Feb. 15, 2003

Box Score

Garden City, N.Y. - The Adelphi men's basketball team defeated St. Thomas Aquinas, 83-59, Saturday night at Woodruff Hall. Senior Wayne Nelson led the Panthers with 19 points and five rebounds. Adelphi improves to 14-8 overall and 13-6 in the NYCAC. The Spartans drop to 2-20, 2-18 in the NYCAC.

Senior Tony Kellman collected 15 points and six rebounds. Freshman Ben Kenyon had a career-best 11 points and seven rebounds. Junior Thomas McCormack registered a game-high nine rebounds and nine assists to go along with six points.

Adelphi and STAC opened the contest with matching three-pointers, 3-3, at 18:50. This would prove to be the closest the Spartans would get as the Panthers, who shot 66.7 percent, quickly opened a 13-point lead over the next four minutes. Freshman William Smith contributed five of his career-best seven points in the first half. Adelphi's only scare came as a STAC three-pointer cut the lead to five with 6:33 remaining. The Panthers closed out the half on a 14-9 run, including 8-of-10 from the free point line, to lead 38-28.

The Panthers held the Spartans to just five points over the first seven minutes of the second half, to open up a 52-35 lead. Adelphi, which led by as much as 27 points, picked up its fourth straight victory, 83-59.

Adelphi shot 58 percent in the game, compared to STAC's 40.8 percent. The Panthers also held the advantage in rebounds, 39-22.

St. Thomas Aquinas was led by Kahill Dawkins with 23 points.

A re-broadcast of tonight's game can be heard on Sports News Radio by logging on to www.nycac.net and clicking on the WSNR link.

Adelphi returns to action on Tuesday, hosting Mercy College at 7:30 p.m.