Basketball vs. SUNY-Canton Recaps

Lynn, MA - The Fisher College Basketball teams returned for their second day of Sunrise Conference action as they hosted the State University of New York at Canton in afternoon games at the Fecteau-Leary Gymnasium.


Women's Basketball 

Senior Tiffany Beckman

Senior Tiffany Beckman (East Hartford, CT) and freshman Javanna Bernard (Waterbury, CT) combined for 35 points but that was not enough as SUNY-Canton won, 68-39.

Down 17-2 to begin the game, Beckman took charge and help lead the Lady Falcons (4-10/2-2) on a 18-6 run to close out the half. Heading into the locker room, Fisher was only down by three, 23-20.

SUNY-Canton turned it on the second half as they scored 45 to seal the victory.

Beckman finished the game with 21 points and 12 rebounds, her second straight double-double. Bernard recorded 14 points as she continues to have a stellar freshman season.

The Lady Falcons will hit the road next weekend as they will travel up to northern Maine. On Saturday, they will on the campus of the University of Maine-Fort Kent and then go to the University of Maine-Presque Isle on Sunday.

Maine-Fort Kent has been Sunrise Conference Champions in each of the past three seasons.

Men's Basketball 

Senior Louis Williams

Four Falcons reached the double-digit plateau as Fisher College improved to 3-1 in Sunrise Conferece play with a 84-57 victory.

Senior Louis Williams (Burlington, VT) paced the offense as he scored 19 points while dishing out 5 assists, both team highs. Williams is now only 215 points away from eclipsing the 2,000 career point mark.

Fellow seniors Casey Pursell (Seattle, WA) and Oscar Brown (Buffalo, NY) added 17 and 10 points respectively in the win. Junior Dennis Norford (New Haven, CT) chipped in 18 points and collected a team high 13 rebounds. In the process, Norford recorded his 7th double-double of the season.

Also recording points for the Falcons (6-11/3-1) were freshmen Ny'Kee White (Suffolk, VA), Elijah Chisholm (East Boston, MA), Chris Sadafsaz (Plano, TX) and seniors Christaan Hammond (Seattle, WA) and Daniel Nance (Brooklyn, NY).

In their next game, the Men will travel up to the University of Maine-Fort Kent on Saturday (1/22) in what will be a rematch of last season's Sunrise Conference Championship Game.