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Holy Family University Athletics
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MBB - Manny Toho
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87
Winner Holy Family HFU 3-8,0-3 CACC
62
Southern Conn. St. SCSU 3-6,1-3 NE10
Winner
Holy Family HFU
3-8,0-3 CACC
87
Final
62
Southern Conn. St. SCSU
3-6,1-3 NE10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Holy Family HFU 32 55 87
Southern Conn. St. SCSU 34 28 62

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Tigers Cruise Past Owls, 87-62



New Haven, Conn. – Junior Eric Esposito (Langhorne, Pa./Conwell Egan) and freshman Manny Toha (Newark, N.J./Marist) combined for 57 points as the Holy Family University men's basketball team defeated Southern Connecticut State University, 87-62, in a non-conference contest on Sunday afternoon at the James Moore Field House.
 
Score: Holy Family 87, Southern Connecticut 62
Records: Holy Family (4-8, 0-3 CACC) | Southern Connecticut (3-6, 1-3 NE10)
Location: New Haven, Conn. (James Moore Field House)
 
How It Happened
 
* An 8-2 run in the final 2:21 of the first half turned an eight-point deficit into a one possession game for the Tigers.  With the Owls ahead 32-24 after a three-pointer by C.J. Seaforth, Holy Family responded with a 6-0 run with Toha accounting for all six points.  The Owls squeaked in a score with :21 seconds left until halftime, but the Tigers countered as freshman Dom Thomas (Mullica Hill, N.J./St. Joseph Academy) capped the scoring in the first half with a layup basket as time expired to make the score 34-32 heading into halftime.
 
* In the second half the Tigers found themselves trailing by seven after the Owls opened the half with a 7-2 run.  The Tigers quickly erased the Owls' lead with an 8-0 surge capped off by a three-pointer from junior Jake McGonigle (Ocean City, N.J./Wildwood Catholic).  McGonigle's three-pointer gave the Tigers a 42-41 lead; the team's first since leading 2-0 to open the game.
 
* The Owls regained the lead and led 49-44 at the 15:28 mark.  From there the Tigers went on a 16-4 run over the next four-plus minutes to lead 69-53. 
 
* The Tigers led 63-56 with 8:10 to play and over the next seven minutes increased their lead to as many as 26 points with freshman David Robinson, Jr. (North Wales, Pa./Chestnut Hill Academy) capping a 22-3 run with a dunk.  Robinson's dunk was set up by a steal on the defensive end by freshman Vernon Johnson (Teaneck, N.J./Teaneck).
 
Inside the Box Score
 
* Esposito and Toha combined for 57 points on 19-of-33 shooting from the field.  Esposito finished with a season-high 29 points to go along with a team-high 12 rebounds for his second double-double of the season.  Esposito connected on 4-of-7 from deep range.  Toha came away with 28 points (7-11 FG) as he shot a near-perfect 12-of-13 from the free throw line.  He also added six rebounds.
 
* Junior Daniel Fleming (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield) finished with eight points and eight rebounds, while junior Rick'Keem Mixson (Linden, N.J./St. Mary of the Assumption (Raritan Valley CC)) led the team with five assists to go along with seven rebounds. 
 
* Holy Family shot a season-high 82.6-percent from the free throw line converting 19-of-23 attempts.
 
* For Southern Connecticut, Ulyen Coleman led the team with 16 points, while Lyron Bennett finished with 15 points, 10 rebounds and six assists.
 
All-Time Series
Today marked the fourth meeting between Holy Family and Southern Connecticut in the all-time series and the first since the 2016-17 season.  The Tigers are now 2-2 versus the Owls in the series.
 
Next Up
Holy Family returns to action on Thursday, Dec. 30 as the Tigers close out the calendar year with their final non-conference contest of the season versus the University of the District of Columbia.  Tip-off is set for 5 p.m. at the Campus Center Gymnasium. 
 
 
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