1/17/23

SCRANTON, Pa. -- For one half, the Lackawanna College Falcons hung tough with the visiting Chesapeake College Skipjacks, trading blow-for-blow to a 40-all standstill at halftime. But, it was the Falcons who would blink first, as the Skipjacks blistered the nets with 48% shooting from downtown and used a frustrating zone defense to put Lackawanna College away, 82-63, on Tuesday evening inside the Lackawanna College Student Union gymnasium.
 
The Falcons (11-4) were a tale of two halves in the match-up with Chesapeake (14-3), matching the hot-shooting Skipjacks in the first half with 57% shooting from the field, but getting outscored 21-6 in the opening ten minutes of the second half, as Chesapeake pulled away and held a double-digit lead the rest of the way. As great as the Falcons were in the first half, they were miserable from the field in the second half, shooting 29% from the field and just 1-for-11 from the three-point line. Meanwhile, Chesapeake shot 48.5% overall, and went 14-for-29 from downtown. The Falcons were outrebounded 41-21.
 
Aamir Mack (Atlantic City, NJ) led the Falcons in scoring, going for 19 points on 9-for-11 shooting off the bench. Nasir Brown (Wilmington, DE) added 12 points on 5-for-9 shooting, while Rahmad Ali (Newark, NJ) scored 12 points and had three rebounds.
 
Chesapeake had four players in double-figures, with Lamont Powell leading the way at 20 points. DJ Earl had 17 points and seven rebounds, while Izaiah Credle had a double-double with ten points and 14 rebounds, and JayShaun Freeman had nine points and seven assists.
 
Lackawanna College is back to work this Saturday, January 21^st, when they travel to New Rochelle, NY to take on the NJCAA Division I #12 Monroe College Mustangs. The game is set for a 3:00pm ET tip-off inside the Monroe Athletic Complex, and will be the second game of a doubleheader, with the women's teams playing first at 1:00pm ET.