ATHENS, Ohio (Dec. 15, 2010) – Sophomore Will Felder (Cleveland, OH/Lutheran East Hs) (Cleveland, Ohio / Lutheran East) recorded his third straight double-double, but Ohio hit 15 three-pointers to hands the Saint Francis men's basketball team a 87-58 loss on Wednesday night at the Convocation Center.
Felder finished with 19 points and 10 rebounds, and added 2 assists and 1 block, while sophomore Umar Shannon (Atlantic City, N.J./Atlantic City) (Atlantic City, N.J. / Atlantic City) added 16 points. Felder made a career-high five 3-pointers, and 16 of his 19 points came in the second half.
The Red Flash dropped their sixth straight game – all on the road – to fall to 2-8 overall. They will return to action with their third home game of the season versus Drexel at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
The Bobcats improved to 6-4 with six players in double figures. DJ Cooper had 19 points, and Tommy Freeman hit five 3-pointers in the first half for 15 points in the game.
“The score of this game is very deceiving,” said Saint Francis head coach Don Friday. “First of all, credit to Ohio and that team, they are very good and they will do well in the MAC. But I thought that we made some progress tonight. We executed very well, but some shots didn't fall for us. We got nice contributions from some younger players, and it was nice to see Will hit some shots from the outside. We will get back in the lab, and we're excited to get back home for a big game against a good Drexel club on Saturday.”
The Red Flash came into the game struggling from outside the arc at a 25.6 percent clip. However, they made 10-of-22 attempts (.455) against Ohio.
The Bobcats shot 52. 5 percent in the game, and made 15-of-29 three-point field goal attempts (.517). Ohio also had a 43-27 advantage on the glass.
Umar Shannon (Atlantic City, N.J./Atlantic City) scored SFU's first 11 points and the Red Flash battled back from an early 8-0 deficit to take an 11-10 lead. Freshman Storm Stanley (Lambertville, Mich./St. Francis de Sales) (Lambertville, Mich. / St. Francis de Sales) made a baby hook shoot to tie it at 15-15 with 11:19 to go.
However, the Bobcats held Saint Francis scoreless over the next three minutes during a 12-0 run to take command. They would shoot 61.3 percent in the half, while making nine 3-pointers, to take a 51-25 lead into halftime.
The Red Flash had just three assists and 14 turnovers at the break, and shot 36.4 percent (8-of-22) from the field. Shannon had 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting.
Saint Francis outscored the Bobcats 19-7 over the final eight minutes of the game.
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