HOUGHTON, N.Y. (January 30, 2015) – The Stevens Institute of Technology men's basketball team improved to 6-4 in the Empire 8 and 9-9 overall with an 81-63 win over Houghton College Friday night.
Stevens was led by sophomore guard
Patrick Barron who hit five three-pointers en route to a team-high 17 points. The Ducks will visit Alfred University Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. in a key Empire 8 showdown, putting a two-game win streak on the line against a Saxons team that defeated Stevens earlier in the year.
The Ducks jumped on top 7-0 thanks to four points from senior forward
Patrick Sabatino and a triple from Barron. The Highlanders countered quickly to open a 13-9 margin, but the Ducks came right back to take a 16-15 lead following a three from sophomore guard
Thomas Ahern. The Stevens lead jumped to seven (22-15) when Barron drilled another three, and nine at the 3:35 mark of the first following a Sabatino jumper.
Stevens took a six-point edge into intermission, and outscored the Highlanders 14-4 over the first 3:31 of the second half, opening a 47-31 lead. A Sabatino layup gave the Ducks their first double-digit margin of the night with 18:29 left, and three points each from Barron and sophomore guard
Michael Langford before another Sabatino 17-footer had Stevens up 16.
An Ahern three-pointer midway through the second half handed the Ducks a 63-42 advantage, and Houghton could get no closer than 14 the rest of the way.
Barron added two rebounds and a steal to his 17 points, and Sabatino finished with 12 points and seven rebounds. Sophomore forward
Otis Osman tallied nine points, seven rebounds and a pair of assists, with junior forward
Alex Lorenz posting 11 points and six rebounds. Senior forward
Kenny Gan grabbed a team-high nine rebounds, adding three points and a pair of thefts to his line, and Ahern finished with eight points (3-for-3 shooting). Langford had six points and three assists, with freshman guard
Chris Cosgrove piling up a team-high four assists.
Stevens shot 46.2 percent (30-for-65) from the field and hit 10 of its 22 attempts from deep (45.5 percent). The Ducks were 11-for-15 at the line and held a 45-33 edge on the boards. The Ducks had eight steals as a team and 14 assists.
Stevens held Houghton (5-12, 1-8 Empire 8) to 33.3 percent (18-for-54) from the field and 8-for-23 from three. Houghton committed 17 turnovers, but did tally 11 team steals. The Highlanders were led by 11 points and 11 rebounds from junior center Tyler McQuaid.
Visit
www.stevensducks.com Saturday for links to follow the action at Alfred. Tip-off is set for 4 p.m.
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