Feb. 6, 2007
Box Score
Garden City, N.Y. -
The Adelphi men's basketball team rallied from a 10 point second half deficit to take a one point lead with 2:26 on the clock, but could not close out the Spartans, falling 61-54. With the loss Adelphi falls to 10-10 overall and 7-6 in East Coast Conference (ECC) play, while St. Thomas Aquinas improves to 7-14 overall and 7-7 in the conference.
Adelphi bolted out to a 9-2 lead just over three minutes into the action, getting six points from Samuel Jenkins (Brooklyn, N.Y.) during the run. The Spartans out scored Adelphi 12-6 over the next six and a half minutes to cut the Panther lead to just one, 15-14. But, Adelphi scored the next five points to push the lead back to six, 20-14, with 9:52 remaining in the first half.
From there St. Thomas Aquinas took over, closing out the half on a 22-7 run to enter the locker room with a comfortable 37-27 bulge.
The Panthers immediately cut into the Spartans lead, out scoring St. Thomas Aquinas, 13-6, over the first 5:40 to pull within three points, 43-40, on a Kimani Blaize (Brooklyn, N.Y.) jumper. The Spartans responded with back-to-back three-pointers to slip out to a nine-point lead, 49-40, with 12:11 on the clock.
However, Adelphi would not quit, chipping away at the Spartan lead and taking their first lead of the second half, 52-51, on a Donnell Cummings (South Ozone Park, N.Y.) made free throw with 2:26 remaining. The Adelphi lead was short lived as St. Thomas Aquinas scored just 18 seconds later to retake the lead for good, 53-52, on their way to a 61-54 victory.
Ra Chase led the Spartans with 15 points and seven rebounds, while Akeem Comas chipped in 15 points.
Mike Mosby (Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) carried the Panther attack, scoring 10 points and pulling down 12 misses. Blaize also scored 10 points, while Anthony Noble (Uniondale, N.Y.) added eight points, five assists and four rebounds.
Adelphi returns to action on Thursday, February 8 when they travel to Dobbs Ferry, New York for a 7:30 pm meeting with Mercy College.
