MBB Team
63
Clarion CLAR 1-5
83
Winner Gannon GAN 6-0
Clarion CLAR
1-5
63
Final
83
Gannon GAN
6-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Clarion CLAR 33 30 63
Gannon GAN 32 51 83

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

No. 24 Gannon Holds Off Clarion to Stay Unbeaten, 83-63

Ike Herster netted a team-high 19 points.

 gameTHE RUNDOWN
  • Final Score: No. 24 Gannon 83, Clarion 63
  • Records: Gannon (6-0), Clarion (1-5)
  • Location: Hammermill Center | Erie, Pa.
  • The Short Story: No. 24 Gannon netted 51 points in the second half to complete the series sweep of Clarion, 83-63, on Saturday afternoon at Hammermill Center. Ike Herster (Sharon, Pa./Kennedy Catholic) paced the Golden Knights with a team-high 19 points.
GAMEDAY MEDIA CENTER HOW IT HAPPENED
  • After Clarion started the game off with a quick 2-0 lead, the Golden Knights bounced back with a 5-2 edge after Chris Clancy (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Peter's Boys) found Braden Olsen (West Linn, Ore./West Linn) for three. The Golden Eagles quickly turned that lead around and built a 9-5 advantage with four unanswered points. Gannon was forced to call a timeout with 14:38 left in the half. The Golden Knights picked up the pace following the timeout and after a series of fouls and went on a 7-0 run led by Cyril Ogbuagu (Lagos, Nigeria/Riverdale Baptist (Md.)) with four points.
  • With 9:36 left in the half, the Golden Eagles scored a three-pointer to tie the contest back up, 12-12. Emanuel Henriques (Baltimore, Md./Benjamin Franklin) netted a three pointer to help the Knights regain the edge, 15-12. Gannon continued to increase their advantage to six, 19-13, with Ogbuagu draining a three-pointer of his own. Following a Clarion layup from Steve Kelly, the game was locked back up at 29-29. Clarion closed the half getting a layup to fall as time expired and led at the intermission, 33-32.
  • To start the second half, Gannon scored seven unanswered points to make the score 43-37 by the 16:42 mark with five coming from Herster. With 14:11 left in the half, Olsen rebounded a missed three-pointer attempt and drove all the way down the court and converted it into a two-point gain for Gannon, increasing their lead to 45-40.
  • With 5:27 left in the half, Gannon went on a streak of nine unanswered points to increase its lead to 75-58. The streak was led by Herster with six points and Dodds with three points. The advantage would only grow as the Golden Knights went on another run of six unanswered points led by two layups from Olsen. Gannon went on to close out the game building their largest lead of the game, 83-63, to stay undefeated on the season.
GAME NOTES
  • With the win, Gannon improves to 4-0 at Hammermill Center and 6-0 overall.
  • Gannon shot 50.0 percent from the field (26-52) and 43.5 percent from three (10-23)
  • The Knights connected on a season-best 21 free throws on 33 attempts.
  • Gannon outscored Clarion in the second half, 51-30.
  • The Knights bench contributed 28 points.
  • Gannon snatched 41 rebounds, including 29 on the defensive end.
  • Herster led the Knights logging his third straight double digit scoring performance with a team-high 19 points. He also added two rebounds, two assists and two steals.
  • Olsen just missed a tripled-double with 15 points, nine rebounds and game-high seven assists.
  • Ogbuagu rounded out the top performers with a season-best 13 points and season-high nine rebounds. It marked his first time reaching double figures in scoring this season and third of his career.
UP NEXT
  • Gannon will return to action at D'Youville on Tuesday. Tip-off is set for 6:00 p.m.


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