Farmingdale State - 74, Maritime - 60
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. | The Farmingdale State men's basketball team defeated Maritime College, 74-60, to take sole possession of first place in the Skyline Conference's Black Division on Saturday afternoon. The Rams improved to 10-2 in conference play, while the Privateers fell to 9-3.
Farmingdale State (13-8) fell behind 11-3 just under five minutes in but responded with a 3-pointer by junior guard
Michael Notias (Manhasset, N.Y.) and four points from senior forward
Hamdel Mohammed (Bronx, N.Y.) to quickly cut the deficit to one at 11-10.
After a Maritime (13-8) jumper, baskets from junior guard
Robbie Siechen (Syracuse, N.Y.) and Notias gave FSC its first lead of the game at 14-13.
Over the next four minutes, the Privateers held Farmingdale State to just two points while building a five-point advantage, 21-16.
Trailing 25-21 with just over a minute left in the first half, the Rams closed with a Mohammed layup, a Siechen tip-in, and two free-throws from senior guard
Jevon Santos (Elmont, N.Y.) to take a 27-25 lead into the halftime break.
The Rams were up by three, 38-35, early in the second half before back-to-back Evans' layups extended the advantage to seven.
Following a Maritime free-throw, four more points from Farmingdale State gave them a double-digit lead at 46-36.
After the Privateers closed to within five, 54-49, the Rams answered with four points by freshman guard
James Notias (Manhasset, N.Y.) and a Siechen 3-pointer to go up 61-49 with 4:14 remaining.
FSC held a 14-point edge before an Evans dunk and J. Notias 3-pointer gave them their largest lead of the game, 72-53.
The Rams hit two more free-throws in the closing moments as they went on for the 74-60 victory.
M. Notias led the way with 15 points, including 8-for-8 at the foul line, while Evans produced 13 points, nine rebounds and three blocks. J. Notias had 13 points off the bench and sophomore forward
Liam Buckley (Manhasset, N.Y.) tallied 12 points and six rebounds. Santos filled the stat sheet with four points, five rebounds, seven assists, three steals and one blocked shot. Siechen added nine points in 20 minutes played, while Mohammed chipped in with eight points, eight rebounds and three blocks.
The Rams will next travel to play St. Joseph's-Brooklyn in a Skyline game on Tuesday, February 11th at 6:00 p.m.
