#17
Assumption Rebounds Past FPC, 84-73
Hounds get key three-pointers in final
four minutes to seal 13th-straight home win
WORCESTER, Mass.
(January 30, 2002) - Assumption College, ranked No.
17 in this week's NABC/Division II Bulletin poll, got a
pair of key three-pointers in the final four minutes to
surge past Franklin Pierce College, 84-73, in Northeast-10
Conference men's basketball action at the Laska Gymnasium
this evening.
Sophomore Shahar Golan's
three-pointer with 4:03 to play gave Assumption the lead
for good and senior Shane O'Donoghue's bomb with the shot
clock winding down at the 1:13 mark pushed the Greyhounds
lead to four and Franklin Pierce never recovered. Assumption
drained all six free-throw attempts in the final minute
to seal its 13th consecutive home victory.
O'Donoghue finished
with 16 points, on five-of-eight shooting for the night,
five rebounds, four assists and three steals. Sophomore
O McGee-Sharp recorded a double-double with 15 points and
a game-high 11 rebounds. Classmate James Lambert added 16
points and four steals off the bench, while freshman Jared
Linnell also came off the bench to bury four-straight first
half three-pointers for 12 points.
Senior forward Kevin
Scott (Mississauga, Ontario/Iona Catholic) led the
Ravens with a game-high 24 points, in 10-14 shooting from
the floor, six rebounds, two blocks and two steals. Junior
V.J. Kwity (Torrance, Calif./West) finished
with 22 points, on 8-13 shooting from the field and 5-6
from the line, after netting 17 points in the opening 20
minutes.
No other Raven reached
double-figures and FP
was out-rebounded by a 39-22 margin
for the night.
Both teams connected
at a torrid pace in the first half, with FP
shooting 65.4-percent
(17-26) in the opening half and Assumption 61.3% (19-31).
But, the Ravens hit just 34.5% (10-29) in the final half
compared to 52% (13-25) for the Greyhounds.
FP
(11-9, 8-8 NE-10)
returns home on Saturday to host American International
College at 3 p.m. Assumption (17-2, 13-2 NE-10) travel to
UMass Lowell on Saturday at 4 p.m.