JERSEY CITY, N.J. (Dec. 8, 2021) - The Saint Peter's University men's basketball team led by four points at halftime but could not hold on to the lead, dropping a 71-60 decision at home against St. Francis College Brooklyn Wednesday inside Run Baby Run Arena.
The Terriers had four players score in double figures on the night, led by 18 points from Larry Moreno, to improve to 1-8 while the Peacocks were led by a 10-point, five-rebound effort by Fousseyni Drame, falling to 2-5.
SPU also got a pair of nine-point efforts from both Daryl Banks III and Isiah Dasher while KC Ndefo finished with eight points and a team-high six boards.
With his six rebounds in the contest, Ndefo became just the 19th student-athlete in program history to amass 500 career rebounds.
How it Happened
- The Terriers started off hot, going on a 13-2 run over five minutes of game action in the early going to create a 15-4 edge at the 15-minute mark of the opening half.
- The Peacocks responded, however, rattling off 15 consecutive points highlighted by five points from Clarence Rupert and another four by Hassan Drame to take a 21-16 lead.
- St. Francis Brooklyn was able to answer themselves with an 8-0 run to lead 24-21 before the Peacocks rallied for nine straight points of their own to take a 32-28 lead into the break.
- Leading 38-35 after a layup by Doug Edert coming out of the break, the Terriers made another run, this time holding off SPU for good.
- SFBK quickly went on an 11-0 flurry across just over two minutes of game action to take a 46-38 lead and never look back.
- The Peacocks were able to cut the deficit back down to two a pair of times late in the half, but were not able to get over the hump as the Terriers went 7 for 8 from the free throw line in the final minute of the game to extend the lead to the final tally of 11.
Inside the Numbers
- F. Drame had the strongest game statistically for the Peacocks with his 10 points and five boards while also setting a new career-high with four blocked shots.
- Ndefo now needs just 121 more points to be just the 11th player in program history to join the exclusive 1,000-point, 500-rebound club. He would also be the second player to reach 1,000 points, 500 boards and 200 blocks in their career (Ryan Bacon).
- The Terriers did a lot of damage off Peacock mistakes, scoring 20 points on 17 SPU turnovers.
- SPU held a 26-15 edge in bench points, a 9-6 advantage in second chance points and a 30-28 edge in points in the paint.
- The Peacocks also gained the advantage in rebounds 37-35.
- SFBK shot 42.9 percent from the floor in the game while SPU shot just 33.3 percent, including a 25.9 percent clip in the second half.
- SPU knocked down just two three pointers in the game, one in each half.
Postgame Press Conference (Head Coach Shaheen Holloway)
Next Up
- The Peacocks complete a three-game homestand Sunday when they take on Nyack College at 2:00 p.m. inside Run Baby Run Arena.
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