NEWARK, Del., – Sophomore forward Devon Sims (Centreville, Va.) established his new career-high in scoring on Saturday afternoon with 23 points at Wilmington University, adding a team-leading 10 rebounds for his third collegiate double-double in the Concordia College New York men's basketball team's 88-71 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) setback.
NOTES
• Concordia falls to 5-19, 4-11 in league play.
• Wilmington improves to 8-16, 7-9 in CACC action.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
• Sims went 10-15 from the field en route to his new career-high while adding a team-best three steals.
• Junior guard Jared Young (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) chipped in 12 points with two assists and one steal.
• Junior forward Alex White Jr. (Middletown, Conn.) pulled down seven rebounds with one steal and one block.
• Senior forward Anthony Barnes (Bowie, Md.) added 10 points off the bench with five rebounds.
• For Wilmington, Jermaine Head scored 31 points with six assists and five steals while Jordan Harding recorded a team-high nine rebounds on top of 12 points.
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Concordia broke an early 8-8 stalemate with a 9-0 run to take a 17-8 lead with 12:28 left in the half.
• The two sides traded the ensuing eight points with neither side connecting on consecutive baskets until a jump shot and triple from Wilmington sparked a 10-1 run to propel the host to a 23-22 advantage with 5:54 remaining in the half.
• A pair of Wilmington triples sandwiching a Barnes layup gave the Wildcats a three-point advantage at 29-26, with the host maintaining the separation at 33-30 before a 6-0 Concordia run flipped the lead at 36-33 with 53 seconds left in the half.
• Each side scored two points in the final 40 seconds of the half to create a 38-35 score at the intermission.
• Wilmington began the second half with back-to-back baskets to take a slim 39-38 lead with 17:55 remaining in the contest.
• Young scored Concordia's first basket of the second half on a layup, only for a 6-0 Wildcats run pushing the host ahead 45-40 with 14:46 left in the game.
• Sims made it a one-possession contest off a three-point play, with the two sides swapping the ensuing eight points before an 8-0 run from Wilmington propelled them to a double-digit advantage at 57-47 with 10:13 remaining in the contest.
• Concordia got as close as seven midway through the second half at 62-55, with Wilmington holding the Clippers without consecutive baskets until a late 7-0 run made it 86-71 with 44 seconds remaining.
• Wilmington connected on a pair of free throws with 34 seconds left to create the final score.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• The Clippers converted 28-62 shots, going 2-14 from three-point territory and 13-21 from the free throw line.
• Wilmington finished 31-68 from the field, 13-33 from distance and 13-15 from the free throw line.
• Concordia recorded 10 assists while Wilmington had 20.
• Concordia held a 42-34 advantage in rebounds.
• Concordia committed 24 turnovers, resulting in 34 points for the Wildcats. Wilmington had 15 turnovers, leading to 13 points.
• Concordia's bench scored 18 points while the host got 20 from its bench.
• Concordia recorded seven steals with one block while Wilmington stole the ball 10 times with three blocks.
UP NEXT
The men's basketball team hosts Nyack College on Tuesday, Feb. 18 for a 7 p.m. contest.
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