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57
Winner Hood HOOD 13-12, MACC 7-9
55
Widener WIDM 13-12, MACC 8-8
Winner
Hood HOOD
13-12, MACC 7-9
57
Final
55
Widener WIDM
13-12, MACC 8-8
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Hood HOOD 25 32 57
Widener WIDM 31 24 55

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Men's Basketball Falls Short on Senior Day to Hood

CHESTER, Pa. (Feb. 20, 2016) – The Widener men's basketball team came up short as they fell to Hood, 57-55, on senior day at the Schwartz Athletic Center on Saturday.
 
The Pride fall to 13-12 and 8-8 in MAC Commonwealth action, while the Blazers improve to 13-12 and 7-9 in conference play.
 
With just under four seconds left in the contest, Hood received a five-second inbounding violation underneath the Widener net. The Pride trailed by two and had a shot to tie the game up at 57, but they could not get a clean look up as time expired.
 
Widener, who was led by 14 points from Kendall Green (Mount Laurel, N.J.), notched eight points off of 15 turnovers from Hood. Green shot five-of-13 from the field and added eight rebounds in the game. The junior guard, who grabbed six defensive boards, notched five assist in the MAC Commonwealth game.
 
Senior David Nicholson (Odenton, Md.) finished with 12 points and four rebounds for the Blue and Gold. He added two blocks and one assist in 35 minutes played.
 
Sardayah Sambo (Middletown, Del.) grabbed a team high nine rebounds, with all of them coming on the defensive glass. The sophomore guard finished with ten points, including a soaring alley-oop from Laron Byrd (Philadelphia, Pa.), and a game-high four blocks.
 
Byrd finished with six points on two-of-six shooting and four assist. Senior Ben Goss (Grantville, Pa.) added a three-pointer earlier in the first half. He finished the game with three points, two assist and one rebound in six minutes played. Widener was held to 40.4% from the field and was outrebounded by the Blazers, 41-31.
 
Hood was led by 16 points from Jared Ruiz. The guard shot six-of-14 from the field and notched three rebounds in game. As a team, the Blazers, were 35.1% from the field and 29.3% from three-point range.
 
Prior to the game, head coach Chris Carideo and the men's basketball team honored their three graduating seniors, Nicholson, Byrd and Goss. The Pride finish the year in sixth place, and will return 12 players, including three starters. 
 
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