McCray's Career-High Leads 'Dons to 70-66 Win

Saturday, November 24

Hanover, N.H.

2 p.m.

Purdue Fort Wayne

4-3

Dartmouth

1-2

IPFW

Dartmouth

Photo by: Lucas Carter

McCray's Career-High Leads 'Dons to 70-66 Win

11/24/2012 3:58:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

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HANOVER, N.H. - Behind a career-high 18 points from sophomore Isaiah McCray, and 15 from Mario Hines, the IPFW Mastodons held on despite a fierce comeback from the hosts, as the 'Dons took the game against the Ivy League foe by a 70-66 final score.

McCray scored 18 on 6-of-7 shooting from the field, 1-of-1 from long range, and 5-of-7 from the charity stripe, as Hines went 5-for-6 from the field and 5-of-9 on free throws for 15 points. Luis Jacobo scored 13 for IPFW, while Gaines added a dozen. Hines pulled down eight rebounds and blocked three shots, while Pierre Bland dished out a team-best three assists.

The Mastodons never trailed in the game, as the Mastodons jumped out to an 11-2 lead through the first seven minutes of the game, capped by a McCray lay-up. Down by nine, the Big Green fought back to within two off of a 7-0 run,

The first-half lead grew to double-digits with just over four minutes left in the half, and led by 13 with 1:58 on the third straight three-point basket by Jacobo, as IPFW went into the locker room with a 37-24 lead at halftime.

Trailing by 13 with 16:47 to play in the game, the hosts ran off eight straight points to cut the gap to five, and later cut the gap to as few as one, before IPFW ran off seven straight points to push the advantage back to eight. A pair of John Golden free throws with a minute left cut the gap to two, but a free throw by Joe Edwards, and another from McCray gave the game its four-point final margin.

IPFW went 23-of-50 from the field (46.0 percent), 6-of-15 from long range (40%), and 18-of-30 (60%) from the charity stripe. The squad was narrowly out-rebounded 38-34, just the second time this season that the squad has been out-rebounded.

Dartmouth was led by Alex Mitola who scored 18 points, while John Golden scored 15 and Gabas Maldunas had 10.

The squad returns to action on Wednesday, November 28 when the squad plays in a 7 p.m. game against Navy in Annapolis, Md.

~ Feel the Rumble ~