STEUBENVILLE, OH - Sean Hickey led the way tying his career high of 27 while Grove City would never lead in the game as Franciscan went wire to wire for their first victory of the season.

The Basics
Scores: Grove City 68  - Franciscan 76 
Records: Grove City (0-4) - Franciscan (1-1)
Location: Kuzma Court - Steubenville, OH

How it Happened

• The Barons came out hot with a 6-0 start including a game opening step back three from Joe Schriner and Matt Trent adding a bucket and free throw. Joe Vernau, Andrew Salasek and Sean Hickey all added a bucket as well to stretch the lead to 12-4. The Wolverines would battle back, only to be answered by back to back threes from Justin Mack to take the nine point advantage. An 11-2 run by the Barons including a three and a bucket from Hickey, expanded the Barons lead to 15, their largest of the night. An 8-3 run by Grove City to end the half would tighten up the game to 32-22 to give the Barons another big halftime lead for the second time this season.
• The Wolverines would respond to start the second half as James Wells hit a layup in the early going, only to be responded by another Sean Hickey three. John Noce and Dalton Davis added buckets each respectively to expand the lead to eleven, 41-30 with 15:50 left in the contest. Grove City would not quit as they cut the lead to 6, only to be answered by a Franciscan 7-0 run including triples from Hickey and Dalton Davis. Grove City would respond with a 12-2 run where Justice Rice and Nate Peters would connect on triples, and The Barons would hold a narrow 53-50 lead with 7:34 left in the game. Out of a Franciscan time out, Sean Hickey responded yet again with another three insuring that  Franciscan would hold the lead.  Luca Robinson responded quickly with a layup for the Wolverines, but Sean Hickey would add a deep two and a pair of free throws from Matt Trent kept the Barons in control. The Barons would hit their free throws as they would shoot 73.3% from the line to put the game on ice. 

Inside The Box Score

• Sean Hickey led the way for the Barons with 27 points, including 12 points in the final seven minutes of play, all with four fouls as well.
• Matt Trent recorded his first double double of the season as he recorded 13 points and 12 rebounds, he went 9-11 from the free throw line on the night.
• There were 44 fouls combined on the night.
• The Barons shot 43.5% from downtown on the night including Sean Hickey converting on five triples.

Comments from Coach Wallace
It was good to get our identity back today with defense and rebounding, that is who we are. I thought our guys came out with a lot of passions and stuck together through a couple of the runs they had. Sean Hickey played with a ton of poise and the other guys on the floor did a good job of finding him. We got good minutes from Vernau, Davis and Mack which made a huge difference. 

Up Next
Franciscan does not have much time to recover and prepare for their next matchup at Westminster Saturday the 23rd at 3:30. This will be the Barons third PAC opponent of the season.