FALZONE NOTCHES 1,000th CAREER POINT AS MEN’S BASKETBALL TAKES VICTORY FROM DOWLING

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY- Senior Vincent Falzone (Middle Village, NY) notched his 1,000th career point and helped the Molloy College men's basketball team to a 72-66 East Coast Conference victory over the Golden Lions of Dowling College on December 1. The Lions improve their overall record to 4-2 and their league record to 2-1, while Dowling drops to 0-5 and 0-2 on the season.

Eleven of the Lions first 13 points came from senior Glenn Martin (Brooklyn, NY) and Molloy held the 13-9 lead. A three pointer by Dowling's Keith Nandin allowed the Golden Lions to grab the 24-20 advantage. However, freshman Brian Hutchinson (Elmont, NY) knocked down two free throws to even the score at 29 and the Lions entered the locker room at halftime with the one point edge (32-31).

Within the first thirty seconds, Dowling regained the lead and would keep it for the next three minutes. Senior Kyle Dongo's (Bronx, NY) lay-up sparked an 8-0 run by Molloy as they took the 46-39 lead with 12:45 left in the game. The Golden Lions answered back with an 11-2 run for the 50-48 advantage at the halfway point of the second. Dowling held a 58-54 edge but four foul shots by Molloy and they tied the game at 58 as 4:19 remained on the clock. The game would change leads four more times in the final minutes but the Lions went a perfect 6-6 from the line to take the conference victory.

Martin led all scorers with 23 points. Falzone finished the game with 18 points and has now recorded 1,011 career points. Sophomore Girard Fitts (Uniondale, NY) recorded 13 points, while senior Mark Pierre (St. Georges, Grenada) added seven points.

Molloy will be back in action on December 5 when they travel to C.W. Post for a 7:00 PM ECC game.