Posted: Dec 03, 2022
Men's Basketball Stopped by St. Elizabeth
St. Elizabeth
(3-5, 0-0)
61
AT
St. Joseph's (L.I.)
(2-5, 0-0)
55
Final | 1 | 2 | T | |
---|---|---|---|---|
St. Elizabeth (3-5, 0-0) | 25 | 36 | 61 | |
St. Joseph's (L.I.) (2-5, 0-0) | 30 | 25 | 55 |
Game Leaders
St. Elizabeth
Pts:
Blackmond
- 20
Reb:
Blackmond
- 16
Ast:
Blackmond
- 2
Team Stats
Game Statistics | St. Elizabeth | St. Joseph's (L.I.) |
---|---|---|
Field Goals | (23-56) | (20-63) |
Field Goal % | 41.1% | 31.7% |
Rebounds | 42 | 40 |
Assists | 5 | 13 |
Turnovers | 14 | 14 |
Pts off Turnovers | 17 | 17 |
2nd Chance Pts | 18 | 14 |
Pts in the Paint | 38 | 22 |
Fastbreak Pts | 0 | 0 |
Bench Pts | 6 | 25 |
Story written by Julia Ruocchio
When and Where:
December 3, 2022 - Patchogue, NY
Records:
St. Joseph's (L.I.), 2-4, St. Elizabeth, 2-5
Results:
The St. Joseph's University (L.I.) men's basketball team suffered a 61-55 loss to St. Elizabeth University in a non-conference match-up at the Danzi Center on Saturday afternoon.
Top performers:
- Junior Ryan McNeely led the Golden Eagles with 16 points, shooting 3-for-4 from three-point range and 5-for-9 overall while adding six rebounds
- Junior Spencer Malloy added 10 points and grabbed eight rebounds
- Graduate Liam Sheehy contributed a team-high nine rebounds
- D'Angelo Blackmond recorded a double-double of 20 points (10-for-14 from the field) and 16 rebounds for St. Elizabeth, both of which were game-highs
- Pierre Harden and Jonathan Ramos added double-digit points for the Eagles, scoring 12 and 11 points, respectively
How it happened:
- St. Joseph's took an early lead of 13-6 in the first
- St. Elizabeth came within three (13-10) before McNeely made three straight three-point shots as part of a 9-2 run for SJLI to go up 22-12
- McNeely scored 11 consecutive points for St. Joseph's, with his final three-pointer of the run at 8:47 giving the Golden Eagles what would be their largest lead of the game of 10 points
- SJLI went back up by 10 with 7:22 on the clock on a made free throw by Graduate Matthew Hirdt, then SEU went on a 12-6 run, with eight points scored by Blackmond, to trim SJLI's lead to four, 29-25, before they finished the half up by five, 30-25
- St. Joseph's led by as much as nine in the second half, then had a lead of seven, 42-35, at the 12:33 mark on a Sheehy layup
- St. Elizabeth went on a 6-0 run to trim their deficit to one, 42-41, then SEU took their first lead since they led 4-2, 2:18 minutes into the game on a layup for Ramos at 5:03
- Ramos made two additional layups, then a pair of made free throws by Nate Thompson for St. Elizabeth at the 3:37 mark gave SEU a seven-point lead for their largest advantage of the game, 55-48
- A pair of Malloy layups brought SJLI within three, 55-52, but St. Elizabeth went 6-for-10 at the free-throw line in the final two and a half minutes to come away with a 61-55 win
Notes:
- St. Joseph's shot 31.7% from the field, while St. Elizabeth finished the game with a 41.1% shooting percentage
- SEU went 0-for-15 from three-point territory on the game, while the Golden Eagles shot 4-for-18 for a 22.2% percentage from beyond the arc
- In the second half, St. Elizabeth shot 45.8% from the field and limited SJLI to a 26.7% shooting percentage
- McNeely scored 11 of the Golden Eagles' 30 points in the first half, going 4-for-4 from the field that included three made shots from long range
- Blackmond scored 14 of St. Elizabeth's 25 points in the first half, shooting 7-for-9 from the field
Next up, the Golden Eagles travel to Farmingdale State to take on the Rams for their first conference match-up of the season on Wednesday, December 7 at 8:00 pm.