News Release

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — The Farmingdale State men's basketball team fell to 10-6, 6-3 in the conference today as Mount Saint Mary senior guard Mike Hoyt (Florida, NY/SS Seward Institute) posted 59 points, including nine three-pointers, to lead his team to victory 84-81 in a Skyline Conference upset of the Rams in Farmingdale, NY. Mount Saint Mary improves to 7-11, 4-5 in the Skyline with the win.

Hoyt scored 30 of the Blue Knights' 36 points in the first, for a 36-33 lead at the half, before pouring in 29 more in the second. He finished the day shooting 53.3-percent from the field and 47-percent from three-point territory.

Farmingdale sophomore guard Damien Santana (Brooklyn, NY/Grady) led the Rams with 24 points and sophomore forward Davon Jackson (New York, NY/Rice) finished with 23 points and seven rebounds.

The Rams will travel to Stevens in Hoboken, NJ for another conference game on Tuesday, January 30th at 7:00pm.

Newspaper Box Score
Mount Saint Mary vs Farmingdale State
01/27/07 1:00pm at Farmingdale, NY (Lynch Sports Center)
At Farmingdale, NY (Lynch Sports Center)
MOUNT SAINT MARY 84, FARMINGDALE STATE 81
MOUNT SAINT MARY (7-11,4-5 Skyline)
Hoyt, Mike 16-30 18-22 59; Cutney, Matt 2-5 4-4 9; Harrison, Chris 2-4 1-3
5; Cardez, Jason 1-1 1-2 4; Peters, Matt 1-1 0-0 3; McWalters, Rich 1-1 0-0
2; Cunningham, Matt 1-2 0-0 2; Begley, Kieran 0-2 0-0 0; Johnson, Troy 0-0
0-0 0; Morris, Charles 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-47 24-31 84.
FARMINGDALE STATE (10-6,6-3 Skyline)
Santana, Damien 8-15 5-8 24; Jackson, Davon 8-13 4-8 23; Lipka, Peter 2-6
2-2 8; Canning, Tom 3-4 1-2 7; Menefee, Terry 2-6 1-2 5; Seible, Bobby 2-8
0-0 5; Bass, Merlin 1-3 2-2 4; Gener Jr., John 1-1 1-2 3; McCabe, Sean 1-3
0-0 2; Cammarata, Joe 0-2 0-0 0; Denully, Shane 0-0 0-0 0; Gary, Tremain 0-1
0-0 0; Howard, Terrence 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-62 16-26 81.
Mount Saint Mary..............   36   48  -   84
Farmingdale State.............   33   48  -   81
3-point goals--Mount Saint Mary 12-26 (Hoyt, Mike 9-19; Cardez, Jason 1-1;
Cutney, Matt 1-3; Peters, Matt 1-1; Begley, Kieran 0-1; Cunningham, Matt
0-1), Farmingdale State 9-17 (Santana, Damien 3-4; Jackson, Davon 3-6;
Lipka, Peter 2-3; Seible, Bobby 1-2; Cammarata, Joe 0-2). Fouled out--Mount
Saint Mary-Harrison, Chris, Farmingdale State-Canning, Tom; Bass, Merlin;
Menefee, Terry. Rebounds--Mount Saint Mary 30 (Cunningham, Matt 6; Cutney,
Matt 6; Harrison, Chris 6), Farmingdale State 38 (Jackson, Davon 7).
Assists--Mount Saint Mary 6 (Harrison, Chris 3), Farmingdale State 10
(Menefee, Terry 2; Seible, Bobby 2; Lipka, Peter 2). Total fouls--Mount
Saint Mary 18, Farmingdale State 30. Technical fouls--Mount Saint Mary-None,
Farmingdale State-None. A-150