UDC Men’s Basketball Falls at Roberts Wesleyan, 78-60

ROCHESTER, NY – A red-hot start by the Redhawks led to a 27-6 Roberts Wesleyan advantage a little over 10 minutes into the game, and the Firebirds could never work their way back as they suffered a 78-60 loss to Roberts Wesleyan in East Coast Conference play Sunday afternoon at the Voller Athletic Center.

Junior transfer guard Erin Senegal (Political Science – Lafayette, LA/Caldwell) led three Firebird scorers in double-figures with 13 points in just 16 minutes of action off of the bench. Starting point guard Quasim Jones (Media Arts – Philadelphia, PA/Johnson CC) added 11 points and a team-best three assists, and his starting backcourt mate Michael Terry (Criminal Justice – Philadelphia, PA/Boston U) contributed 10 points and six rebounds.

The Firebirds shot a cold, 33-percent (18-of-54) from the field, including just 5-of-20 (25-percent) from three-point range. They were also out-rebounded by RWC, 47-35.

The Redhawks, who had lost five of their previous six games, improved to 9-10 overall and 5-8 in league play with today's win. They were led by forwards Isaac Medeiros (25 points, seven rebounds) and Tyrel Dixon (15 points, six rebounds, five assists).

Roberts Wesleyan out-scored UDC in the paint, 32-6 during the first half (52-20 for the game) thanks to a 22-12 rebounding advantage, and the Redhawks out-shot UDC, 51-percent to 30-percent from the field en-route to a commanding 44-25 halftime advantage.

The Redhawks wasted no time putting the game out of reach as they opened the second half on a 13-4 run to take their largest lead of the game, 57-29 at the 16:15 mark. From there, they would cruise to an 18-point victory, 78-60.

UDC (4-18, 4-10) will look to snap its four-game losing streak when it hosts ECC foe Queens on Wednesday night, February 11^th, at 7 p.m.