Nunez Leads Rams Past Mount Saint Vincent

Curtis Williams & Christian Nunez
Curtis Williams & Christian Nunez

Farmingdale State - 85, Mount Saint Vincent - 59


Farmingdale, N.Y. - Senior guard Christian Nunez (White Plains, N.Y.) had a game-high 20 points on 7-of-12 shooting as Farmingdale State earned an 85-59 victory over Mount Saint Vincent this afternoon.

Leading 41-28 to start the second half, the Rams (11-4, 7-1) outscored the Dolphins (4-11, 2-6) 19-3 over the first 9:43 to extend the advantage to 60-31. Farmingdale State opened up their largest lead of the game with 3:45 remaining, 78-41, on a Donald Lawes (Queens, N.Y.) dunk off the feed from freshman guard Wilson Molina (Woodside, N.Y.).

The Rams earned their sixth straight victory with today's Skyline win.

Farmingdale State senior forward Leo Esonwune (Lagos, Nigeria) had a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds, while senior guard Ryan Davis (Flushing, N.Y.) was 4-for-4 from 3-point range for 12 points in 17 minutes of action.

Senior forward AJ Matthews (Brooklyn, N.Y.) was scratched from the starting lineup after suffering an injury in pregame warm-ups.

Sophomore forward Anthony Woods (West Palm Beach, Fla.) had a team-leading 13 points for Mount Saint Vincent.

The Rams next will travel to Yeshiva for a conference game on Tuesday, January 22nd at 8:00 p.m.

 

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