Stephen Pellegrino

Box Score

So. New Hampshire SNH 3-2

Holy Family HFU 4-1

So. New Hampshire SNH

3-2

Final

Nov. 30, 2014

Holy Family HFU

4-1

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
So. New Hampshire SNH	40	29	69
Holy Family HFU	34	40	74

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 11/30/2014 12:00:00 AM

Tigers Overcome Penmen, 74-69

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Philadelphia, Pa. - The Holy Family University men's basketball erased a 17-point deficit to rally past visiting Southern New Hampshire University by the score of 74-69 in a non-conference contest on Sunday afternoon at the Campus Center Gymnasium.

Holy Family, winners of four straight games, improves to 4-1 overall. Southern New Hampshire is now 3-2 this season.

Senior Xavier Williams (Philadelphia, Pa./Saul) scored a season-high 22 points off the bench for the Tigers on 8-of-12 shooting from the field. Williams drained 6-of-9 from three-point range to lead the team's three-point attack. Junior Marvin Crawford (Edison, N.J./J.P. Stevens) added 19 points (6-10 FG), while redshirt junior Reggie Charles (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) filled the stat sheet with 15 points, five rebounds and a game-high seven assists.

For Southern New Hampshire, BJ Cardarelli scored a team-high 17 points to go along with five rebounds. Aleksandar Dobrovic finished with 13 points, while Rodney Sanders recorded ten points, eight rebounds and six assists. Sanders also had a team-high three steals.

Williams scored 14 points in the second half to help lead the Tigers' second half surge. Before that though, the Tigers overcame a 17-point first half deficit after trailing 30-13 at the 6:03 mark of the first half. Holy Family went on a 21-10 run the final six minutes of the half to make the score 40-34 at halftime. Charles drained a three-pointer to close out the half.

In the second half, the Tigers shot 7-of-16 from three-point range and 14-of-27 overall to overcome another double-digit deficit. Holy Family trailed 52-36 at the 14:30 mark and as the half progressed eventual grabbed the lead from the Penmen.

Williams gave the Tigers their first lead since the opening moments of the game when he drained a three-pointer to make the score 65-64 with under three minutes to play in the half.

The lead would be short lived as the Penman regained advantage after Dobrovic converted a pair of free throws to make the score 66-65 with 2:24 left.

Junior Isaiah Gans (Philadelphia, Pa./Redemption Christian Academy) came through with a three to give the Tigers a 68-66 lead on the following possession, however Southern New Hampshire responded with a three by Phillip Tripodakis to make the score 69-68 with one minute to play in regulation. Tripodakis finished the game with eight points.

On the ensuing possession, Williams gave the Tigers the lead once more with another three-pointer to give the Tigers a 71-69 lead. Charles then grabbed a key defensive rebound after a missed three-pointer by the Penman. Charles then found a wide open Williams down the court as he converted a fast-break layup to make the score 73-69 with only :16 seconds showing on the clock.

Gans split a pair of free throws in the final seconds and Crawford sealed the victory after intercepting an in-bounds pass by the Penman as the clock expired.

Holy Family is back in action on Wednesday, Dec. 3 as the Tigers host cross-town rival Philadelphia University in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference contest. Game time is slated for 8 p.m. at the Campus Center Gymnasium.

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