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The Cabrini men's basketball team's run in the NCAA Tournament has come to an end following a 94-77 loss at North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) opponent No. 5 The College of Wooster in front of more than 3,000 fans at Timken Gymnasium on Friday night. The Cavaliers had advanced to the “Sweet 16” for the second time in program history.
Sophomore point guard Cory Lemons scored a team-high 20 points and dished eight assists. Lemons finishes the 2010-11 campaign with 189 assists, the second highest single-season total in program history.
Freshman forward Fran Rafferty tallied 15 points, shooting 6-for-10 overall and 3-for-6 from beyond the 3-point stripe. Senior forward Dom Farrello finished with 14 points.
Farrello concludes his Cavaliers' career with 1,256 career points, ranked seventh all-time in program history. His 565 career rebounds lists 13th all-time at Cabrini.
Senior guard Lamar Fisher also played his final game with the Blue & White, scoring nine points, on 4-for-8 shooting, and pulling down four rebounds.
Sophomore guard A.J. Williams notched eight points on 3-for-6 shooting in 15 minutes played off the bench. Williams knocked down two of his three 3-point tries.
The Cavaliers jumped out to an early 4-2 advantage and owned a 13-11 edge at the 14:14 mark of the first half. However, the Fighting Scots shot 68 percent from the floor overall and 67 percent from long range in the first half en route to a 48-36 lead at the break.
Wooster led by as much as 17 points during the opening 20 minutes. Lemons and Rafferty netted 11 and 10 points, respectively, for the Blue & White before the intermission.
Cabrini opened the second half on a 6-0 run, trimming its deficit to six points, 48-42, with 17:47 remaining. Farrello capped the spurt with a lay-in on the break off a feed from Lemons.
Yet, Wooster (29-2) answered with a 25-14 surge over the next 10 minutes and owned a 73-56 cushion with 6:36 on the clock. The Fighting Scots led by 21 points, 82-61, at the 4:24 mark.
Senior forward Bryan Wickliffe led three scorers in double figures for Wooster with 23 points on 10-for-11 shooting. Junior forward Justin Hallowell totaled 21 points and shot 5-for-9 from the 3-point line.
The Fighting Scots scored 61.1 percent from the field and 50.0 percent from long range for the game. Wooster shot 17-for-20 from the foul line.
The loss ends the Cavaliers' third straight 20-win season under third-year head coach and three-time Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) Coach of the Year Marcus Kahn.
Farrello and Fisher finish their collegiate career having won 83 games, including 71 over the last three seasons under Kahn's guidance. The duo helped the Cavaliers to back-to-back CSAC titles and two straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
The Cabrini men's basketball team finishes the 2010-11 season with a 24-6 overall record.
