BRONXVILLE, N.Y. – Sophomore guard Baron Goodridge (Bronx, N.Y.) scored a team-best 17 points on Saturday afternoon, helping the Concordia College New York men's basketball stay undefeated against Georgian Court University at the Meyer Athletic Center in a 67-56 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) triumph.
NOTES
• Concordia improves to 6-11, 3-5 in CACC play.
• Georgian Court drops to 2-15, 1-7 in league action.
• Since the two sides began meeting annually during the 2013-14 season, Concordia leads the series 5-1 and is 3-0 against the opposition on the Clippers' homecourt.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
• Goodridge shot 6-10 from the field, 5-10 from beyond the arc.
• Sophomore forward Alex White Jr. (Middletown, Conn.) pulled down 10 rebounds with eight points, two blocks and two steals.
• Senior guard Michael Demello (White Plains, N.Y.) chipped in 13 points with a team-best four steals and three assists.
• For Georgian Court, Caleb Bowser scored 17 points with six assists while Kim Speller chipped in 12 points with 15 rebounds.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• White Jr. kicked off the scoring with a triple on the Clippers' opening possession, with a 5-0 response from GCU making it 5-3 with 17:40 remaining in the half.
• A redshirt-senior guard Cedrick McFadden (Washington, D.C.) jumper evened the score at 5-all, with senior guard Jason Cethoute following with a layup off a Demello steal only for a 12-3 stretch for the visitors creating a 17-10 score with 12:22 to go in the half.
• Goodridge ended the run with a triple, sparking a 14-0 Concordia spree with McFadden, White Jr. and sophomore forward Kyle Parris (Old Bridge, N.J.) chipping in to flip the seven-point lead in the Clippers' favor at 24-17 with 7:14 remaining in the half.
• GCU scored the ensuing four points to make it a one-possession contest at 24-21, and kept the separation at 26-23 before a 7-0 run for the hosts off a triple from Goodridge and baskets from freshman forward Devon Sims (Centreville, Va.) and Parris created a double-digit Clippers' lead at the half, 33-23.
• Following a pair of Cethoute free throws to start the second half, the Lions used a 7-0 run to make it 35-30 with 17:34 remaining in the second half.
• Concordia recreated its double-digit advantage at 43-32 off a 7-2 stretch, extending the lead to a game-high 15 points at 54-39 with 6:48 remaining in the contest.
• The Clippers maintained a double-digit lead until a late 6-2 GCU rally made it 63-56 with 1:27 remaining.
• Concordia scored the final four points of the contest to create the final score.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• The Clippers converted on 21-60 shots, going 6-21 from three-point territory and 19-31 from the free throw line.
• Georgian Court finished 24-61 from the field, 3-19 from distance and 5-8 from the free throw line.
• Concordia recorded 10 assists while Georgian Court had 11.
• Concordia held a 42-41 advantage in rebounds.
• Concordia had 11 turnovers, resulting in 12 points for Georgian Court. GCU had 20 turnovers, leading to 23 Clippers' points.
• Concordia' bench scored 28 points while the visitors got zero from its bench.
• Concordia recorded 10 steals with three blocks while Georgian Court stole the ball six times with two blocks.
UP NEXT
The men's basketball team hosts Nyack College on Tuesday, Jan. 22 in a 5 p.m. CACC tilt.
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