WILKES-BARRE – The Wilkes University men's basketball team welcomed the FDU-Florham Devils for their final game of the season at the Marts Center for Senior Day.  The Devils came in looking for a victory to clinch a bid to the Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom (MAC Freedom) tournament.
 
The Colonels (11-14, 4-10 MACF) fell to the Devils (12-13, 7-7) 94-78, with the Devils shooting 22-of-45 from beyond the arc.
 
The Colonels found themselves on the opposite end of 10 Devils three-pointers in the first half.  Graduate guard Brady Wing (Syracuse, NY/Jamesville-Dewitt) helped Wilkes out to an early 8-3 lead after sinking a three-pointer.  The Devils replied with a 8-0 run to take the lead, and the Colonels would find themselves playing from behind for most of the last three-quarters of the first half.  They would cut the FDU-Florham lead to 44-40 heading into the locker room after a 8-2 Colonel run.
 
The Colonels hung tough with the Devils early in the second half, but FDU-Florham took over the last 15 minutes.  A 12-3 run put the Devils up by 12, and FDU-Florham finished the last five minutes of the game on a 14-6 run to send them to the conference playoffs and send the Colonels home with a loss.
 
Senior guards Rob Pecorelli (Huntington, NY/Harborfields) and Mark Mullins (Binghamton, NY/Chenango Valley), as well as Wing, played their last games for the Colonels men's basketball team today.  Pecorelli finished with 23 points to conclude his senior season with the most average points-per-game among all MAC Freedom players.  Sophomore guard Drake Marshall (Gainesville, VA/Patriot) finished with 16 points, while sophomore forward Jake Robel (Middlesex, NJ/Middlesex) finished with 12 points and six rebounds. 
 
The Devils had four players finish in double-digits, with three finishing with over 20 points.  Kenneth LaRocca finished the day with 31 points to lead all players on both squads to help send the Devils to the conference postseason.