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11/20/2021 | 3 p.m.

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Indiana, Pennsylvania – Shawndale Jones topped six Crimson Hawks in double digits when Indiana University of Pennsylvania ranked 18th.

“I think you can see the difference between a team that has been together for three months, half of the team has been together for three months, compared to a team that has been together for three years,” said the head coach Nate Champion ’14. “They played really well today, they shot the ball really well, I think they played the best they could and it was their turn. When that happens, it’s a tough match. I thought we had some Made good things and I think “There are a lot of things we can build on and improve on so we just have to do that, obviously a game doesn’t define who you are, but the most important thing is that we have to learn from it and move on in the right direction.”

Redshirt Freshman Guard Christian Davis (Denver, Colorado / Mullen / New Hampton School) led the Dolphins offensively with 19 points, 14 of them in the second half, after following 5-of-8 three-point field goal attempts. classmate Kevin Constant (Lawrence, Mass./Central Catholic / Tilton School) went 7 of 11 off the field for the second straight game on the way to 17 points. Freshman Guard Zy’Ever Wingfield (Richmond, Virginia / Henrico / Fork Union Military Academy) pulled a team high with eight rebounds in 27 minutes, scoring eight points and blocking two shots. Guardian in the third year Jeremiah Washington (Chicago, Illinois / Bogan / Ferris State) eight assists – the second most in his career – with eight points and four steals.

Jones finished the game on 24 points, including 22 in the first half, while adding seven assists and four steals. Ethan Porterfield scored 11 of his 19 points in the second half. Armoni Foster, who had 28 points at the team meeting in Syracuse two years ago, flirted with a triple-double with 17 points (all in the second half), 10 assists and seven rebounds. Dave Morris scored 12 of his 16 points in the first half. Bryce Radford scored four threes on the way to 12 points, while Tommy Demogerontas scored 11 points and nine high-score rebounds.

After the Dolphins scored on the first shot of the game, the Crimson Hawks followed with two 6-0 runs for the next basket from Le Moyne. Porterfield and Demogerontas each scored four points in the range.

IUP later used a 5-0 sprint to put its lead in double digits at 19: 8 for the first time, with 13:25 remaining in the first half.

After the Dolphins closed at 10:51 within 21-15 to go on a lay-up from Constant, the Crimson Hawks rattled off a 15-5 run to leave a 17-point lead at 7:27 open. Morris scored the first eight points before three other Crimson Hawks together scored seven points.

After 10 points from each team in the next four and a half minutes, the Crimson Hawks finished half with a 9-4 run and went into halftime 55:33. Jones made up seven of the nine points in the range.

After Constant scored the goal for the Dolphins in the second half, Indiana (Pa.) Lost 18 of the next 26 points for their first 30-point lead of the evening by 15:29 minutes. Morris had the opening four points, Porterfield scored five in the distance, Radford and Demogerontas scored three each, and Jones and Foster combined three free throws, while Constant had four of Le Moyne’s eight points.

The teams then paced back and forth for the next seven minutes, with IUP’s lead fluctuating between 26 and 32 points, coming in at 26 on a Davis three-pointer at 8:33.

The Crimson Hawks answered 11 consecutive points over 2:22. Foster made a three-pointer and had a transitional dunk around a pair of Radford three-pointers.

Davis snapped the barrel with a three-pointer, but Foster took two shots to get the Crimson Hawks into three-digit numbers.

Le Moyne (1-1), who drops to 0-3 all-time against the Crimson Hawks, opens its home and Northeast 10 conference schedule against the University of New Haven at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday

Additional quotes from head coach Nate Champion:
About positive things from the game, especially from Christian Davis and Kevin Constant

“I think you see these two come alive in the second half, and then Zy’Ever Wingfield I thought that with eight rebounds I did some good things. I thought we had to deal with basketball by and large, but you see some good things and against a top team in the country we did a couple of spurts there every now and then and I just thought there were signs, some signs for seeing good things and we just have to build on that. Of course we were without some of our bigger guys and that hurts against a team like this, but it doesn’t matter who you have on the squad that day, you have to come out and play the way we have to play and we just don’t have that today made.”

On top of the game

“They are a top team in the country and they have that for good reason, and that was evident tonight. They are talented in every position and position and experienced in every position. They played.” in high-level games during their three years together, and we haven’t done that yet. This is a good test for us and it’s great to have this so early in the season, you learn a lot from it and you keep growing a lot from it so you know hopefully it goes on and we have New Haven coming to us on Saturday which is another big test for us too, and it doesn’t get any easier after that, so we need to grow up quickly and fix some bugs quickly too. “