HOUGHTON, N.Y. – Maurice Mills and Mitch Ford scored 23 and 22 points, respectively, to the lead the Nazareth College Golden Flyers past the Houghton Highlanders on Tuesday night, 86-72.
Nazareth stretched their winning streak to five games while the Highlanders dropped their fourth straight.
Both teams exchanged leads early and Nazareth held a slim 19-17 lead just over seven minutes into the game.
Over the next eight minutes, though, the Golden Flyers went on a 19-6 run to open up their biggest lead of the half at 38-23.
Houghton trimmed the lead to as few as eight before heading to the locker room down 50-40.
With three minutes remaining in the game
Brandon Camacho (Dundee, NY, Dundee High School) nailed a three pointer to bring the Highlanders with eight, but Houghton could not rally further and the Gold Flyers pulled away in the final minutes.
Game Vitals: >Score: Houghton College - 72 | Nazareth College - 86
>Records: Houghton College: 5-7 (0-4 Empire 8) | Nazareth College: 8-5 (4-0 Empire 8)
>Venue: Kidera Gymnasium, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY | Attendance: 678
Clutch Performances:The Highlanders: >
Antonio Deadmon (Dallas, TX, Texas Southern) scored 13 point, pulled down 10 rebounds and dished out five assists, leading the Highlanders in each category.
>Camacho and
Johnathan Stowe (Toronto, ON, Canada, Don Mills Collegiate Institute) each scored 12 points and brought down seven and eight rebounds, respectively.
The Golden Flyers: >Mills and Ford both turned in dominating performances. Mills scored 23 and posted nine rebounds and three blocks. Ford put up 22 points and 15 rebounds.
Stat Analysis: >The Golden Flyers dominated in the paint, outscoring the Highlanders 58-30 between the blocks and owning the boards, 54-43.
>Both teams struggled from the floor in the second half. Nazareth's shooting dipped from 51.2 percent (21-41) in the first half to 38.3 percent (13-34). Houghton dropped from 42.4 percent (14-33) to just 25.6 percent (10-39).
Next Time Out:Houghton continues their road stretch on Friday when they travel to Hoboken, NJ to take on the Stevens Institute of Technology Ducks at 6:00 p.m.
