BOXSCORE FREDONIA, N.Y. –
Dalton Kashmer (South Dayton/Pine Valley) led the Fredonia State men's basketball team to a 67-58 home victory over Penn State Behrend on Saturday.
Kashmer, a senior, scored 20 points on 6 of 7 from the field and 8 of 9 the free-throw line. He added three assists, three steals and three rebounds to his stat line.
Fellow senior
Amir Billups (Buffalo/Starpoint) also had a solid afternoon with 14 points, junior
Joe Monahan (Floral Park/Holy Cross) added 11 points and four steals, and junior
Tyrone Clark (Elmira/Elmira Free Academy) finished with 10 points.
Behrend was led by Russ Conley with 25 points on 8 of 10 shooting from the field and 8 of 8 from the free-throw line.
The Devils opened the game with a 14-0 lead. Behrend broke through for its first points at the 14:04 mark when Conley hit a pair of free throws.
Billups responded by nailing his second three-pointer of the game on the ensuing possession to push the Devil lead to 15 points.
Behrend's first field goal came at 13:34 on a Conley dunk to make it 17-4.
The Devils built a 32-19 lead at the half. Kashmer had 10 points at the break and Billups had eight. Defensively, the Devils had eight steals to the Lions one, and held Behrend to 35 percent shooting (7 of 20). Fredonia State converted 52 percent (12 of 23) of its shots.
Behrend outscored the Devils 39-35 in the second half.
For the game, the Devils shot 19 of 23 (83 percent) from the free-throw line and 22 of 43 (51 percent) from the field. Behrend was 12 of 12 at the line, and 21 of 47 (43 percent) from the floor.
Defensively, the Devils hounded the Lions to the tune of 15 steals.
Behrend drops its record to 5-3.
The Devils finish the semester at 5-5. They are off until January 11
when they resume play against SUNYAC foe Oswego.
