Box Score
Garden City, N.Y. – The Adelphi men's basketball team saw their five game winning streak come to an end on Saturday afternoon to the Ravens of Franklin Pierce at the Center for Recreation and Sports. The Panthers dropped a 67-51 decision to their NE-10 opponent, falling to 8-9 overall and 5-6 in conference play while the Ravens improve to 11-4 overall and 8-3 in conference play.
For the Panthers,
Duane Morgan and
Anthony Libroia were the lone players in double figures, scoring 11 and 10 points respectively.
John Calarco recorded nine points and eight rebounds while
Bradley Simpson chipped in with three boards and eight points, all of which came from the charity stripe.
Cliff Brown and
Sean Crawford had an even split of 10 combine points while Brown pulled down seven of Adelphi's 37 team rebounds.
For the Ravens, Adrianos Vourliotakis Perdikaris posted a double-double with 10 rebounds and 15 points to lead all scorers. Teammate Andre Blackwood added 10 points and five boards off of the bench.
Morgan had the hot hand for the Panthers early, scoring six of the team's eight points en route to an 8-8 deadlock over the first five minutes. The Ravens would respond with three consecutive buckets to lead 14-8 with 12:42 to go.
Franklin Pierce would continue to hold a six point lead at the ten minute mark after a triple from Scott Tavares-Taylor put the visitors up 20-14.
Sean Crawford returned the favor and sank a three of his own to close the deficit to 20-17, but a three-point play by Curtis Christian would put the Ravens back up by six, 23-17.
A three ball from Libroia helped pull the Brown and Gold to within two at 7:08 to trail 25-23 with just over seven minutes left to play. At 5:45, Morgan notched his score his first field goal since the 14:48 mark to pull the Panthers even, 25-25.
Adelphi was unable to find the bottom of the net the rest of the half, going cold over the final five minutes and missing their six attempts from the floor. At the other end, the Ravens would put together an 11-0 run to lead by ten at halftime, 38-28. The visitors shot 51.7% from the field in the half, while the Panthers could only muster a 38.5 shooting percentage.
The Panthers opened the half with 10 unanswered points, starting with two free throws from Simpson and a bucket from Morgan cut the Ravens' lead to 38-32. Another freebie from Simpson pulled the Panthers to within five, 38-33. Later, consecutive layups from Brown would bring the Brown and Gold to within one, 38-37 with 15:46 to go.
Simpson hit two more from the charity stripe to give his team their first lead since midway through the first half. Jean-Guillaume, who has been averaging 14.5 points per contest, sunk his first bucket of the game from down town to regain the lead. Christian and Dick Paul would each hit threes for Franklin Pierce, restoring their lead eight with 11:23 remaining.
Slowly, with efforts from Simpson and Libroia, Adelphi crawled back to within seven, but it was short lived as the NE-10 rival quickly responded and blossomed their cushion to 12; the largest of the game. With time ticking toward the final minutes, the Panthers were forced to foul, giving the visitors opportunities at the charity stripe which they capitalized on, going 6-6 to put the game on ice and seal the deal.
The Panthers will return to action when they host the Falcons of Bentley University on Wednesday, January 23
rd at 7:30 pm.
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