HAVERFORD, Pa. - The Dickinson men's basketball team put four players in double-digits, but were unable to overcome a sizable deficit on the 52-34 as the host Haverford College Fords picked up an 80-70 Centennial Conference win over the Red and White at Gooding Arena on Saturday afternoon.
- The home side came out strong as a Brandon Wiercinski triple was the only bucket for the Devils over the three-plus minutes as the Fords led 9-3.
- A tipin by Cole Cosby and five points for Ryan Leskauskas did nothing to cut into the deficit as the home side stayed ahead 16-10 with 12:33 left.
- Baskets for Isaiah Edmond and Juan Ruiz put DC down seven (21-14), before Luke Phillips and Adam Strong-Jacobson responded to make it 25-14 with 12:42 gone.
- Points for Joey Dopirak, Cosby, Edmond and Wiercinski contributed to a 14-2 outburst for Dickinson as they took the lead 28-27 inside of four minutes remaining.
- Haverford ended the framed with the final eight points to take a 35-28 edge into the break.
- Gaven Marr opened the scoring with a layup, but the trio of Dopirak, Ruiz and Wiercinski answered back with an 11-4 run to close the margin within two at 41-39 still with 16:18 left.
- Alex George, Carter Warren and Marr collected seven of the next ten points to bump the gap out to 48-42 (14:06).
- A pair of Leskauskas triples and a layup for Edmond once again helped the Devils get close at 52-50, but the Fords racked up the next nine to extend the margin to 61-50 with less than nine to play.
- Four points by Edmond along with contributions from Dopirak and Wiercinski made it 64-58 with five minutes left.
- Free throws for Matt Mahoney and Leskauskas continued to give DC life at 66-61, but the Red and White would get no closer as the Fords would salt the game away at the charity line to finish off the 80-70 win.
- Points - Leskauskas (18), Wiercinski (17), Edmond (13), Dopirak (12)
- Rebounds - Luis Ruiz and Dopirak (6), J. Ruiz and Edmond (5)
- Assists - Edmond (8), Cosby, Dopirak and Wiercinski (2)
- Blocks - Dopirak (1)
- Points - Marr (22), Strong-Jacobson (15)
- Rebounds - Brown, George and Marr (7)
- Assists - Kaan Bek (5), Brown (4), Johnson (3)
- Blocks - Brown (2)
- Dickinson (6-9, 1-2Â Centennial) returns to the Kline Center on Wednesday night at 8pm to take on the Bullets of Gettysburg College in a huge conference showdown.
