Men's Basketball Topples Daniel Webster 52-50

Hooksett, N.H. – The Framingham State University men's basketball team held off a late surge by Daniel Webster College as the Rams picked up a 52-50 victory in non-conference action at Mario Vagge Gymnasium.  The Rams improve to 4-5 on the year, while the Eagles slip to 2-4.

Junior guard Tim McCarthy (Wilmington, Mass.) paced Framingham with 18 points and four assists, while sophomore Tim Mangano (Winchester, Mass.) notched 11 points.  Senior Patrick Cuff (Medway, Mass.) added 10, while sophomore Patrick Gould (Quincy, Mass.) picked up six points and added three steals.

Host Daniel Webster received 18 points and a career high 20 rebounds from Ray Farmer (Nashua, NH).  Ryan Gauthier (Nashua, NH) finished with 12 points for the hosts while Demetri Conwell (St. Paul, Minn.) added 11 and eight boards. Khila Watson (Ann Arbor, Mich.) chipped in with five points.

The Rams led throughout the second half but never by more than six and were up by four, 51-47 with 15 seconds left when Farmer buried a three with nine ticks to go to cut the deficit to one. After a missed front end of a one-and-one for the Rams, the Eagles had seven seconds to get off a shot but could not find the equalizer as time expired.

Neither team broke 35-percent shooting on the night as Framingham finished at 33-percent and the Eagles 34-percent. The Eagles prevailed on the glass (46-38) but were hurt by 18 turnovers to just eight for the Rams. The team also struggled from outside, combining to go 11-42 from beyond the arc.

DWC streaked to a 12-4 lead to open the game covering a 5:29 stretch, but the Rams followed with a steady march over the next 14 minutes with a 22-4 run that built a 26-16 lead.  A late Eagle response including a Gauthier three at the buzzer pulled the hosts back to within four (26-22) at the half.

DWC tied things up three times in the second half, but the Rams were able to retake the lead each time. The Eagles had pulled even at 44 after a Conwell layup with 2:40 left.  Cuff followed with a three-point bomb – his first of the season – with 2:09 left and DWC would pull no closer than Farmer's three inside 10 seconds.

The Rams close the first semester on Saturday afternoon when they host Elms at 1 p.m.

Release courtesy of DWC Sports Information.