DiPietrantonio_New Dimensions
72
Stevens STEVENS 13-5
80
Winner Utica UTICA 9-7
Stevens STEVENS
13-5
72
Final
80
Utica UTICA
9-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Stevens STEVENS 30 42 72
Utica UTICA 37 43 80

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Stevens Athletic Communications

Men’s Basketball Falls at Utica, 80-72

UTICA, N.Y. (January 26, 2019)  – Sophomore Alec DiPietrantonio recorded his fifth double-double in six games with 19 points and a game-high 11 rebounds but the Stevens Institute of Technology men's basketball team was unable to overcome a seven-point halftime deficit and fell to Utica College 80-72 Friday in an Empire 8 Conference matchup at the Harold T. Clark Athletic Center.

Senior Kevin Florio added 17 points and a career-high six assists for the Ducks, who fell to 13-6 overall and 6-4 in the conference. The Ducks have dropped two straight and have lost three of the last five meetings with Utica.

Shawn Gashi recorded a double-double of his own with 20 points and 10 boards and Kobe Lufkin came off the bench to go a perfect 7-for-7 from the line as the Pioneers won their third straight to improve to 10-7 overall and 4-4 in the Empire 8.

A back-and-forth affair in the first half, the teams traded the lead 10 times over the opening 14 minutes. Gashi hit a three to put the Pioneers in front at 25-22 and Utica scored the final three points of the opening period to hold a 37-30 lead at the intermission.

Pivotal Point
  • Senior Jayson Winick knocked down a long three to pull Stevens within one (57-56) with eight minutes remaining in the contest, after Utica had opened a nine-point advantage.
  • Justin Strielkauskas missed a jumper, but Avery Coston corraled the miss and scored a put-back layup to put the Pioneers up three. Coston finished with 11 points and nine boards.
  • Coston fouled senior Ryan Coffey. The Monroe, New York native made one of two at the line and Coston and Kimedrick Murphy made consecutive layups to push the lead back to six.

Inside the Numbers
  • Utica outshot Stevens 49% to  41%. The Pioneers shot 14-of-26 in the second half. 
  • Stevens made 10 threes on the evening against six for Utica, although the Pioneers shot 50 percent from behind the arc.
  • Stevens was outrebounded 36-27, matching the largest margin the Ducks were outrebounded this season. Then 16th-ranked New Jersey City University pulled down 42 rebounds against Stevens' 33.
  • The Ducks scored 18 points on Utica's 14 turnovers. 
  • Utica outscored Stevens in the paint, 32-30 and received more points off the bench, 30-13.
  • The Ducks scored 17 fast break points, the team's second-highest total of the season. Stevens totaled 18 points on the break against Elmira on Jan. 4.
  • Each team blocked four shots.

From the Court
  • "We continue to be too inconsistent on the defensive end. We gave ourselves a chance as we cut into their lead, but we just could not string enough defensive stops together to get over the hump. - head coach Bobby Hurley

Up Next
  • Stevens closes out the two-game road trip with a Saturday afternoon tilt with Elmira College.
  • The Ducks defeated Elmira at Canavan Arena earlier this season and are 20-3 all-time against the Soaring Eagles.
  • Live stats and video links are available on StevensDucks.com.

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