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Men’s Hoops Derailed by Express at Home
January 23, 2010
Rookie Ryan Klimek netted 13 points off the bench.
The Keuka College men’s basketball team fell to the visiting Express of Wells College by a score of 83-66 at home on Saturday.
The Storm, who split with Wells last season, fall to 5-8 on the year while the Express improve to 11-5.
Wells used a full court press to interrupt Keuka’s offense and caused 26 Storm turnovers while collecting 18 steals. The Storm shot well enough to be down only 42-36 at the half, but were outscored 41-30 in the second half. For the game, Keuka shot 42% (24-for-57) while Wells shot 48% (29-for-61). Keuka finished with three more rebounds (36-33) and one more 3-pointer (7-6).
Junior center Diamond Booker (Bronx, N.Y./Fredrick Douglas Academy) led four Keuka players in double figures with 17 points. He went 6-of-10 from the floor while adding eight rebounds. Classmate Calvin Logins (Newark, N.Y./Lyons) added a double-double with 11 points and 10 boards.
Rookie Ryan Klimek (Rochester, N.Y./Greece Arcadia) enjoyed a nice game off the bench with 13 points while hitting 3-of-6 shots from behind the arc. Fellow freshman Teddy Tuggles (Rochester, N.Y./Gates Chili) added 10 points and three assists.
Wells had five players in double figures led by Greg Jones with 21 points. Juan Paulino added 11 points and a game-high 15 rebounds.
Keuka will next play at SUNY Morrisville this Wednesday, Jan. 27 beginning at 8 pm.
