SALISBURY, Md. – A non-conference battle against Salisbury shows junior
Jacob Aryee with a new season high in a tough loss.
The 82-68 loss moves the Pride to 2-6 in the regular season.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Off the bench, Jacob Aryee would lead with 16 points.
- Kori Segich would put up 12 points, the next highest.
- Defensively, Steven Hamilton had a team high two steals.
- The Pride shot 45.5% from the floor, 33.3% from three, and would see 33 points from the bench
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Out of the tip, Segich would put the Pride on the board with a good jumper. A slow scoring run stretch would be stopped with a jumper from Kevin Schenk. Schenk would go on to add another jumper a minute later and Aryee put in one for himself before hitting a triple. At 11:04, Aryee did it again to cut the lead to five, the score was 9-14. Luke Mazur would drain a triple at the 8:26 mark. Out of a media timeout, Sean Mizzoni put in two charity stripe shots while Aryee's jumper pushed the Pride above 30 points. Mazur ended the scoring in the first with two free throws to head into the locker room down 44-35.
- The Pride struck first out of half with a Mazur steal and a layup from Matt Daulerio. The Seagulls would answer with a 15-6 run as Mazur would put up four and Daulerio two. Ethan Dodson saw his first buckets of the game with back to back layups at the halfway mark. A Dodson free throw pushed the Pride over 50 points. Charity stripe shots would become abundant for the Pride as Segich and Emmett Kane would shoot a handful. With under a minute remaining, Dodson sunk two triples to end with an 82-68 final.
UP NEXT
Widener heads down to sunny Miami Shores, Fla. to face the (9-0 NESCAC) Wesleyan Cardinals in the Cruzin Classic. Tip-off is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 20.