Moreton pours in season-high 35 points to lead Skyhawks

Moreton scored 24 of his season-high 35 points in the second half as the Skyhawks broke the game open (PHOTO BY Mike Tureski/SportsPix)

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (January 14, 2020) – Stonehill College, ranked No. 10 in this week's D2SIDA East Region poll, buried 11 three-pointers and shot 55.2-percent from the floor in second half, to shoot past Adelphi University, ranked sixth in the regional poll, 74-57 in Northeast-10 Conference men's basketball action inside the Center for Recreation and Sport tonight. 

Leaders

Stonehill

Will Moreton Senior, Guard: Season-high 35 points (14-for-19, 5-for-7 threes), including 24 in the second half, seven rebounds, two steals and a blocked shot.

Brandon Twitty Senior, Guard: 13 points (2-for-3 threes), five rebounds, three assists and two steals.

Owen Chose Junior, Guard: 12 points (4-for-9, 2-for-6 threes), including ten in the first half, and four rebounds.

Michael Boen Senior, Guard: Game-high nine rebounds.

Adelphi

Ronnie Silva Sophomore, Guard: 19 points (6-for-16), six assists.

Chris Coalmon Junior, Guard: 14 points (5-for-8, 2-for-4 threes), five rebounds.

Spencer Foley Junior, Guard: Nine points and four rebounds.

How it Happened

• Moreton added 13 points, five rebounds and three assists (PHOTO BY Mike Tureski/SportsPix)

  Stonehill closed out a back and forth first half with a 9-2 run, sparked by a three-point play from Boen, to carry an eight point lead (31-23) into halftime and then hit 55.2-percent of its shots (16-for-29) from the floor in the second half, including 7-for-14 (50%) from three-point range, to pull away for its seventh win over the last nine games.
• Moreton added four points during the late run and then scored the first four points of the second half to push the Stonehill lead to 12 (35-23) two minutes in.
• Stonehill's lead wouldn't dip inside double-figures the rest of the way, extending it to 16 (44-28) after a Chose basket inside less than six minutes into the half.
• Coalmon hit a three-pointer for Adelphi, but Stonehill answered that with eight-straight, including threes by Twitty and Moreton to open a 21-point margin (52-31) midway through the half.
• Stonehill's lead was 17 (58-41) with 8:47 left, when the Skyhawks broke the game open with an 11-0 run for a game-high 28 point advantage (69-41) with six minutes remaining after five-straight points from Moreton, including a three-pointer.
• Adelphi held a trio of five-point leads in the opening five minutes, before Stonehill used an 8-2 spurt to take its first lead (15-14) after a Moreton triple midway through the first half.
• The first half saw two ties and five lead changes before Stonehill's 9-2 run to close out the half and take the lead for good.

Noteworthy

• Stonehill has now won five-straight NE10 games and seven of nine games overall.
• Adelphi marks Stonehill's fourth-straight game against teams appearing in the D2SIDA East Region poll, posting a 3-1 mark during the stretch.
• Moreton posted the first 30-point game for Stonehill this year, marking the fifth 30-plus game of his career. He has scored in double-figures in 79 games over his career, including 15 this season, with 20-plus points 27 times.
• Twitty moved into a tie for 34^th on Stonehill's all-time scoring list with his 13 points giving him 1,057 points in 92 career games, passing Mike Kernan, '11 (1,055) and matching Jack Cole, '15 (1,057).
• Twitty posted the 50^th double-figure scoring game of his career (12^th this season).
• Chose has scored in double-figures in ten-straight games.
• Stonehill is 7-2 this season when Moreton leads the team in scoring (23-11 for his career).

Up Next

Stonehill (10-6, 6-2 NE10) returns to Merkert Gymnasium for its Alumni Game on Saturday to host the University of New Haven for a Purple & White Game at 3:30 p.m. Adelphi (13-4, 6-2 NE10) visits Saint Anselm College on Saturday at 3:30 p.m.

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