NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Result
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
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Ed Wilson |
Mercy College Men's Basketball Falls to St. Thomas Aquinas 70-47
DOBBS FERRY, NY - St. Thomas Aquinas College shot 58 percent from the field and used an 18-0 run midway through the second half to post a 70-47 decision over host Mercy College in East Coast Conference (ECC) men's basketball action on Tuesday. The Mavericks fell to 4-11 overall and 3-5 in ECC play, while the Spartans improved to 8-7 overall and 4-4 in the league.
Senior guard Chanze Wellington (Spring Valley, NY) and freshman guard Ed Wilson (Spring Valley, NY) scored 11 points each to lead Mercy. Wilson went 5-of-10 from the field and Wellington connected on 4-of-9, including 3-of-6 beyond the arc. Senior guard Paul Flowers (New York, NY) tied a game-high with nine rebounds and chipped in six points and four steals for the Mavericks.
St. Thomas Aquinas senior forward Akeem Comas (Brooklyn, NY) led all players with 19 points on 9-of-13 from the field, hitting his lone three-point attempt on the night. Senior forward Ra Chase (W. Haverstraw, NY) added 12 points and tied for a game-high with nine boards for the Spartans.
Trailing 7-2 early on, Mercy went on a 13-2 run, getting a pair of three-pointers from Wellington to build a 15-9 lead. The Spartans responded with their own 14-3 spurt, capped by a Jelani Winfield (Woodside, NY) layup to regain the edge, 23-18 with 7:14 to go in the half. An Ed Wilson layup cut the deficit to three at 23-20, but St. Thomas Aquinas outscored the Mavericks 13-2 over the final 5:05 of the period to take a 33-22 advantage into the break.
Mercy stayed within striking distance early in the second frame and pulled within four at 39-35 on a Flowers jumper with 13:32 to go in the contest. St. Thomas Aquinas then put together its decisive 18-0 run over a span of 7:08, with six points coming from Comas, to pull away to a 57-35 lead.
The Mavericks cut the margin to 57-38 on Wellington's third three-pointer of the night, but would pull no closer the rest of the way.
The Spartans hit 29-of-50 field goal attempts on the night, including 5-of-9 from long range, while holding Mercy to 19-of-51 (37 percent), and out-rebounded Mercy by a 36-18 margin.
The Mavericks will return to action on Saturday, January 19, when they host C.W. Post at 3:00 p.m. The Mercy College athletics department will hold a free youth basketball clinic prior to the women's game at 10:30 a.m., at Dobbs Ferry High School. The clinic is open to boys and girls ages 6-11. To register, email Drew Brown at dbrown@mercy.edu or call 914-674-7281.
