Sacred Heart vs. Long Island: Recap, Stats, and Box Score

Sacred Heart 68

(9-19, 3-12 away)

Long Island 70

(16-13, 10-4 home)

Venue: Athletic, Recreation & Wellness Center

7:00PM ET / 4:00PM PT, February 28, 2013

Box Score

	1st	2nd	Final
Sacred Heart	33	35	68
Long Island	38	32	70

Top Performers

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Sacred Heart	S Gibson 25	T Falzon 7	P Gaetano 11
Long Island	E Reed 18	J Olasewere 13	J Brickman 12

Sacred Heart faced off with Long Island on Thursday, Feb. 28 and lost by a slim margin to the Blackbirds 70-68 in conference play. The Pioneers tie the season series against Long Island at 1-1 with the loss. The Pioneers were paced by Shane Gibson, who put up a game-high 25 points, with 15 coming from three-point range. Phil Gaetano had one point and added 11 assists. Jamal Olasewere recorded a double-double for the Blackbirds on 16 points and 13 rebounds. Next up for Sacred Heart (9-19, 7-10 NEC) is St. Francis (NY) (11-17, 7-10 NEC) on Saturday, Mar. 2 on the road.

Sacred Heart Game Notes

The Pioneers have been unlucky eight times this season in games decided by five or fewer points. Since 2007, Sacred Heart is 27-34 in close games.
Sacred Heart has lost 83 percent of the time this season (2-10) after recording 68 or fewer total points.
When the opposition records 17 or more assists this season, Sacred Heart has lost 91 percent of the time (1-10).
When the opposition records 38 or more rebounds this season, Sacred Heart has lost 89 percent of the time (1-8).
When the opposition records eight or more steals this season, Sacred Heart has lost 81 percent of the time (3-13).
The Pioneers have turned the ball over more than their opponents in the past four games.
Sacred Heart has recorded fewer steals than their opponents for the past five games.
Shane Gibson accounted for 36.7 percent of the team's points.
Shane Gibson has led the team in scoring in 20 out of 28 games this season.
Tevin Falzon has led the team in rebounding in three out of 28 games this season.
This marks the 52nd 20-point game of Shane Gibson's career.
Shane Gibson has 17 straight double-digit point games.
This game was the 11th double-digit assist game of Phil Gaetano's career.
Louis Montes has eight straight double-digit point games.

Long Island Game Notes

The Blackbirds won this one, but have lost six times this season in games decided by five or fewer points. Since 2007, Long Island is 27-22 in close games.
Jamal Olasewere recorded a team season high in defensive rebounds with 12.
The top two scorers (E.J. Reed and Jamal Olasewere) accounted for 48.5 percent of the points.
Jamal Olasewere accounted for 34.2 percent of the team's rebounds.
E.J. Reed has led the team in scoring three times in 29 games this season.
Jamal Olasewere has led the team in rebounding 21 times in 29 games this season.
This game was the 20th double-digit assist game of Jason Brickman's career.
C.J. Garner has seven straight double-digit point games.
Jamal Olasewere recorded the 30th double-digit rebound game of his career.
Jamal Olasewere recorded a double-double. It was his ninth this season and 28th of his career.
Jamal Olasewere set a career high with 12 defensive rebounds.

SHU Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Shane Gibson	32	25	1	1	1	0	4
B	Phil Gaetano	31	1	4	11	0	0	3
B	Louis Montes	27	13	2	1	0	2	1
B-	Steve Glowiak	30	13	2	0	0	0	1
C+	Tevin Falzon	26	6	7	0	1	1	2
C+	M. Abdel Latif	18	2	5	0	0	1	1
C+	Lewis Cramer	25	8	1	1	1	0	1
C+	N. Greenbacker	7	0	4	1	0	0	0
-	De`Aires Tate	4	0	0	0	0	0	1

LIU Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Jamal Olasewere	34	16	13	4	2	0	5
A	E.J. Reed	21	18	5	0	0	0	2
A	Jason Brickman	36	3	1	12	1	0	1
A	C.J. Garner	35	15	3	1	3	1	1
B	Troy Joseph	24	9	5	0	2	1	1
B	Kenny Onyechi	9	2	4	0	0	1	0
C+	B. Thompson	21	5	3	0	0	0	0
C	Booker Hucks	15	2	2	0	0	1	0
-	Gerrell Martin	5	0	0	0	0	0	0