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Thursday, February 13, 2025
GoLocalProv Sports activities Staff
The Windfall Faculty males's basketball crew was defeated by the Xavier Musketeers (15-10, 7-7 Massive East), 91-82, on Wednesday at house.
Ryan Mela scores a double-double PHOTO: PC
Most of the Friars' losses had been shut. This recreation was not. That is PC's fourth Massive East loss in a row.
The Friars moved to 11-14 general and 5-9 within the convention. Justyn Fernandez and Bensley Joseph led the best way with 15 factors every. Freshman Ryan Mela added 13 factors and a game-high 10 rebounds, marking his second double-double of his rookie season. Freshman Oswin Erhunmwunse recorded a career-best 14 factors on the evening, highlighted by a 7-7 effort from the sphere.
PC performed with out Wesley Cardet, Jr., Jabri Abdur-Rahim, and, in fact, Bryce Hopkins.
“It was a troublesome loss for our group as we’re nonetheless battling some absences,” stated Head Coach Kim English. “We began the sport performing some issues properly on each side of the ball, and I believed Nate did an awesome job ending the sport. We have to maintain preventing to get higher and provides ourselves an opportunity to win some extra video games down the stretch.”
FIRST HALF:
• Erhunmwunse kicked off the evening's scoring with a layup within the crew's first possession.
• The Friars jumped out to an eleven-point lead (16-5) that was spearheaded by Fernandez, who reached double-digits in scoring within the first 5 minutes of motion (12 factors). The redshirt-sophomore capped off a 4-5 effort from the sphere, going 3-3 from behind the arc.
• Xavier took its first lead of the sport halfway by the half following a 16-2 run. The Friars trailed 30-23 on the 7:52 mark.
• The Friars trailed 45-30 on the half, failing to attain within the remaining 4:55.
SECOND HALF:
• Jayden Pierre began the crew's second-half scoring with a layup.
• The Musketeers continued to dominate for a lot of the half, with a 23-13 scoring run by the 12:39 mark.
• The Friars discovered a spark, netting 5 of their final seven makes an attempt as Pierre scored within the paint to immediate a Xavier timeout with 9:23 remaining. Friars trailed 72-54.
• PC maintained its momentum, extending its run to 13-1 over three minutes, together with a 9-0 stretch within the remaining 1:40. The Friars had hit six of their final eight subject targets to shut the hole to 10 factors (73-63) with seven minutes remaining.
• The Friars held the Musketeers with out subject targets over a seven-minute stretch.
• PC was unable to regain the lead and fell 91-82.
• Windfall accomplished 4 of their final 4 photographs.
HIGHLIGHTS:
5 gamers completed in double figures for the Friars: Joseph (15), Fernandez (15), Erhunmwunse (14), Mela (13) and Pierre (13).
Xavier's Dante Maddox Jr scored a game-high 26 factors.
The Friars outscored Xavier 52-46 within the second half.
Mela recorded his second profession double-double with 13 factors 10 rebounds.
Erhunmwunse scored a career-high 14 factors for the Friars.
The Friars now have a 12-15 mark all-time versus Xavier, together with an 8-4 document at house.
NEXT:
The Friars will proceed house play on the AMP after they tackle the Villanova Wildcats (15-10, 8-6 BIG EAST) on Saturday, Feb. 15 in Windfall, R.I.
Tip-off is slated for six:00 p.m. on CBSSN.
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