Win streak at nine after beating Lions 94-45 Friday

(Herkimer's Patrick Dorrian hit six three-point buckets at home on Friday).

(Herkimer's Shomari Redd completes the 'and one' on Friday, finishing with nine points). 

HERKIMER, NY – Led by a 24-point effort by Patrick Dorrian (Kingston, NY) on Friday (2/3), the #9 Herkimer Generals men's basketball team defeated Christian Redemption Academy 94-45 at home to push their current win streak to nine games.

Herkimer (18-3, 11-0) jumped out to an 11 point lead within the first three minutes, watching Dorrian sink two of his six three-point field goals to go up 11-0. It caused the Lions to call their second time out, but it didn't stop the Generals from building a 20 point lead (45-24) by intermission with 10 different players scoring in the first 20 minutes of play. Dorrian led the way with 13 first half points, Daniel Owens (Albany, NY) had seven, Anquan McLean Jr. (Albany, NY) had six, Tyquan Scott (Long Beach, NY) had four, Justin Harley (Central Islip, NY) had four, Shomari Redd (Westbury, NY) had four, Matt Dallas (Hudson, NY) had three and both Timothy McKenzie (Central Islip, NY) and David McKenzie (Central Islip, NY) had two.

In the second half, Herkimer managed to push the lead to 30 points after Scott hit his only three-point field goal of the game and 40 points after Christopher Simmons (Utica, NY) sank a couple free throws after a flagrant foul was called on the court with less than six minutes left in regulation.

Helping the team almost reach a 50-point victory was freshman Jacob Paulino (Latham, NY). The guard scored the final seven points for the Generals in the remaining minutes of regulation, sinking two three-point field goals and also adding a free throw which gave the guard a career-high seven points. Paulino currently has three made three-point field goals on the season.

Up next for #9 Herkimer is #6 Monroe Community College. The Tribunes are on an eight-game win streak with their closest game coming against Genesee Community College in their last game, defeating the Cougars 64-63 at home. Those same Cougars defeated the Generals 61-56 back in the beginning of January. Tipoff between the Tribunes and Generals is set for 1 p.m. It will be hosted by Herkimer in the varsity gym.

Score:

#9 Herkimer Generals 94, Redemption Christian Academy 45

Halftime:

Herkimer 47-25

GENERALS (18-3, 11-0) Patrick Dorrian 24, Anquan McLean Jr. 10, Kristian Mondesir 10, Tyquan Scott 9, Shomari Redd 9, Justin Harley 7, Daniel Owens 7, Jacob Paulino 7, Matt Dallas 3, Timothy McKenzie 2, Chris Simmons 2, Todd Spottswood 2. Totals: 29-25-94

LIONS Ja'Kory Freeman 21, Samuel Adjei 7, Nebojsa Krstic 4, Garrith Moss 3, Ziv H. Basden 2, Roberto Borriello 2, Rickardo Byfield 2, Nemanja Nedimouic 2, Daylen Wiggins 2. Totals: 15-8-45

3-Point Goals: Generals 11 (Dorrian 6, Paulino 2, Owens 1, Dallas 1, Scott 1), Lions 7 (Freeman 6, Adjei 1) 

Next Game: 2/6 vs. Monroe 1 p.m.