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Santaniello
Wilkes University Athletics
69
Wilkes Wilkes 0-1,0-0 Landmark
80
Winner Rowan Rowan 1-0,0-0 NJAC
Wilkes Wilkes
0-1,0-0 Landmark
69
Final
80
Rowan Rowan
1-0,0-0 NJAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Wilkes Wilkes 33 36 69
Rowan Rowan 38 42 80

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Men’s Basketball Falls in Season Opener at Rowan

Men's Basketball Falls in Season Opener at Rowan

GLASSBORO, N.J. – The Wilkes University men's basketball team traveled to New Jersey for its season opener to face Rowan, where the Profs got revenge from last season, getting an 80–69 win on their home floor.

The Profs came out firing, knocking down their first three shots to jump out to a quick 7–0 lead. Wilkes' first seven points came from senior Mason Fedor (Clarks Summit, PA/Abington Heights), capped off by a three-pointer to trim Rowan's lead to 12–5.

After an Ethan Sheffey (Lothian, MD/Southern) layup pulled the Colonels within 15–13, the Profs scored six points in 17 seconds, eventually opening up a nine-point lead. Wilkes responded with six straight points of its own, but a Rowan layup and consecutive threes opened the Profs lead to 32–21 with 4:27 remaining in the first half.

Every time it looked Rowan was going to pull away in the first half, the Colonels had an answer. This time, it was a 7–0 run fueled by a Brian Britton (Elysburg, PA/Southern Columbia) three-pointer and four straight points from Daniel Santaniello (Roaring Brook Twp., PA/Scranton Prep), trimming the Profs lead to 32–28. Rowan stretched its lead back to eight, before Sheffey buried a half-court shot at the buzzer, making it a 38–33 Profs lead at the half.

The Profs came out firing in the second half, using a 22–7 run in the first six minutes to open up a 20-point lead, 60–40. The Colonels did not go down without a fight, as five straight points, including a first career three-pointer from center Matt Remias (Rutherford, NJ/Rutherford) cut Rowan's lead to 64–52 with 10:38 remaining. Then, a 7–0 Colonels run, capped off by a Santaniello triple, pulled Wilkes within single digits, 67–59, with 8:11 remaining. Another Santaniello three pulled Wilkes within seven with 5:18 remaining, but that would be as close as the Colonels got, and Rowan held on for an 80–69 final.

Santaniello led all scorers with 23 points on 9-of-19 shooting, and Remias added 13 points and two blocks in only 18 minutes. The Colonels shot 42 percent from the floor, and 7-of-21 from beyond the arc.

James Johns Jr. led Rowan with 21 points, one of four Profs to finish in double-figures. The Profs also shot a blistering 11-of-19 (57.9%) from downtown.

The Colonels return to action on Wednesday, Nov. 11, for a cross-town rivalry at King's at 8 p.m. 
 
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