Men's Basketball Playoff Hopes Dashed in Loss to Cabrini
91-77 set-back, coupled with Centenary win, eliminates Marywood from post-season play
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D.J. Strayhorn had a team-high 18 points but Marywood's three-game win streak was snapped Saturday at Cabrini
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Radnor, PA - Senior forward Kevin Misevicius scored 25 points, including the 1,000th of his Cabrini career, in the 24th-ranked Cabrini men’s basketball team’s 91-77 win against Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) opponent Marywood University Saturday afternoon at Nerney Field House. The Cavaliers have reached the 20-win plateau for the 17th time program history while the loss, coupled with a Centenary win over Immaculata Saturday, eliminates Marywood from any possible berth into post-season play.
Misevicius becomes the program’s 14th player all-time to reach 1,000-point plateau and the first to do so in less than two full seasons. The last Cavalier to accomplish the feat was Randy Reid during the 2007-08 season. Misevicius joined the Blue & White last season from Lehigh Carbon Community College, where he scored a combined 972 points in two years. He is now just 20 points shy of scoring 2,000 for his college career overall.
Freshman point guard Cory Lemons complimented Misevicius on the offensive end, also netting 25 points. Lemons pulled down seven rebounds and dished out seven assists against zero turnovers. He shot 12-for-16 from the floor for the game. Junior forward Dom Farrello reached double figures, tallying 10 points. Freshman center Goran Dulac recorded eight points and a team-high 10 boards.
The Cavaliers led by as much as 20 points, 81-61, with 7:58 remaining in the second half. Lemons scored 15 of his 25 points after the intermission.
Marywood’s offense boasted four scorers in double figures, led by 18 points from point guard D.J. Strayhorn. Forward Lenny Martin (15), forward Matt Lepri (12) and center Matthew Medici (10) also scored in double digits.
The Cavaliers out-scored the Pacers on the break, 20-7, and in the paint, 50-43. Cabrini committed just seven turnovers and forced 14 Marywood miscues.
The Blue & White is ranked No. 24 in this week’s D3Hoops.com Top 25 poll, released every Tuesday. It is the Cavaliers’ first national ranking since the final poll of the 2001-02 season.
Marywood (8-14, 5-11 CSAC) hosts Berkeley College (NJ) Sunday in a make-up of their December 19th game that was postponed. Tip-off is set for 3:00 pm at Marywood's Insalaco Arena.