FREDERICK, Md. – EXTRA EXTRA Read All About It!! Dominic Dunn of men's basketball recorded his 1000^th career point in a 94-81 victory against the Hood College Blazers on the road Saturday afternoon.
 
Following the victory, the Pride move to 8-4 in the regular season and 3-2 in MAC Commonwealth play.
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Graduate student Dominic Dunn earns a season high 33 points with ten three-point shots made.
• Dunn became the third player in Widener history to score ten three pointers in a single game. He is now tied with Casey Stitzel and Tyler Drews.
• Dunn also led the team with eight assists.
• Pat Holden followed with 14 points.
• Defensively, the Pride caused nine steals.

HOW IT HAPPENED AT VOLPE ATHLETIC CENTER
 
A minute into the game, senior Stephen Matlack drained a three pointer to open the Pride's 35 total three-point attempts. Two minutes later with 17:04 remaining in the first half, Dunn finds his first three of the game to push the Pride back on top 6-5. After a Myles Bright steal, Matlack drained his second three to push the score to 14-10. Jevon Yarbrough of the Blazers quickly answered with a three of his own to bring the margin back to one. With 7:40 remaining on the clock, Dunn registered his second three to make the score 30-25. The Pride and Blazers battled back and forth for the majority of the first half, but 4:51 in the half Holden opened the scoring streak with a three. With under two minutes remaining, Dunn added six more to his 33-point game total to push the scoring margin back to give going into halftime. At the half, the Pride shot 18 of 35 (51.43%) from the floor, 12 of 21 (57.14%) from beyond the arc, and went 3 of 4 (75%) from the line to lead 51-46.
 
Coming out of halftime, Jack Fricka of Hood opened the scoring gates with a layup to cut the score to three. The Pride quickly answered with a Schenk steal and dunk with 17:49 remaining in the game. Schenk's dunk blew the Blue and Gold's scoring wide open as the Kenny Lewis adds four. With 14:34, Dunn widens the gap to the largest of the night with seven to make the score 60-53. The Pride then go on an 11-0 run to take a commanding 71-55 lead with 11:18 remaining on the scoreboard. As time ticked under five minutes, Dunn hit another three to register his 1000^th career point with 2:50 remaining in the game. Schenk closed the Pride's 91-point game with a pair of free throws with 0:43 left. The second half was another high scoring half with 43. The team shot 14 of 31 (45.16%) in field goals, 7 of 14 (50%) from the arc, and 8 of 9 (88.89%) from the line. On the afternoon, the Blue and Gold saw 26 points in the paint, 17 points off loose Blazers turnovers, and 13 second chance baskets.
 
UP NEXT
Widener opens the Spring Semester home events with a January 11 MAC Commonwealth game against the 4-10 Lebanon Valley Dutchmen. Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m. as part of the men's and women's doubleheader on Wednesday evening.