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GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - Richard Byrd totaled 21 points
and eight rebounds to lead No. 25 Adelphi University to a 75-59 win
over Southern New Hampshire University in Northeast-10 men's
basketball Wednesday night at the Center for Recreation and
Sports. The Panthers extended their winning streak to nine
games and are now 14-1 and 7-1 in the NE-10, while the Penmen are
now 7-6 and 2-6 in the league.
Byrd was a perfect 10-10 at the
free throw line. Chris Ranglin and Casey Cosgrove each
totaled 12 points, with Cosgrove also handing out six
assists. Rob Johnson added 11 points for Adelphi.
Tory Stapleton
(Rahway, N.J.) led Southern New Hampshire, as he posted his second
straight double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
Josh Morgan-Green (Upper Marlboro, Md.) and
Corey Boland (Union, N.J.) each finished with 10
points, with Boland also pulling down seven rebounds.
Marcus Matthews (Valley Stream, N.Y.) added eight
points.
SNHU and Adelphi traded the lead 10
times in the game's first 6:40, but the Panthers would eke out a
15-10 lead with 11:49 left in the first half on a jumper by Chris
Dissparra. Adelphi would use an 8-0 run to take a 23-12 lead
with just over six minutes left before intermission, but the Penmen
countered with seven straight points of their own and a free throw
by Matthews would pull SNHU within four, 23-19, with 4:22 on the
clock. The Panthers would rebuild a nine-point lead at
halftime and headed into the locker room up 35-26.
Adelphi extended its lead to 42-29
2:44 into the second half following a three-pointer by Cosgrove,
and used an 8-0 run to extend its lead to 18, 54-36, with 12:32
left following a three-point play by Ranglin. An 11-1 run
capped by a pair of Morgan-Green free throws pulled the Penmen
within eight, 55-47, with 9:28 to go, but Adelphi scored the game's
next nine points to take a 64-47 lead with just under seven minutes
to play. The hosts maintained at least a 16-point advantage
the rest of the way.
The hosts finished the game 26-28
at the free throw line, while Southern New Hampshire was just 16-30
at the stripe. The Penmen outrebounded Adelphi 41-38 but were
harmed by 19 turnovers.
Southern New Hampshire returns to
action Sunday afternoon when it hosts American International
College in a 3:30 contest at the SNHU Fieldhouse.
