Box Score

The Fairleigh Dickinson men's basketball team dropped its 11^th consecutive game Saturday afternoon as they fell at home to Mount St. Mary's, 66-45, at Stratis Arena in Hackensack, NJ.  With the victory, the Mount improves to 3-12 (1-3 NEC) on the season, while the Knights fall to 1-13 (0-4 NEC) overall.

Graduate student George Goode (Raytown, MO/Raytown South) paced the Knights with 18 points on 7-of-13 shooting from the floor.  Senior Briahn Smith (Detroit, MI/Madison) added a season-high 12 points and made both of FDU's three-pointers.  Junior Kinu Rochford (Brooklyn, N.Y./James Madison) grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds with half coming on the offensive glass.

With the Knights down 9-7 nearly four minutes into the contest, the Mount outscored FDU, 21-3, to take a 30-10 lead with 7:24 to go before halftime. 

Mount St. Mary's went into the break up 42-22.

The Mount shot 58.6 percent (17-of-29) over the first 20 minutes and knocked down 5-of-9 from long range.  FDU shot only 32.1 percent (9-of-28) and missed all six of its three-point attempts.

The visitors also scored 13 points off nine Knights' miscues and outscored FDU, 8-0, on fast break opportunities.

Down 48-22 early on in the second half, the Knights showed some life as they outscored the Mount, 17-6, to cut the lead to 54-39 with 6:46 to go in the contest.  FDU had three opportunities to cut into the deficit but could not capitalize as Mount St. Mary's was able to regroup and cruise to the 66-45 victory.

The Knights shot below 30 percent in the second half and finished the game shooting 29.3 percent (17-of-58) and went only 2-of-15 from downtown.  The Mount cooled off in the second half as they shot only 37.5 percent (9-of-24) but finished the game shooting 49.1 percent (26-of-53).  They also went 9-of-17 from three-point range.

After having a good night at the free throw line against Wagner, FDU shot only 50 percent (9-of-18), while the Mount went 5-of-7 from the line for the game.

Both teams grabbed 36 rebounds.  The Knights had 16 on the offensive glass. 

FDU took much better care of the basketball in the second half as they only turned it over two times to tie its season-low with 11.  Mount St. Mary's turned it over 14 times.

“We have to put this game behind us and focus our attention on LIU,” Head Coach Greg Vetrone said.

Danny Thompson and Julian Norfleet each scored 14 points to pace the Mount, while Thompson grabbed a team-high seven rebounds.  Josh Castellanos added 11 points, and Kelvin Parker chipped in with 10.

The Knights will return to action on Thursday, January 12 when they travel to Brooklyn, NY to take on the Blackbirds of LIU Brooklyn.  Tip-off for the Northeast Conference tilt is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.