January 21, 2006
MEN'S BASKETBALL: FRANKLIN PIERCE HOLDS OFF LE MOYNE 56-54 TO
SNAP DOLPHINS STREAK AT TWO WINS
RINDGE, N.H.
– Darryl Minnifield and Pierre Sully scored 11 points each as
Franklin Pierce held off Le Moyne 56-54 in a Northeast-10
Conference men's basketball game at the FPC Fieldhouse. The
Ravens (10-7, 7-5 Northeast-10) sweep the season home-and-home
series with the Dolphins (7-11, 3-11 Northeast-10) and stopped Le
Moyne's winning streak at two straight.
Le Moyne senior Corey Smith (Gouverneur,
N.Y./Gouverneur) made a season-high five 3-pointers for a
game-high 15 points. Junior forward Matt Cooper
(Fulton, N.Y./Fulton)
added 13 points and sophomore guard Jason Holmes
(Mamaroneck,
N.Y./Mamaroneck) tallied 11 points. Senior center
Sid Pond (Watertown,
N.Y./Watertown) pulled down 10 rebounds and blocked a
career high five blocked shots.
After falling behind by six points with 25 seconds to play, Le
Moyne had a chance to send the game into overtime. Sully seemed to
ice the game as he converted two free throws with 25 seconds
remaining to give the Ravens a 56-50 lead. Sid Pond
(Watertown,
N.Y./Watertown) scored a tip-in with 16 seconds to play
and after a failed front end of a one-and-one for Franklin Pierce,
freshman Damani Corbin
(Brooklyn, N.Y./Frederick
Douglass) knocked down a jumper with eight seconds left to
cut it to 56-54. Sully misfired on the first shot of another
one-and-one with six seconds to play to allow Le Moyne a chance to
tie. Smith grabbed the defensive rebound on Sully's miss and
fed Corbin whose end-to-end attempt at the buzzer was off the
mark.
Le Moyne led by as many as seven in the opening half and held a
20-16 edge 5:14 before intermission. Franklin Pierce closed out the
half with 11 unanswered points to take a 27-20 lead at the
intermission. The Ravens opened up their biggest lead, a 10-point
margin, 31-21 on a Sean Mayo layup with 18:21 remaining.
Franklin Pierce topped Le Moyne 58-49 on Jan. 5 in Syracuse. The
Dolphins remain on the road for another Northeast-10 Conference
game on Monday at Southern New Hampshire. Tip time is set for 7:30
p.m.
FRANKLIN PIERCE 56, LE MOYNE 54
LE MOYNE (7-11, 3-11 NE-10)
Corey Smith 5-13 0-0 15; Matt Cooper 5-8 3-6 13; Jason Holmes 5-8
0-0 11; Damani Corbin 3-7 2-2 8; Luke Postorino 2-3 0-0 5; Sid Pond
1-4 0-0 2; Dan Cromwell 0-2 0-0 0; Phil Schoff 0-0 0-0 0; Stefan
Horbanczuk 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 21-47 5-8 54.
FRANKLIN PIERCE (10-7, 7-5 NE-10)
Darryl Minnifield 5-8 0-0 11; Pierre Sully 4-10 2-3 11; Tom Sadler
4-7 0-0 9; Justin Powell 3-10 0-0 6; Timothy Munch 2-9 0-0 5; Sean
Mayo 2-8 1-2 5; Jack Barrett 1-3 0-1 3; Joseph Chatman 1-4 0-0 3;
Nazim Senaldi 1-1 1-2 3; Rimas Varanauskas 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 23-62
4-8 56.
Le Moyne.............. 20 34 - 54
Franklin Pierce............... 27 29 - 56
3-point goals-Le Moyne College 7-18 (Corey Smith 5-11; Luke
Postorino 1-2; Jason Holmes 1-4; Stefan Horbanczuk 0-1), Franklin
Pierce 6-15 (Jack Barrett 1-2; Tom Sadler 1-2; Darryl Minnifield
1-1; Timothy Munch 1-3; Pierre Sully 1-4; Joseph Chatman 1-2; Sean
Mayo 0-1). Fouled out--Le Moyne College-None, Franklin Pierce-None.
Rebounds-Le Moyne College 33 (Sid Pond 10), Franklin Pierce 34
(Justin Powell 9). Assists-Le Moyne College 10 (Damani Corbin 3),
Franklin Pierce 12 (Darryl Minnifield 4). Total fouls-Le Moyne
College 13, Franklin Pierce 7. A-287
