NYACK, N.Y. – Despite outscoring host Nyack College in the second half of Tuesday evening's Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) contest, the Concordia College New York men's basketball team was unable to overcome a strong start by the host in an 84-63 setback.
NOTES
• Concordia falls to 3-15, 2-7 in league play.
• Nyack improves to 9-8, 4-5 in CACC action.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
• Freshman guard Dion Herrington (Englewood, N.J.) scored a team-high 14 points with five rebounds, two assists and one block.
• Sophomore guard Devon Sims (Centreville, Va.) chipped in 13 points with a team-high nine rebounds and one steal.
• Junior guard Jared Young (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) dished out a team-high three assists with one steal.
• Senior forward Jesse Breeding (Cortland Manor, N.Y.) scored 10 points.
• For Nyack, Joel Bailey scored 16 points with Junior Graham pulling down 14 rebounds and D'ondre Dent tallying four assists.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Nyack scored the opening five points of the contest via a triple and layup before a Breeding triple got the Clippers on the scoreboard and made it 5-3 with 18:37 left in the first half.
• The two sides split the ensuing 10 points to maintain the two-point separation before a 5-0 Nyack spurt gave the host a 15-8 advantage with 13:19 remaining in the half.
• Nyack used a 6-0 run to create a double-digit lead at 23-11, responding to a pair of senior guard Brandon Fields (Washington, D.C.) free throws with eight-straight points to boast a 31-13 lead with 8:30 left in the half.
• Concordia scored seven of the ensuing 10 points to cut into the deficit at 34-20, but a 5-0 spurt from the host extending the gap to 39-20 with 5:35 remaining in the half.
• Concordia ended the run off a pair of Sims free throws, only for a 6-0 Nyack run making it 45-22 with 1:36 left in the half.
• Each side added five points to its total in the final minute, with freshman forward Dan Porcic (Putnam, Conn.) connecting on a triple at the buzzer to create a 50-27 halftime score.
• Concordia responded to a 7-3 start from Nyack with an 11-2 run to make it 59-41 with 9:44 left in the game.
• A Breeding free throw and Herrington layup sandwiched by a pair of three-point point sprees made it 65-44, with neither side connecting on consecutive baskets until back-to-back layups from Sims forced a 71-55 score with 2:32 remaining.
• After splitting the following eight points, Nyack scored eighth-straight to pull ahead 81-59 with 46 seconds remaining.
• Redshirt-freshman guard Fabian Rial (Bayamon, P.R.) scored four points in the final minute for Concordia, while Nyack added three to create the final score.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• The Clippers converted 19-57 shots, going 6-15 from three-point territory and 19-24 from the free throw line.
• Nyack finished 26-58 from the field, 10-28 from distance and 22-30 from the free throw line.
• Concordia recorded six assists while Nyack had 22.
• Nyack held a 42-34 advantage in rebounds.
• Concordia committed 18 turnovers, resulting in 26 points for the Warriors. Nyack had 18 turnovers, leading to 10 points.
• Concordia' bench scored 14 points while the host got 40 from its bench.
• Concordia recorded three steals with two blocks while Nyack stole the ball five times with seven blocks.
UP NEXT
The men's basketball team hosts Holy Family University on Sunday, Jan. 26 in a 3 p.m. contests.
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