RUTHERFORD, N.J. (December 22, 2019) – Franklin Pierce University men's basketball senior guard Doyin Fadojutimi (Temple Hills, Md.) scored a game-high 31 points as the Ravens ended their non-conference schedule and 2019 slate with an 84-74 victory over Felician University Sunday afternoon at the Job Gymnasium.

With the win, the Ravens improve to 7-4 overall. The victory was the 299th in head coach David Chadbourne's 21-year career on the men's sideline. He will go for win 300 in a few weeks when the crimson and grey return to action. Pierce finished their non-conference record with a 5-2 mark. Felician dropped to 4-7 in the defeat.

Fadojutimi was 12-of-16 (75%) shooting the rock including 6-of-9 (66.7%) from three. He corralled seven rebounds and blocked a personal-best six shots. It was his third game this year scoring 30+ points. He dumped in 16 of his 31 in the first stanza. Fellow team captain Falu Seck (Washington, D.C.) was the only other starter in double-figures with 16 markers and he manufactured four triples. Sean Fasoyiro (Houston, Texas) added 12 points in 24 minutes off the bench with a team-high tying seven rebounds, one steal, and one block.

Felician was paced by two 20+ point performances. Jay'von Jackson scored a team-high 24 points with 10 rebounds – four offensive in a double-double effort. Dee-End McRae produced 21 points and chipped in six rebounds for good effort.

FPU shot 51.6% from three and 49.2% from the floor, which was better than their counterparts; it was also the difference in the game.

Sean Bresnan (Yonkers, N.Y.) started the scoring for Pierce when he buried a left-wing three-ball and Jackson answered with a three of his own to tie the score. Another long-range connection by Felician put them in front 6-3, which led to a quick 30-second timeout by coach Chadbourne. After the stoppage, Fadojutimi converted a fast break one-handed layup off the window following a defensive board to bring with Ravens with one. A right corner three from Felician widened the gap to 9-5. Piece jumped back ahead 10-9 on the strength of five in a row including a Fasoyiro three-pointer. A 9-1 Felician run pushed them in front 18-11 after a Rachid Shimou mid-range jumper. Pierce immediately went on a 9-0 binge of their own to regain the one score lead 20-18 as Felician stopped play with a timeout.

Following the timeout, freshman forward Antonio Chandler (Piscataway, N.J.) and Fadojutimi knocked home treys to expand the Ravens lead 26-20. FPU continued to tack on points, part of their 23-5 run when Fadojutimi drained another three, this time from NBA range on the right-wing and sophomore guard Isaiah Moore (Temple Hills, Md.) buried the seventh triple of the half to move the margin to 34-23. FPU's edge grew to a high of 17 at the end of the first half, 46-29.

Felician started the second half outscoring the Ravens 9-3 to drop their deficit to 11, 49-38 off a Jeff Lewis coast to coast lay-in. The Falcons finally brought the score to under double-digits off a Nas Amos three and a McRae layup to make it 52-45 with 12:01 to go. The Ravens attempted to stop the momentum with a timeout and pushed their advantage back to 13, 58-45 when Fadojutimi drained back-to-back threes from the top of the point. Felician answered with seven in a row to bring it to a two-possession game, however, Fadojutimi knocked down another three to stop the scoring run.

Both teams traded three-pointers, Jackson hit a three from the corner while being fouled, but he missed the freebie then Jackson connected on another three-pointer to make it a three-point game, 61-58. Seck countered with a layup until Jackson put his team down two, 63-61 swishing a trey. Felician took a 30-second timeout and Seck sank a huge long-range attempt to regain the five-point, 66-61 edge. With 4:11 to go, Fadojutimi hit on his sixth three of the game to put Pierce on the brink of victory, 70-63. A Fasoyiro layup to moved Pierce ahead by 11 and iced the win.

The Ravens hit the court in 2020 when they welcome Saint Michael's College to The Fieldhouse on Saturday, January 4th at 3:30 p.m.

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