Sacred Heart University Department of Athletics
Mount St. Mary's
Men's Basketball Falls at Mount St. Mary's, 78-67
1/17/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 17, 2009
EMMITSBURG, MD - Starting backcourt mates Jeremy Goode and Jean Cajou combined to pour in 47 points and lead the Mount St. Mary's (9-9, 4-3) men's basketball team to a 78-67 win over visiting Sacred Heart University (6-11, 3-4) in a Northeast Conference game Saturday afternoon.
Sacred Heart came out of the gates hot and took a 17-10 lead after a three-point play by junior guard Chauncey Hardy (Middletown, CT) with 12:16 left in the first half. A Mehmet Sahan jumper with 5:46 to go in the period kept that margin intact at 31-24. The Mountaineers took advantage of six Pioneer turnovers the rest of the half and went on a 9-2 run to tie the game at 33-33 at the intermission.
The Mountaineers hit eight of their first 12 shots to start the second half and built a double-digit lead at 50-39. The Pioneers never got closer than nine the rest of the way, The Mount shot 65 percent in the second half (15-23) and 12-14 from the free throw line (12-14).
The Pioneers shot nearly 50 percent for the game but struggled from long range, missing their first ten three-point attempts and finishing two of 15.
Sophomore Mehmet Sahan (Istanbul, Turkey) led the Pioneers in scoring with 15 points, making all seven of his field goal attempts. Junior Corey Hassan (Merrimack, NH) was next with 13, while Joey Henley (Kent, WA) finished with 12.
Goode finished with 24 points for The Mount, while Cajou added 23. Sophomore Shawn Atupem finished with 12, while his older brother Sam had 11.
