Farmingdale trailed by as much as 15 points in the second half and used a 15-2 run to cut the Valiants lead to one, 54-53, with 4:52 on the clock. A John DiBetta (Valhalla, N.Y./Valhalla) jumper and Brian Fink (Queens, N.Y./St. Francis Prep) three-pointer pushed the lead back to six, before senior Terry Menefee (Montgomery, Ala./Shawnee Mission North, Ks.) made a steal and layup to make it a four point game. With 12-of-13 successful free throws in the final four minutes, Manhattanville held on for the victory.
Rams junior forward Bobby Seible (Freeport, N.Y./Freeport) finished with 13 points. Junior forward Brian Robinson (White Plains, N.Y./White Plains) grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds and dished out five assists. Menefee had 11 points and three assists. Sophomore guard Damien Santana (Brooklyn, N.Y./Grady) totaled 12 points.
The Valiants were led by DiBetta with 22 points and five steals, while Fink finished with 15 points. Junior guard Cody Moffett (Brooklyn, N.Y./Edgemont) had 12 points, eight rebounds and six steals.
The Rams will travel to Baruch College on Monday night, February 12th, for a non-conference game at 7:00 p.m.
Newspaper Box Score Manhattanville vs Farmingdale State 02/10/07 1:00 pm at Farmingdale, NY (Lynch Sports Center) At Farmingdale, NY (Lynch Sports Center) MANHATTANVILLE 71, FARMINGDALE STATE 61 MANHATTANVILLE (19-5, 12-3 Sky) John DiBetta 5-14 11-12 22; Brian Fink 4-8 4-4 15; Cody Moffett 5-12 1-2 12; Donte Chisolm 2-11 4-5 9; Justin Morris 2-6 0-0 5; Joe Cooke 2-4 0-0 5; Eduardo Huezo 1-4 0-0 2; Brendan Flynn 0-2 1-1 1; Jason Walsh 0-0 0-0 0; DeVon Barnett 0-0 0-0 0; Jovan Kandic 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-61 21-24 71. FARMINGDALE STATE (14-8, 9-5 Sky) Seible, Bobby 6-7 0-0 13; Santana, Damien 4-14 1-2 12; Menefee, Terry 5-8 0-0 11; Lipka, Peter 4-10 0-3 9; Canning, Tom 3-7 2-2 8; McCabe, Sean 1-1 2-2 4; Robinson, Brian 2-6 0-2 4; Gener Jr., John 0-1 0-0 0; Jackson, Davon 0-1 0-0 0; Gary, Tremain 0-1 0-0 0; Bass, Merlin 0-1 0-0 0; Denully, Shane 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 25-59 5-11 61. Manhattanville................ 28 43 - 71 Farmingdale State............. 21 40 - 61 3-point goals--Manhattanville 8-26 (Brian Fink 3-6; Joe Cooke 1-3; John DiBetta 1-5; Donte Chisolm 1-5; Cody Moffett 1-3; Justin Morris 1-2; Brendan Flynn 0-1; Eduardo Huezo 0-1), Farmingdale State 6-19 (Santana, Damien 3-9; Lipka, Peter 1-5; Menefee, Terry 1-2; Seible, Bobby 1-1; Denully, Shane 0-1; Canning, Tom 0-1). Fouled out--Manhattanville-None, Farmingdale State-Canning, Tom. Rebounds--Manhattanville 31 (Cody Moffett 8), Farmingdale State 49 (Robinson, Brian 12). Assists--Manhattanville 8 (Brendan Flynn 2; Donte Chisolm 2; Brian Fink 2), Farmingdale State 17 (Robinson, Brian 5). Total fouls--Manhattanville 14, Farmingdale State 26. Technical fouls--Manhattanville-None, Farmingdale State-None. A-225