CLEVELAND – Although the Allegheny College men's basketball team played to a 35-all tie against Dickinson College on Friday evening, the Red Devils pulled away in the second half en route to a 78-62 victory in the opening round of the Bill Sudeck Tournament.
The Gators (1-1) outshot the Red Devils (1-1) by a slim margin in the first half, but Dickinson came out of the locker room after the break and made 61.3% of its field goals (19-of-31) in the second half.
Down by as many as 12 points, 49-37, Allegheny came within one possession of tying the score on two occasions in the final nine minutes of the contest. The Gators went on a 7-2 run that ended with a
Mike Noonan (Latrobe, Pa./Greater Latrobe) 3-pointer and trimmed the deficit to 58-55. Approximately two minutes later, Noonan and
Caden Hinckley (Boise, Idaho/Mt. Lebanon (Pa.)) netted four unanswered to bring AC with three points at 62-59.
Dickinson's defense clamped down from there and stifled any chances of an Allegheny comeback, as the Gators managed only three points in the final five minutes of regulation.
Inside the Box Score
- Allegheny made 24-of-64 field goals for a shooting percentage of 37.5%.
- Dickinson ended the game with a 50.8 field-goal percentage (32-of-63).
- The Gators finished with a plus-two rebound margin, 38-to-36, and had twice as many boards on the offensive glass, 8-to-4.
- Hinckley led all scorers in the game with 21 points and was one rebound shy of a double-double.
- Coming in off the bench, Noonan and first-year guard Ryan Lang (Sarver, Pa./Knoch) combined for 25 points.
- Dickinson received a team-high 18 points on 6-of-10 shooting from Andrew Gostovich.
News and Notes
- Friday's game against Dickinson was Allegheny's first against the Red Devils since the 1977-78 season.
- Hinckley has surpassed 20 points in the first two games of the season.
- Noonan's 13 points are a single-game career-high.
- In his second collegiate contest, Lang logged his first-ever double-digit performance with 12 points.
- Second-year forward Charlie Waid (Meadville, Pa./Meadville) hauled in a career-high eight rebounds.
Up Next
On Saturday, November 12, Allegheny will face either Oberlin College or the hosts from No. 19-ranked Case Western Reserve University in the second round of the Bill Sudeck Tournament.
