News Release

WESTMINSTER, Md. — Haverford’s Johnny Elefterakis’ (Brooklyn, NY / Poly Prep) dropped in a lay-up 1:43 into the game to give Haverford a 2-0 lead over its hosts, McDaniel College. McDaniel played catch up the rest of the way, dropping its first home contest of the season, a 73-63 loss at the hands of the Fords.

Haverford led from wire-to-wire, but never took a commanding lead in the Centennial Conference match-up. The Fords held a 10-point edge for less than two total minutes. McDaniel never cut it closer than three.

Elefterakis was a thorn in McDaniel’s side throughout the contest. The senior posted a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds to go along with a 4 assists and a pair of steals. David Nowacki (Havertown, PA / Haverford) gave Haverford a game-high 24 points, hauled in 9 rebounds, and recorded 4 steals.

Poor shooting plagued McDaniel throughout the contest. The Terror hit on just 28.8 percent of its shots in the game, and only clicked on 5-of-27 (18.5%) field goals in the first half.

Josh McKay’s (Baltimore, MD / Eastern Tech) 14 points led McDaniel on offense. Will Talesnick (Rockville, MD / Magruder) and Mike Dipiero (Huntingdon Valley, PA / Lower Moreland) each added 10 points to the effort with Dipiero adding 5 assists before fouling out.

With the loss, McDaniel falls to 4-8 (2-3 CC), while Haverford improves to 4-6 (3-2 CC). The Terror returns to action on Tuesday at Swarthmore.

Haverford vs McDaniel

1/6/06 3:00 PM at Westminster, MD - The Gill Center

At Westminster, MD - The Gill Center

HAVERFORD 73, MCDANIEL 63

HAVERFORD (4-6, 3-2)

David Nowacki 8-12 8-11 24; Johnny Elefterakis 6-12 0-0 15; Mike Fratangelo

5-8 0-0 11; Ray Brown 3-5 4-4 10; Brent Anderson 3-3 1-3 7; Jason Polykoff

0-4 4-4 4; Ben McDowell 1-7 0-1 2; Adam Howland 0-1 0-0 0; Aaron Heath 0-1

0-0 0; Matthew Stitt 0-0 0-0 0; Greg Rosnick 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-53 17-23

73.

MCDANIEL (4-8, 2-3)

Josh McKay 3-13 8-12 14; Mike Dipiero 2-9 6-6 10; Will Talesnick 3-6 2-2 10;

Ryan Finch 3-6 1-2 9; Jemar Daniel 3-8 2-3 8; Devin Keeny 2-3 0-0 6; Chris

Prior 1-3 0-0 2; Joe Hunter 0-2 2-2 2; Chad Arrington 0-7 2-2 2; Neal

Bumgarner 0-0 0-0 0; Chris Rutland 0-2 0-3 0. Totals 17-59 23-32 63.

Haverford.....................   32   41  -   73

McDaniel......................   24   39  -   63

3-point goals-Haverford 4-15 (Johnny Elefterakis 3-9; Mike Fratangelo 1-1;

Jason Polykoff 0-4; Adam Howland 0-1), McDaniel 6-16 (Will Talesnick 2-3;

Devin Keeny 2-3; Ryan Finch 2-3; Joe Hunter 0-2; Chad Arrington 0-1; Mike

Dipiero 0-2; Josh McKay 0-2). Fouled out--Haverford-Ray Brown, McDaniel-Mike

Dipiero. Rebounds-Haverford 44 (Johnny Elefterakis 11), McDaniel 36 (Chris

Rutland 7). Assists-Haverford 14 (Jason Polykoff 6), McDaniel 7 (Mike

Dipiero 5). Total fouls-Haverford 27, McDaniel 22. A-327