News Release

Purchase, N.Y. — The Farmingdale State men's basketball team (10-4, 6-1) had their conference win streak stopped by Manhattanville College (12-4, 5-2) today as the Valiants defeated the Rams 70-69. This was Farmingdale's first conference loss in 10 games, dating back to a loss at St. Joseph's on February 13, 2006.

The Rams held a one-point lead with nine seconds remaining, 69-68, but a Farmingdale foul with 0.8 seconds remaining, gave Manhattanville a chance for the win and Cody Moffett made the two free-throws for the 70-69 Valiants lead, and the final second shot did not fall for the Rams.

Farmingdale struggled from three in the first (shooting only 9 percent) and despite taking the second half, 39-35, the five-point deficit at the half and a 68-percent free-throw percentage would prove to be costly.

Sophomore guard Damien Santana led the Rams with 20 points, while junior guards Rich Riss and Peter Lipka posted eight points each.

Moffett registered a game-high 23 points, including the two game-winning free-throws. John DiBetta finished with 13 points and Donte Chisolm had a 12 point day for the Valiants.

Newspaper Box Score
Farmingdale State vs Manhattanville
01/20/07 2:00pm at Purchase, N.Y. (Kennedy Gym)
At Purchase, N.Y. (Kennedy Gym)
MANHATTANVILLE 70, FARMINGDALE STATE 69
FARMINGDALE STATE (10-4,6-1 Skyline)
Santana, Damien 7-11 4-5 20; Riss, Richard 3-6 1-2 8; Lipka, Peter 3-6 0-0
8; Menefee, Terry 2-11 1-2 6; Robinson, Brian 3-5 0-0 6; Canning, Tom 3-4
0-1 6; Seible, Bobby 3-6 0-0 6; Denully, Shane 0-0 4-4 4; McCabe, Sean 2-3
0-0 4; Bass, Merlin 0-1 1-2 1; Jackson, Davon 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 26-58 11-16
69.
MANHATTANVILLE (12-4,5-2 Skyline)
Cody Moffett 7-17 7-8 23; John DiBetta 6-13 0-0 13; Donte Chisolm 4-13 3-3
12; Justin Morris 3-7 2-2 9; DeVon Barnett 2-3 0-0 5; Brian Fink 2-6 0-0 4;
Eduardo Huezo 1-1 0-0 2; Joe Cooke 1-2 0-0 2; Jason Walsh 0-0 0-0 0; Brendan
Flynn 0-0 0-0 0; Jovan Kandic 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 26-64 12-13 70.
Farmingdale State.............   30   39  -   69
Manhattanville................   35   35  -   70
3-point goals-Farmingdale State 6-22 (Lipka, Peter 2-3; Santana, Damien 2-6;
Menefee, Terry 1-6; Riss, Richard 1-2; Jackson, Davon 0-4; Seible, Bobby
0-1), Manhattanville 6-23 (Cody Moffett 2-5; John DiBetta 1-3; Justin Morris
1-4; DeVon Barnett 1-2; Donte Chisolm 1-5; Joe Cooke 0-1; Brian Fink 0-3).
Fouled out--Farmingdale State-None, Manhattanville-None.
Rebounds-Farmingdale State 36 (Santana, Damien 5; Seible, Bobby 5),
Manhattanville 37 (Cody Moffett 10). Assists-Farmingdale State 13 (Riss,
Richard 5), Manhattanville 17 (Donte Chisolm 5). Total fouls-Farmingdale
State 19, Manhattanville 18. A-125