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A closeup of CJ Mundell, from his right side, looking to an opponent outside of the frame
79
Holy Family HFam 5-5,0-1 CACC
82
Winner Mercy Mercy 2-6,1-0 ECC
Holy Family HFam
5-5,0-1 CACC
79
Final
82
Mercy Mercy
2-6,1-0 ECC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Holy Family HFam 36 43 79
Mercy Mercy 38 44 82

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Men’s Basketball’s Late Push Falls Just Short at Mercy

DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. – Trailing by seven entering the final minute, the HFU men's basketball team made a late push to within one in the final seconds, only to fall just short, 79-82, at Mercy on Wednesday night. 
 
Down 73-80, a Tairi Ketner (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Carroll) layup and CJ Mundell (Somerdale, N.J./Sterling) steal and dunk cut the deficit to a single possession for the time since early in the second half with 40 seconds remaining. 
 
Holy Family got a stop and committed a turnover, but a missed Mavericks free throw opened the door for two Mundell foul shots to cut the deficit to one with four seconds to go. 
 
Mercy would then make two free throws of its own, before a Tigers 3-pointer missed at the buzzer. 
 
Individual Highlights
  • Mundell led all players with season-highs of 34 points on 12-of-18 shooting and 10 rebounds for her first collegiate double-double
    • The point total was nearly triple his previous high of 12, set last night at Temple, and the freshman also topped HFU with three steals
  • Josiah King (Irvington, N.J./Linden) had three steals as well, to go along with a season-high point total, 10, of his own
  • Ketner was second on the Tigers with 16 points on 6-of-9 shooting and seven boards
 
Inside the Box Score
  • Holy Family outshot Mercy, 49.1 percent to 43.8 percent, and controlled the paint, 44-26, but the Mavericks had the edge in 3-pointers, 3-10
 
How it Happened
  • Mercy went ahead 5-20 just seven and a half minutes in, but Mundell and King combined for 11 of the 12 unanswered that followed
  • After to back-to-back buckets by the Mavericks, Mundell scored the first four of eight unanswered that gave HFU its first lead, 26-24, on a Ketner layup with entering the final five minutes of the first half
  • Mercy responded with a 4-10 run, but Tigers tallied six of the final eight points of period for a 36-38 score-line entering the locker room
  • Holy Family tied it twice in the first two minutes of the second half, but the Tigers could never regain the lead
  • Eight straight Maverick points established a multiple-possession advantage until the final minute
 
Up Next
Holy Family completes its week hosting Southern Connecticut State on Saturday at 2 p.m. 
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