11/16/23

NORTH EAST, Md. -- The Falcons bounced off the mat and had the Eagles reeling early in the second half, but it was the hometown squad that put Lackawanna away.
 
Cecil College held Lackawanna scoreless for a killer four-minute stretch in the second half, extending a slim lead out to double-digits, and the Eagles cruised the rest of the way for the 77-58 win over the Falcons on Thursday evening at Cecil.
 
Lackawanna (2-2) shot just 31% from the field in the first half and had 15 turnovers at the break, but was still down just eight points to Cecil College (2-2), before closing the gap to just three, thanks to an Aamir Mack (Sophomore; Atlantic City, NJ) lay-up at the 15:43 mark in the second half. Lackawanna trailed 40-37 at that point, but Cecil held the Falcons scoreless over the next four minutes of game time, while expanding its own lead slowly back out to double-digits at 50-37. By the time Lackawanna hit a shot, the Eagles were already rolling, on their way to shooting 48.5% in the second half, and 46% for the game.
 
Mack was the only Falcon in double-figures, leading everybody with a game-high 28 points and seven rebounds. Pablo Avalos Ortiz (Sophomore; Málaga, Spain) added seven points and six boards, while Joey Chapman (Sophomore; Reading, PA) had eight points and three rebounds. The Falcons had 25 turnovers for the game, hit just two three-point shots, and shot 34% for the contest.
 
Cecil had four players in double-figures and had 26 points off of turnovers. Jonathan Hardy and Luke Moore had 14 points, apiece, with Hardy providing ten boards and Moore added seven of his own off the bench. Jaiden Guy had three points, a team-high seven assists, and eight rebounds, as well as six steals.
 
The Falcons will look to get back on track this Saturday, November 18^th, when they take on the Jayhawks from Jamestown CC in their first game of the Niagara Tip-Off Classic. Tip is scheduled for a 3:00pm ET start in Sanborn, NY at Niagara County CC.  
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