News Release

Farmingdale, NY — Freshman Daimien Santana (Brooklyn, NY/Grady) scored a career-high 23 points for Farmingdale State tonight, leading the Rams to their 16th win of the season in a 79-70 victory over the College of Staten Island in Farmingdale, NY. The Rams improve to 16-4 overall, while the Dolphins fell to 11-10. Farmingdale’s 33-24 lead in the first half proved to be the deciding factor in the game as both teams scored 46 points in the second.

Senior MD Mazique (Bronx, NY/Taft) finished with 20 points for the Rams, while junior Terry Menefee (Mission, KS/Shawnee Mission North) tallied 16 points. Senior Kenny McMillan (Bronx, NY/All Hallows) scored seven points and grabbed a game-high 17 rebounds.

Junior Dennis Echols (Jamaica, NY/Stroudsburg) scored a game-high 33 points, blocked five shots and grabbed 13 rebounds for Staten Island. Sophomore Mike Comick (Washington, NJ/Warren Hills) had 14 points and four rebounds.

Farmingdale State will host Stevens in a conference game on Wednesday night, February 8th at 7:00pm. The Rams have four games remaining in the regular season.

Newspaper Box Score
College of Staten Island vs Farmingdale State
02/06/06 7:00pm at Farmingdale, NY (Lynch Sports Center)
At Farmingdale, NY (Lynch Sports Center)
FARMINGDALE STATE 79, COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND 70
COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND (11-10)
Echols, Dennis 14-18 5-6 33; Comick, Mike 5-15 2-2 14; Weismuller, Sean 3-7
0-2 7; Smalls, Jeremy 2-8 2-4 6; Blackett, Gari 1-1 2-4 4; Luna, Kelvin 2-5
0-0 4; Martiniuk, Justin 1-2 0-0 2; Browne, Jameson 0-4 0-0 0; Mui, Nicholas
0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-60 11-18 70.
FARMINGDALE STATE (16-4)
Santana, Daimien 7-16 7-8 23; Mazique, MD 7-13 4-4 20; Menefee, Terry 5-11
4-6 16; McMillan, Kenny 3-14 1-1 7; Lipka, Peter 2-10 0-0 6; McCabe, Sean
1-1 1-2 3; Robinson, Brian 0-0 2-2 2; McAllister, Warren 1-5 0-0 2;
Washington, Daryl 0-1 0-0 0; Cammarata, Joey 0-1 0-0 0; Manning, Adam 0-0
0-0 0. Totals 26-72 19-23 79.
College of Staten Island......   24   46  -   70
Farmingdale State.............   33   46  -   79
3-point goals-College of Staten Island 3-17 (Comick, Mike 2-7; Weismuller,
Sean 1-2; Luna, Kelvin 0-1; Browne, Jameson 0-4; Smalls, Jeremy 0-3),
Farmingdale State 8-24 (Lipka, Peter 2-8; Mazique, MD 2-6; Santana, Daimien
2-7; Menefee, Terry 2-2; McAllister, Warren 0-1). Fouled out--College of
Staten Island-None, Farmingdale State-None. Rebounds-College of Staten
Island 46 (Echols, Dennis 13), Farmingdale State 40 (McMillan, Kenny 17).
Assists-College of Staten Island 12 (Martiniuk, Justin 4), Farmingdale State
15 (McMillan, Kenny 3; Manning, Adam 3). Total fouls-College of Staten
Island 18, Farmingdale State 19. A-130