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Holy Family University Athletics
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MBKB - Gans 1000
Holy Family Athletics
70
So. Connecticut SCSM 6-2, 4-1 NE-10
90
Winner Holy Family HFU 7-2, 3-0 CACC
So. Connecticut SCSM
6-2, 4-1 NE-10
70
Final
90
Holy Family HFU
7-2, 3-0 CACC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
So. Connecticut SCSM 35 35 70
Holy Family HFU 49 41 90

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Gans Records 1,000th Point as Tigers Upset No. 2 SCSU



Philadelphia, Pa. - Senior Isaiah Gans (Philadelphia, Pa./Redemption Christian Academy) recorded his 1,000th career point as the Holy Family University men's basketball team upset nationally ranked No. 2 Southern Connecticut State University by the score of 90-70 in a non-conference contest on Monday night inside the Campus Center Gymnasium.
 
Score: Holy Family 90, Southern Connecticut State University 70
Records: Holy Family (7-2, 3-0 CACC) | So. Connecticut (6-2, 4-1 NE-10)
Location: Philadelphia, Pa. (Campus Center Gymnasium)
 
Leading Scorers
Holy Family: Marvin Crawford (Edison, N.J./J.P. Stevens) - 22 pts (7-10 FG, 1-2 3FG, 7-10 FT)
So. Connecticut: Desmond Williams - 21 pts (9-14 FG, 3-5 3FG)
 
How We Got Here
In the first ever meeting between Holy Family and So. Connecticut, the Tigers made a great first impression.  Holy Family controlled the game from the opening tip to the final buzzer.  The Tigers trailed 5-3 early on and followed with 12-0 run and never looked back.  A three-pointer by redshirt senior Reggie Charles (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge), who finished with 21 points, gave the Tigers a double-digit lead (15-5) by the 16:42 mark of the half.
 
Holy Family expanded its lead to as many as 19 in the half when senior Marvin Crawford (Edison, N.J./J.P. Stevens) drained a three to make the score 48-29.  Crawford led the team with 22 points on 7-of-10 shooting.  Holy Family was automatic from beyond the arc in the first half.  The Tigers shot 8-of-17 from deep range and took advantage of their free throw opportunities by converting 15-of-18. 
 
Leading 49-35 at the half, the Tigers swelled their lead to as many as 26 points when Gans converted a three-point play to make the score 67-41 at the 13:22 mark.  Gans went on to finish the game with 16 points with 10 rebounds to record his fourth double-double of the season.
 
Quest for 1,000
Gans became the 25th player in program history to record 1,000 career points.  The four-year starter entered the game with 999 points and recorded points 1,000 - 1,002 with a single shot 42 seconds into the game with a three-pointer.  Gans now has 1,015 career points.
 
Inside the Box Score
Holy Family: Crawford shot lights out for the third straight game as he finished 7-of-10 from the field on his way to a season-high 22 points…. He filled the box score with nine rebounds, six assists and two steals…. Redshirt senior Eric Fleming (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) finished with 13 points…. Senior Derrick Stewart (Philadelphia, Pa./Neumann-Goretti), the CACC Defensive Player of the Week, led the team with 12 rebounds… As a team, Holy Family drained 12 three-pointers and converted 28-of-39 from the free throw line.
 
So. Connecticut: Senior Desmond Williams led the Owls with 21 points to go along with eight rebounds and three steals…Freshman Joey Wallace came off the bench and supplied the team with 13 points and six rebounds, while junior Michael Mallory tallied 10 points with four rebounds and five assists…The Owls struggled to find their shot most of the game only converting 34.2-percent from the field and 6-of-28 from beyond the arc…. The 70 total points by the Owls marked just the second time this season the team score 70 or less after averaging 92.8 points per game their first seven.
 
Next Up
The Tigers will face another nationally ranked team on Thursday, Dec. 10 when they host cross-town rival No. 25 Philadelphia University in a CACC contest.  Tip-off is slated for 7 p.m.  at the Campus Center.
 
 
 
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