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Feb 18, 2009

Men’s Basketball Cruises to 85-54 Win over Saint Rose

ALBANY, NY – The Merrimack men’s basketball team continued its push for a first-round bye in the conference tournament, winning its third straight game, 85-54 over the College of Saint Rose Wednesday night.

The Warriors, with Stonehill and Assumption winning, remain in a three-way tie for third place in the Northeast-10. The top four teams will get first-round byes, while the fifth seed hosts a first-round playoff game on Saturday February 28.

Merrimack (18-7, 14-6 NE-10) closes out the regular season with a pair of home games against Southern Connecticut Saturday (3 p.m.) and New Haven Tuesday (7:30 p.m.).

Sparked by an offensive outburst in the first 10 minutes, the Warriors, ranked fifth in the east region, took an early 32-8 lead behind 10 points and four assists from Darren Duncan (Briarwood, NY) and six points and four boards from Roland Davis (Deer Park, NY).

Merrimack took a 48-21 lead into the locker room, behind 14 points and seven assists from Duncan, eight points and five boards from Davis and 10 points from Dee Mency (Hagerstown, MD). The Warriors forced 11 turnovers and held the Golden Knights to just 28.1% shooting from the field and 25% from three-point range

The visitors cruised in the second-half to an easy 31-point win.

With his second free throw of the night, Duncan set the school record for free throws made in a career, surpassing Paul Neal’s record of 492. Duncan is within one of Neal’s record of 650 career attempts.

The Preseason All-American and Cousy Award Finalist finished with 17 points and 12 assists for his third double-double of the season. Mency registered 23 points and is now just 71 points away from 1,000 career in just his sophomore season. In his return to the starting lineup, Chris Winters (East Lyme, CT) added nine points, while Davis finished with 10 and seven rebounds. Craig Woenhker (Colts Neck, NJ) also added 10 points to go with six boards.

The win is the 14th conference win of the season for the Warriors, tying a school record set in the 1990-91 season.


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