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Men's Basketball-Paul Eromosele
65
Winner Dalton State (Ga.) DS
63
Florida College FC
Winner
Dalton State (Ga.) DS
65
Final
63
Florida College FC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Dalton State (Ga.) DS 24 41 65
Florida College FC 26 37 63

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Erik Simpson, Sports Information Director

Roadrunners Pick Up Third Conference Win With Victory At Florida College


TEMPLE TERRACE, Fla. – Dalton State held off a furious run in the final minutes from Florida College to take a 65-63 win in the first of back-to-back games against the Falcons at Conn Gymnasium in Temple Terrace, Fla. on Friday night.
 
THE FIRST HALF
  • Paul Eromosele and A.J. Hassell had the Birds clicking early as they combined for the first 12 points of the contest for the Roadrunners who built an early lead (12-5) just over five minutes in.
  • Florida College countered with an 8-0 run to take a 13-12 lead at the 12:46 mark.
  • DS briefly got the lead back on a Marquel Wiggins 3, but the Falcons hit another gear and went for 13-straight to take a 26-15 lead with 6:39 remaining in the half.
  • Steadily, the Roadrunners chipped away at the lead as they ended the half on a 9-0 run, holding FC to zero field goals in the final 6+ minutes to close the gap to 2 points at the half, 26-24.
 
THE SECOND HALF
  • The lead swapped hands once more, this time to the Roadrunners, after an opening field goal from Hassell tied the ball game at 26-26.
  • Consistently, the margin stabilized at around 3-4 points until a quick 7-0 spurt from Dalton State grew the advantage to 10 points (48-38) with 8:48 left in regulation.
  • Dalton State managed to match Florida College basket-for-basket as they tried to chip into the lead.
  • A trey from C.J. Perry with 3:08 on the clock looked to seal the deal, but Florida College managed to put together one last run as the Roadrunners went cold from the field.
  • First, Ramon Cao got a bucket in the paint, while Matt Simpson and Ladarron Cleveland followed with 3's as the score stood at 61-58 with 1:09 remaining.
  • Simpson drew a foul after Hassell missed a shot and hit two free throws to make it 61-60 with 42 ticks on the clock.
  • C.J. Perry drew a foul and hit two from the charity stripe to give the Birds some cushion.
  • Perry then pulled down a board after a Jalon Perry miss and hit two more for a 5-point lead (65-60) with 13 seconds left.
  • Cleveland buried another 3 then a turnover that followed allowed Simpson to get a shot off to tie the game, but it missed as Dalton State held on for the 65-63 win.
 
THE REST OF THE STORY
Dalton State (Ga.) improves to (3-5 overall, 3-1 SSAC) with the win, while Florida College falls to (10-4 overall, 0-1 SSAC) with the win. A.J. Hassell led 4 Roadrunners in double-figures with 14 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists.
 
Marquel Wiggins and Paul Eromosele had 12 points each with Wiggins snagging 5 boards and Eromosele dishing out 4 dimes. Aleksandar Pantelic found his stroke hitting 3 treys and adding 11 points and 3 assists.
 
Ladarrion Cleveland led Florida College with 21 points, while Matt Simpson added 20 in the losing effort. They combined to hit 9 three pointers. Simpson made it a double-double with 12 rebounds.

BY THE NUMBERS
Neither team looked impressive in the first half as the Falcons made 10 field goals and the Roadrunners 9 as both squads shot below 35%. That changed in the second half as Dalton State hit 15-of-34 attempts for a 44.12% clip that won them the ball game.
 
Florida College traditional shoots and hits a lot of shots from behind the arc. Tonight was no different as the Falcons hit 13-of-40 (32.5%) shots, while the Roadrunners hit 8-of-25 (32%). DS won the battle of the boards, 40-36, and outscored the Falcons in the paint, 28-16.
 
UP NEXT
Dalton State and Florida College will meet again tomorrow, January 16 in Temple Terrace, Fla. Tipoff at Conn Gymnasium is scheduled for 5:00 p.m.
 
Seating capacity at Bandy Gym remains at 20% and is limited to family members and guest of participating Dalton State student-athletes and coaches. No tickets are allotted for sale to the general public.


 
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