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67
Haverford HAVMBK 1-3
73
Winner Widener WIDM 4-2
Haverford HAVMBK
1-3
67
Final
73
Widener WIDM
4-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Haverford HAVMBK 36 31 67
Widener WIDM 27 46 73

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Sambo Records Double-Double as Men's Basketball Battles Back in Victory Over Haverford

CHESTER, Pa. (Nov. 29, 2015) – Sophomore Sardayah Sambo (Middletown, Del.) recorded his first double-double of the season as the Widener men's basketball team defeated Haverford, 73-67, on Sunday at the Schwartz Athletic Center.
 
The Pride improve to 4-2 on the season, while the Fords drop to 1-3. Sambo led Widener with ten boards in 37 minutes played, and added 14 points.
 
The Pride trailed Haverford 36-27 at half-time, but went on to outscore the Fords 46-31 in the second half. Haverford held their largest lead of ten points with 17:28 remaining in the game. Widener forced 18 turnovers, including nine midway through the second half and capitalized off the mistakes of the Fords to score 21 points.
 
David Nicholson (Odenton, Md.) took the ball off of a Matt Sherman turnover with 13 minutes left in the game for a lay-up to cut the Fords lead to one point.  The senior led all Widener scorers with 20 points on four-of-six shooting from three-point range in the game. He added five rebounds, two steals and on assist in 31 minutes of play.
 
Junior Kendall Green (Mount Laurel, N.J.) added 12 points and nine rebounds for the Pride. The guard was six-of-nine from the free-throw line, including two pivotal shots midway through the second half. Green forced a Walt Plumlee turnover and was fouled as he went to the basket to give the Pride a lead. After sinking both shots, Widener took a one point lead.
 
Green finished with three steals and two assist in 35 minutes on the court for the Blue and Gold.
 
Laron Byrd (Philadelphia, Pa.) and freshman Nick Jackson (Rockville, Md.) added ten points and seven points, respectively. Byrd was four-of-six from the field with three assist and two steals. Jackson added six rebounds and one steal for the Pride.
 
Widener held the advantage on the glass, 41-35, and recorded 20 second chance points, while Haverford only had three second chance points. Junior John Fender (Wallingford, Pa.) recorded four points and four rebounds in the victory for the Pride.
 
The Blue and Gold will be back in action on December 5th when they open Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth action against Hood in Frederick, Md.
 
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