Box Score HACKENSACK, N.J. – The Fairleigh Dickinson men's basketball team cruised to a 111-70 victory over FDU Florham on Monday night at Stratis Arena. The Knights (1-1) scored 68 first half points and led by 34 at the break.
The Knights used their size to dominate under the basket. The Metro Campus outscored the Florham Campus 78-22 in the paint and held a 48-33 advantage on the boards.
The Metro bench also excelled totaling 52 points compared to 17 for Florham. Leading the charge of the bench was freshman
Mike Holloway (Pittsgrove, N.J./Arthur P. Schalick ) who notched a game-high 21 points.
"We did what we had to do tonight," head coach
Greg Herenda said after the game. "We separated ourselves early from Florham and did a great job getting the ball to the rim. I loved how we shared the ball and had six guys in double figures but the man of the night was our young big man (
Mike Holloway (Pittsgrove, N.J./Arthur P. Schalick )). Ten-for-ten is crazy in your second college game."
Holloway scored 21 points on 10-of-10 shooting from the field. He added a free throw to finish at 21 points. He also had nine rebounds and two blocks in the contest.
The 111 points are the most in a regulation game for the Knights since scoring 112 in a victory over Saint Francis U on February 16, 1984.
Holloway was one of six Knights to score double-digit points.
Marques Townes (Edison, N.J./St. Joseph (Metuchen)) notched 18 points,
Earl Potts Jr. (Severn, Md./Archbishop Spalding ) and
Darian Anderson (Washington, D.C./St. John's College ) each scored 14 and
Tyrone O'Garro (Newark, N.J./Saint Peter's Prep) and
Ghassan Nehme (Colorado Springs, Colo./Cheyenne Mountain) each dropped in 10 points.
As a team the Knights shot 60.8% (48-of-79) from the floor and 71.4% (10-of-14) from the free throw line in the contest.
Potts grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds, along with his 14 points, to earn his first career double-double.
Metro forced Florham into 19 turnovers, including 13 steals with Anderson and Townes each recording five. FDU also had eight blocks, including two each by O'Garro and Holloway.
Florham jumped out to an 8-2 lead over the first minute and a half of play, but the Knights stormed back and grabbed the lead on an old fashioned three-point play by Townes with 17:09 left in the half.
After facing the 8-2 deficit, the Knights went on a 24-2 run over the ensuing seven minutes.
The Knights will return to action on Wednesday, Nov. 18 against Army West Point. That game will tip-off at 7 p.m. in Stratis Arena.
"If we keep working hard and keep teaching and learning this team will just continue to improve. The sky is the limit for this group - we just have to be patient," Herenda added.
