Felician Athletics - 1/26/10 MEN'S BASKETBALL - Felician Men Down Nyack Behind Obery, August

RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The Felician College men’s basketball team held visiting Nyack College to 28-percent shooting from the floor in the Golden Falcons’ 79-60 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference North Division victory on Tuesday night at Job Gymnasium.

Felician sophomore guard Antoine Obery (Roselle, NJ/Abraham Clark) registered game highs of 22 points, 16 rebounds and seven assists, plus blocked three shots. Obery, who had a double-double by halftime, was 8 for 12 from the floor. The Golden Falcons also received a season-high 20 points, eight rebounds and four assists from sophomore Andrew August (Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater-Raritan) (7-9 FG).

Felician (13-4, 6-2), which never trailed, jumped out to an 18-4 lead after six minutes of action and used a banked-in three-point field goal from Obery in the closing seconds of the first period to take a 37-27 halftime advantage. A 14-2 spurt, capped by consecutive August buckets, gave the Golden Falcons a 62-39 edge with 8:27 to play, and the lead grew as large as 24 points. Devon Young (Monmouth Junction, NJ/South Brunswick) scored 18 points for Felician and Suquan Gary (Paterson, NJ/PCTI) added 10.

Senior Andrew Williams (St. Louis, MO/Hazelwood East) paced Nyack (10-9, 5-3) with 18 points and 10 rebounds, and teammate Lafayette Curtis (Staten Island, NY) had 13 points and eight boards off the bench. Felician, which shot 49 percent for the night, enjoyed a 51-39 rebounding advantage. The Golden Falcons extended the best start in program history, and have won 14 consecutive home games dating back to last season.

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