ENC Athletic Site: Published: 2010-11-27
The Eastern Nazarene men’s basketball team controlled the lead throughout the entire game as the Lions rolled over St. Joseph’s College 73-60 for their third straight victory. The Lions fought off a late Bears comeback attempt with solid defense to secure the 13 point road win Saturday evening.
The Lions got off to a quick start and never looked back as they overtook the lead just over three minutes into the opening period and led for the final 36 minutes. The Lions led by double digits throughout most of the game but late in the second half, St. Joe’s cut the lead to just 6 points win just over 5 minutes remaining but the Lions were able to extend the lead back out to a double digit margin and cruise to the 13 point victory.
The Senior guard DeAngelo Alston paced the Lions’ offense with 17 points while fellow guard Aaron Johnson led all players in both steals and assists with 5 of each. Johnson also scored 8 points and pulled in 6 rebounds. Junior forward C.J. Gonzales added 12 points while Chima Ezeigbo chipped in 11 points while pulling down 9 rebounds, falling just one shy of what would have been a 5th straight double-double. Freshman forward John Flakes continued his dominance in the paint scoring 8 points pulling down 17 rebounds to lead all players.
The win was the Lions’ third in a row improving their record to 3-2 on the young season after losing two nail biters on the road to start off the year.
The Lions will look to extend their winning streak to four games on Tuesday as they host non-conference Drew University. Tip off is set for 6pm.
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