February 2, 2008
McKie's Layup, Eagles Defense Tips Albertus In Closing Seconds
 

Nashua – Ray McKie’s (St. Albans, NY) layup with 2.6 seconds remaining on the clock propelled the Daniel Webster men’s basketball team past visiting Albertus Magnus in a GNAC matchup Saturday afternoon.

McKie’s game winner capped a frenetic finish to a hotly contested meeting that was in doubt until the final seconds. The win halted the Eagles’ 11-game skid and avenged an earlier season loss to the Falcons.

Adam Landry (Vernon, Conn.) paced DWC (4-13, 2-10 GNAC) with 13 points including three three pointers, while A.J. Hemingway (Staten Island, NY) added 12 points and Chris Hanson (Salem, Mass.) added 11 with three treys.

Joel Prince (Woodbridge, Va.) added eight points and a game best 15 rebounds including an important eight on the offensive boards.

Bobby Leonzo (East Haven, Conn.) sparkled for the Falcons (1-17, 1-11 GNAC) with a game high 22 points including knocking down 8 of 9 from the field and was a perfect 5 for 5 from three-point land. Leonzo added a team best 12 boards with six on the offensive glass.

Adam Hovan (Ansonia, Conn.) added 15 points and 11 boards for the Falcons. Mike Barber (West Haven, Conn.) chipped in with eight.

Leonzo sizzled in the first half, going 6 of 6 from the field with four treys for 16 points and the Falcons held a 42-40 lead at the break after the Eagles pulled back from a nine-point deficit over the final seven minutes.

The Falcons kept the pressure on over the first eight and half minutes of the second, holding as much as a 13-point lead after another Leonzo three with 15:16 to go.

Trailing 65-54 with 11:39 to play, the Eagles began to slowly climb back in as the defense clamped down - in fact the Eagles did not actually allow a Falcon field goal the rest of the way.

A Prince layup along with free throws from Tim Jackson (W. Henrietta, NY) and Prince made it a five-point game and Landry buried an important three with 8:30 left to make it 65-62.

Two freebies from Hovan put the Falcon lead at six (68-62) with 6:53 to go.

But Hemingway followed with a jumper, Hanson added a layup and a McKie layup tied it at 68 with 5:35 left.

The Falcons rebuilt the lead to four at the line, but Hemingway knocked down a layup with 3:09 left and added two more at the line with 45 second left setting up McKie’s clock beater.

The Eagles travel to Mount Ida for a Monday GNAC meeting at 6:00 p.m. Albertus hosts Lasell Monday at 7:30 p.m.