Hamburg, N.Y. – The Hawks used a balanced attack, with five players scoring in double figures, to survive a late second half surge from the Pioneers to secure an 80-73 AMCC win.

THE BASICS

• Final Score: Hilbert 80 Alfred State 73
• Location: Hafner Recreation Center, Hilbert College 6pm
• Records: Hilbert 12-7 (8-6 AMCC) | Franciscan 5-13 (3-10 AMCC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• A trio of threes from Christian Przybyla, Alex Karamanos and Zach Miller put the Hawks up 13-5 in the early going.
• The Pioneers began to swing momentum in their favor with a 6-3 run, but the Hawks answered immediately with a 6-0 run, capped by a Warren Richardson jumper in the paint to extend the lead to double digits at 22-11 with 10:00 remaining in the opening half.
• With Hilbert up 11, the Pios scored five unanswered points to shrink the lead to six before Masia Phillips sunk a big three to answer back.
• Both offenses went cold over the next couple of minutes until Jon Evans hit a contested jumper in the paint, followed by a pair of threes by Hunter Martineau and Kyreese Fisher to fuel a 10-2 Hilbert run to give the Hawks a 36-20 lead with just over three minutes left in the half.
• After trading baskets down the stretch, Hunter Martineau hit from three to close out the half with the Hawks leading 43-26.
• There was back and forth play over the opening three minutes of the second half before Jon Evans capped off a three-point play to spark the Hawks offensive attack. Zach Miller and Christian Przybyla followed up Evans with threes from long range to put the royal and white up 56-33 with 16:13 left in the game.
• The Pios answered with a 7-3 run, but Hilbert put a halt to that as they answered with a 7-2 run of their own capped by a Jon Evans three-point play to take a 24 point lead with 9:35 left on the clock.
• From there on out it was all Pioneers as they outscored the Hawks 31-12 over the next nine minutes to cut their deficit to 78-73 with 12 seconds left, but it wasn't quite enough as they fell short in their comeback effort, resulting in an 80-73 win for the royal and white.
• Hunter Martineau finished with a team-high in points (16) and assists (5), while Warren Richardson ripped down a team-high eight rebounds and Alex Karamanos added a team-high three steals for the Hawks.
• Ryan Gentile finished with a game-high 23 points for Alfred State, while Brandon Gosley added a team-high seven rebounds and Josh Reding led the Pioneers with a game-high six assists.

GAME NOTES

• The Hawks finished with a 17-7 advantage in second chance points, but their biggest advantage was at the free throw line as they were able to get to the line for 23 attempts, while Alfred State only attempted nine free throws.
• Hilbert finished the game shooting 27 of 58 (46.6%) from the floor, including 10 of 22 (29.4%) from 3-point range, while going 16 of 23 (69.6%) from the free throw line.   
• Alfred State shot 29 of 68 (42.6%) from the floor, including 8 of 24 from the 3-point line (33.3%), while going 7 of 9 (77.8%) from the charity stripe.  

WHAT'S NEXT

The Hilbert men's basketball team is back in action next Wednesday as they travel to Buffalo Cup rival D'Youville for a 6pm start.

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