Rockville Centre, N.Y. – The Molloy men's basketball team fell to the second-ranked Daemen University Wildcats, 116-74, Saturday afternoon on Bob Houlihan Court. As a result, the Lions sit at 3-13 overall and 3-3 in East Coast Conference play, while the Wildcats improve to 20-0 overall and 8-0 in league play.
 
How it Happened

• After junior Jared Weakly and sophomore Dylan Kopp sunk the first two field goals of the contest, Daemen rallied to an 18-0 to take a 18-4 lead 6:12 into the game.
• The Lions found a grove over the next 4:40 of game time, answering with a 15-5 run that saw the home team shoot 75 percent from the field and hold the visitors to two field goals to come within four, 23-19.
• The run saw four Lions get on the scoresheet, led by sophomore Sebastian Bosquez who netted seven points.
• The cardinal and white stayed within five of the Wildcats through the seven-minute mark of the opening stanza, but the road team closed the half outscoring the Lions 22-10 setting the score, 50-33, Daemen heading into halftime.
• The Lions would come within 13, 53-40, 2:12 into the second half after a pair of free throws from freshman Chase Timberlake, but that is as close as they would come as the Wildcats would go on to shoot 59 percent from the floor in the second stanza and complete the victory, 116-74.

Top Performances

• Bosquez netted a career-high 21 points on 53 percent shooting while swiping a team-high two steals in 26 minutes off the bench.
• Kopp and Timberlake tallied 13 points apiece with Timberlake securing nine rebounds.
• Weakly collected 11 points, nine rebounds, and a game-high four blocks.
• Junior Chris Stokel rounded out the top scorers with 10 points.

Up Next
The Lions will travel to Sparkill, N.Y. for a matchup at St. Thomas Aquinas Wednesday, January 21. Tip-off against the Spartans is set for 7:30 p.m.