of attain by scoring 15 of the primary 19 factors to start out the second half, as junior guard Derek Reed’s (Shinnecock, N.Y.) 3-pointer pushed his workforce’s result in 40-23 with 13:20 left. FSC led by as many as 21 factors, together with a 49-28 edge on Evans’s layup with 5:26 remaining, to maneuver to 4-0 in Skyline play.
Notias led all gamers 15 factors to go together with 9 rebounds, whereas Evans (13 pts., game-high 12 reb.) registered his third-straight double-double. Senior guard Sean Conroy (Staten Island, N.Y.) crammed the stat sheet with eight factors, 9 boards and 4 assists, whereas Siechen and Buckley completed the afternoon with seven and 6 factors, respectively. FSC restricted the Mariners to a .262 field-goal proportion (16-of-61), together with a 4-of-29 exhibiting from past the 3-point arc.
Farmingdale State is again on the street in Skyline play Wednesday evening (Jan. 14), when it travels to Throggs Neck, N.Y., for a 7 p.m. begin at SUNY Maritime College.