Golden Flyers complete first semester at 4-4
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Dec. 11, 2004) – Host Nazareth salvaged a third-place finish in its annual Joe King Tournament Saturday as the Golden Flyers evened their record at 4-4 with a 90-50 men’s basketball victory over Mitchell College.
Senior forward Matt Groot came off the bench to score a season-high 16 points to pace Nazareth. Freshman Joe Canori added 15 points and freshman Ryan McAdam had 12.
The Golden Flyers built a 43-26 halftime lead on the strength of 10 points by Groot , who made two of his three three-pointers in the first 20 minutes. McAdam also made two three-pointers in the first half and had nine points.
Nazareth’s lead continued to grow in the second half as the Golden Flyers emptied their bench with every uniformed player scoring at least one field goal.
Senior Ryan Shipley (6 points, 8 rebounds) represented the Golden Flyers on the all-tournament team. Thaddeus Smith (23 points) made the all-tournament team for Mitchell.
Oswego defeated RIT in the championship game, 68-64. Oswego’s Dave Ponza (16 points) was named the tournament MVP. He was joined on the all-tournament team by Oswego’s Ahmad Mims (14 points), RIT’s Sean Murphy (16 points) and RIT’s Kyle Goff (8 points, 7 rebounds).
Nazareth is off until Jan. 7 when the Golden Flyers open their Empire 8 Conference schedule with a game at St. John Fisher.
Newspaper Box Score Mitchell vs Nazareth 12/11/04 1 p.m. at Kidera Gymnasium - Nazareth College At Kidera Gymnasium - Nazareth College NAZARETH 90, MITCHELL 50 MITCHELL (1-5) Thaddeus Smith 8-18 2-2 23; Christopher Brown 4-9 4-6 12; Jamale Foster 2-10 3-4 8; Aaron Browne 1-4 1-2 3; James Dunleavy 0-5 2-2 2; Marc Wesoly 1-8 0-0 2; Antonio Santos 0-0 0-0 0; Tyrone Richardson 0-1 0-0 0; Dennis Phajou 0-0 0-0 0; Jason Mintz 0-3 0-0 0; David Andrade 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 16-63 12-16 50. NAZARETH (4-4) Matt Groot 6-9 1-2 16; Joe Canori 7-11 1-2 15; Ryan McAdam 4-8 1-1 12; Kyle Nelson 2-4 3-4 7; Caswell Smith 3-5 1-3 7; Tyler Smith 3-3 0-0 6; Ryan Shipley 3-5 0-1 6; Tim Slakas 1-2 2-2 5; Matt Miller 2-2 1-2 5; Leon Hill 2-5 0-0 4; Brian Ameneiros 1-2 0-0 3; Mike DeBlois 1-5 0-0 2; Justin Fladd 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 36-62 10-17 90. Mitchell...................... 26 24 - 50 Nazareth...................... 43 47 - 90 3-point goals-Mitchell 6-22 (Thaddeus Smith 5-9; Jamale Foster 1-5; James Dunleavy 0-2; Marc Wesoly 0-3; Tyrone Richardson 0-1; David Andrade 0-1; Christopher Brown 0-1), Nazareth 8-21 (Ryan McAdam 3-6; Matt Groot 3-4; Tim Slakas 1-2; Brian Ameneiros 1-2; Mike DeBlois 0-4; Joe Canori 0-3). Fouled out--Mitchell-None, Nazareth-None. Rebounds-Mitchell 33 (Christopher Brown 9), Nazareth 42 (Ryan Shipley 8). Assists-Mitchell 8 (David Andrade 4), Nazareth 26 (Tim Slakas 9). Total fouls-Mitchell 14, Nazareth 15. A-320 Joe King Tournament - consolation game