Franciscan 82, Chatham 94
Franciscan Starters
Noah Griffin, Tristan McDannell, Josh Zimmerman, Sean Hickey & Joe Vernau
Chatham Starters
Marcos Cintron, Malik Potter, Markell Riggins, Brandon Lavernia & Ben Pollock
How It Happened
The Barons and Cougars battled for 40 minutes, but the Cougars pull away late as they win 94-82. Tristan McDannell and Josh Zimmerman score career highs in the loss.
The Cougars jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead, but Sean Hickey would connect a trey and Zimmerman added a bucket to square it up at five. Nicholas Allienello and Justin Mack each added three pointers to help give the Barons a lead, as scoring would heat up in the early going. Chatham would regain the lead halfway through the first, but the Barons would keep it close. Josh Zimmerman added a massive dunk with 10:03 to put the deficit at two points. With 3:49 to play the Cougars would be leading by nine, A Sean Hickey three and Christian Nguyen would tighten the gap, and the Barons would head into the break down by one point, 42-41.
The Barons offense came out to play early in the second half, as Tristan McDannell added four points quickly, but the Franciscan defense could not get a stop when they needed it. The Cougars would pull the lead up to five points with ten minutes to play. That would be the closest the Barons would be to the lead, as Malik Potter added one of his four treys as Chatham would take a commanding lead. Dalton Davis added a pair of free throws, and Jonathan Sigler added a late runner, as the Barons would fall 94-82.
Inside the Numbers
-Sean Hickey scored a team high 20 points, passing former teammate Matt Trent in the all-time scoring ranks. Hickey now has 1063 career points.
-Josh Zimmerman scored 15 points and Tristan McDannell added 14 points, both career highs.
-Justin Mack led the Barons with nine rebounds, as the Barons won the rebounding battle 38-35.
-Malik Potter led all scorers with 22 points. Four Cougars scored in double figures.
-McDannell added four steals, tying his season high.
-Franciscan shot 25.0% from three, a season worst for the Barons.
Who's Next?
Franciscan remain home as they face Saint Vincent on Wednesday. The Barons have yet to beat the Bearcats in their history, as they are 0-3 all-time. They have not played each other since 2011 when the Bearcats won 82-25 in Latrobe.
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