MANCHESTER, N.H. – Junior
Juju Ramirez (Lawrence, Kan.) scored a career-high 20 points and grabbed five rebounds as the Saint Anselm College picked up their third straight win on Tuesday evening over Franklin Pierce. Senior
Sean McCarthy (Cork, Ireland) recorded his third straight double-double in the win for the Hawks.
UP NEXT:
- Saint Anselm heads to Connecticut for a non-conference game against Post on Sunday, December 1st at 2:00 p.m.
Score: Saint Anselm 95, Franklin Pierce 73
Records: Saint Anselm (4-2, 2-1 NE10), Franklin Pierce (0-7, 0-3 NE10)
Location: Rindge, N.H. (The Fieldhouse)
Date: Tuesday, November 26th, 2024
Attendance: 64
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Saint Anselm got off to a 6-0 start thanks to four quick points by freshman Erik Oliver-Bush (Trenton, N.J.), which included a slam dunk in transition.
- Ja'Keese Kemp helped Franklin Pierce make it a 6-5 game after sinking a jumper in the paint followed by a triple.
- The Hawks countered soon after with a pair of threes knocked down by Ramirez and Oliver-Bush to extend their lead to 14-9.
- Donte Pope once again trimmed the deficit down to a point with consecutive layups for the Ravens to make it 14-13. The home team then took the lead, 17-16, after a made jumper by Pope and a layup by Aboubacar Wague.
- Midway through the first half, Ramirez gave Saint Anselm the lead back with a layup, but Franklin Pierce answered with a 10-0 run to jump in front, 27-19. Pope poured in another four points for the Ravens during that sequence.
- The visiting Hawks responded nicely over the next few minutes and outscored the Ravens, 11-2, to regain the lead. McCarthy got to the rim for a couple of layups to help make it a 30-29 game with two minutes left in the first half.
- The two teams then traded points for the remainder of the half. McCarthy sunk a pair at the free throw line to give his team a 34-33 advantage at halftime.
- Saint Anselm opened the second half with points on their first four possessions to maintain their lead. Four different players scored for the Hawks, including McCarthy and Oliver-Bush along with the first points of the game by junior Josh Morissette (Exeter, N.H.)
- McCarthy and Ramirez finished a pair of layups shortly after, but with 13 minutes to play, the score was tied at 47-47.
- After a missed three-pointer by Franklin Pierce, senior Jadon Archer (Enfield, Conn.) grabbed the rebound and scored at the other end while being fouled. His made free throw gave Saint Anselm a 50-47 edge.
- Freshman Will Davies (Saco, Maine) then connected on a triple for the Hawks, but points on three straight trips by the Ravens including five from Kemp gave the home side a 54-53 advantage with 11 minutes remaining.
- Pope helped keep Franklin Pierce in front with a fastbreak dunk, but Morissette quickly tied the score back up with three made free throws.
- Ramirez knocked down another three and Davies followed that up with a fastbreak bucket to put Saint Anselm in the lead, 63-58.
- After a pair of made free throws by the Ravens, the Hawks put together an 18-0 scoring run over the next three minutes. Morissette provided his team with six points, while redshirt freshman Greg Cantwell (Glen Head, N.Y.) had five for Saint Anselm on that run.
- Franklin Pierce was able to break the scoring drought with a couple of easy layups, but a three by Oliver-Bush kept Saint Anselm in front by 20 points with the lead at 84-64 and under five minutes on the clock.
- The Hawks got several reserves into the game after that. Sophomore Jordan Horne (Newport News, Va.) and freshman Noah Dowling (Narrabeen, Australia) checked in off the bench and each buried a three-pointer.
- Horne followed that up with a fastbreak layup to extend the lead to 92-67, the largest of the night for Saint Anselm, who closed the game with a few more free throws en route to their 95-73 road victory.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- Saint Anselm had an exceptional game shooting the ball and went 32 for 64 from the field (50.0 percent), including a blistering 20-30 (66.7 percent) in the second half. Franklin Pierce struggled shooting and made just 26 of their 75 field goal attempts (34.7 percent).
- The Hawks connected on eight of their 20 attempts from three-point range (40.0 percent), while the Ravens made only three of their 21 threes (14.3 percent).
- Both sides got to the free throw line at a high rate. Saint Anselm went 23 for 31 at the stripe (74.2 percent). Franklin Pierce made 18 of their 26 free throw attempts (69.2 percent).
- Saint Anselm dominated on the glass and held a 37-26 advantage in the rebounding battle. The Hawks grabbed 10 offensive rebounds compared to 14 snagged by the Ravens.
- The Hawks also held a slight edge in points in the paint, 48-42. Fastbreak points were even with the Hawks slightly leading in that area as well, 25-23. Second chance points were tied up at 10 apiece.
- The reserves for Saint Anselm had a big night and contributed 26 points. As a team, 11 different players scored for the Hawks. Franklin Pierce's bench scored 15 points as a unit.
- The Ravens scored 12 points off of 14 Hawks turnovers. Saint Anselm finished with 11 points off seven Franklin Pierce giveaways.
- The game saw nine ties and 18 lead changes.
- Defensively, Saint Anselm recorded five blocks and five steals, while Franklin Pierce tallied eight blocks and eight steals.
- As a team, the Hawks had 10 assists on their 32 made field goals. The Ravens had nine assists on their 26 made field goals.
- Ramirez led Saint Anselm with a game-high and career-high 20 points (8-17 FG, 2-3 3PT, 2-5 FT) in addition to five rebounds. McCarthy finished with his third straight double-double after recording 19 points and 12 rebounds.
- Morissette and Oliver-Bush were the other two Saint Anselm players to finish with double digit scoring. Archer had a solid performance of seven points and seven rebounds off the bench.
- The Ravens were led by Pope, who had 20 points (8-19 FG, 0-5 3PT, 4-6 FT), and Kemp, who had 18 points (7-12 FG, 2-4 3 PT, 2-2 FT).
- This marked the 66th all-time meeting between these two programs. Saint Anselm improves to 46-20 overall against Franklin Pierce in the series that began in 1984.
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