News Release

Farmingdale, NY — Three Farmingdale State seniors scored in double figures tonight to lead the Rams (20-5) to a 98-72 victory over Kings Point (10-16) in a Skyline Conference men's basketball quarterfinal game in Farmingdale, NY. Senior Dashawn Warren (Astoria, NY/W.C. Bryant) finished with game-highs of 21 points and 10 rebounds for Farmingdale State, senior Kenny McMillan (Bronx, NY/All Hallows) had 20 points, six steals and six rebounds and senior MD Mazique (Bronx, NY/Taft) tallied 16 points. The Rams scored a season-high 62 points in the first half, hitting 7-of-9 three-pointers, and added 36 more in the second to move onto the Skyline semifinals. The men will now host #5 seed Stevens on Thursday night at 7:00pm.

Farmingdale State freshman Daimien Santana (Brooklyn, NY/Grady) notched the second double-double of his career, finishing with 19 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and six steals. Sophomore Sean McCabe (Bellmore, NY/W.C. Mepham) had nine points and six boards.

Alex Loepker (Lafayette, IN/Central Catholic) led the Mariners with 19 points (4-of-5 from three), while Paul Tricarico (Lynbrook, NY/St. Mary's) finished with 12 points.

Newspaper Box Score
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy vs Farmingdale State
02/21/06 8:00 pm at Farmingdale, NY (Lynch Sports Center)
At Farmingdale, NY (Lynch Sports Center)
FARMINGDALE STATE 98, U.S. MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY 72
U.S. MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY (10-16)
Loepker, Alex 5-6 5-5 19; Tricarico, Paul 4-7 3-4 12; Hanson, Eric 2-7 5-6
9; Kelly, Brian 2-6 2-2 7; Sanders, Jimmy 2-5 2-2 7; Heal, Ray 2-5 2-2 6;
Oaks, Matt 2-5 0-0 5; McDade, Stephen 2-4 0-0 5; Williams, Jason 0-4 1-2 1;
Gavis, Tyler 0-0 1-2 1; Fassnacht, Jonathan 0-2 0-0 0; Grace, Pat 0-1 0-0 0.
Totals 21-52 21-25 72.
FARMINGDALE STATE (20-5)
Warren, Dashawn 7-16 3-4 21; McMillan, Kenny 9-17 2-6 20; Santana, Daimien
7-10 3-4 19; Mazique, MD 5-10 4-4 16; McCabe, Sean 4-5 1-2 9; Lipka, Peter
2-3 0-0 6; Menefee, Terry 1-2 0-0 2; McAllister, Warren 1-2 0-1 2;
Washington, Daryl 1-4 0-0 2; Robinson, Brian 0-2 1-2 1; Cammarata, Joey 0-1
0-0 0; Manning, Adam 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 37-75 14-23 98.
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy..   30   42  -   72
Farmingdale State.............   62   36  -   98
3-point goals-U.S. Merchant Marine Academy 9-28 (Loepker, Alex 4-5;
Tricarico, Paul 1-3; Sanders, Jimmy 1-4; Kelly, Brian 1-4; McDade, Stephen
1-1; Oaks, Matt 1-4; Grace, Pat 0-1; Williams, Jason 0-1; Heal, Ray 0-1;
Hanson, Eric 0-4), Farmingdale State 10-22 (Warren, Dashawn 4-9; Mazique, MD
2-6; Lipka, Peter 2-2; Santana, Daimien 2-4; Manning, Adam 0-1). Fouled
out--U.S. Merchant Marine Academy-None, Farmingdale State-None.
Rebounds-U.S. Merchant Marine Academy 30 (Hanson, Eric 7), Farmingdale State
46 (Warren, Dashawn 10; Santana, Daimien 10). Assists-U.S. Merchant Marine
Academy 7 (Tricarico, Paul 3), Farmingdale State 21 (Warren, Dashawn 5).
Total fouls-U.S. Merchant Marine Academy 17, Farmingdale State 17. A-250
Skyline Conference Quarterfinals
Farmingdale State hosts #5 seed Stevens in semifinals on Thursday at 7pm.