Box Score
Worcester, Mass. - Senior Josue Almodovar (Holyoke, Mass.) led
four players in double figures with a game-best 20 points to help
lead Framingham State to a 70-64 triumph this evening in MASCAC
Men's Basketball action at the Lancer Gymnasium. With the win
the Rams improve to 11-9 and 6-3 in the conference while the
Lancers slip to 10-12 overall and 3-6 in the league.
Senior guard Bill Carey (Abington, Mass.) tallied 11 of his 14
points in the second half, with four three-pointers in the game,
while classmate Darius Yarrell (Brockton, Mass.) added 13 points
with three assists. Junior Royce Veal (Dorchester, Mass.) chipped
in with 10 points as fourth-year Roderick Jackson (Cambridge,
Mass.) finished with seven points and seven rebounds.
Senior Maurice Horton (Detroit, MI) recorded a double-double
with 13 points and a contest-high 15 rebounds while freshman Monte
Goodwin (Boston, Mass.) poured in a career-best 16 points.
First-year Tim Henault (Lunenburg, Mass.) registered eight points
off the bench as junior Ryan Testagrossa (Athol, Mass.) chipped in
five steals for the Lancers.
Worcester State held their largest lead of the game at 58-48
with 6:41 left, but they would see it evaporate as the Rams closed
out the game with a 22-6 run. FSC received big contributions by
Carey and Yarrell as each contributed five points apiece in a 12-2
spurt to tie the game 60-60 at 3:27 before Jackson gave the
visitors the lead at 3:07 they would not relinquish.
In the final seven minutes of the frame, Worcester State would
make only two of their final seven attempts from the field and
Framingham State would score 10 points off of five WSC miscues.
The opening stanza would see six ties and three lead changes as
Framingham State led by no more than five points twice in the
period. With 30 seconds remaining in the half, a Horton layup gave
the Lancers the 32-30 edge at the break.
To start off the second half, the score was knotted three times
and possession of the lead changed hands twice before a Henault
three-point play sparked an 18-8 swing for the Lancers for their
largest advantage of the game.
Horton scored his 1,000th point on the front-end of a
one-and-one free throw during Framingham State's big run.
Horton becomes the 22nd player in program history to reach the
1,000 point milestone as he joins his brother, Mario Horton
(1997-2001) who scored 1,428 points.
The Lancers held a 35-30 advantage on the boards and a 12-11edge
off the offensive glass, but shot poorly from beyond the arch as
they connected for just two of their 13 attempts. FSC shot 44
percent for the game from downtown (8-for-18) and converted 22 WSC
miscues into 24 points.
Both teams will host conference opponents on Tuesday evening.
Worcester State takes on Fitchburg State at 8 p.m., while
Framingham State will entertain Salem State at 7:30 p.m.
Release courtesy of WSC Sports Information.
