Pouncy's Trifecta Lifts Owls Past Salem State, 94-93
Malik Pouncy drilled a three-pointer with seven seconds left in regulation to lift Westfield State University to a 94-93 win over league-leading Salem State in a MASCAC game at the Twohig Gymnasium in Salem on Saturday.
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
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47 | 47 | 94 |
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57 | 36 | 93 |
Team Stats
Salem St.
| Game Statistics | Westfield St. | Salem St. |
|---|---|---|
| Field Goals | (33-68) | (31-69) |
| Field Goal % | 48.5% | 44.9% |
| Rebounds | 37 | 44 |
| Assists | 12 | 16 |
| Turnovers | 16 | 22 |
| Pts off Turnovers | 28 | 16 |
| 2nd Chance Pts | 15 | 16 |
| Pts in the Paint | 50 | 36 |
| Fastbreak Pts | 14 | 2 |
| Bench Pts | 29 | 10 |
WESTFIELD, Mass. – Malik Pouncy (Springfield Commonwealth Academy/Mattapan, Mass.) drilled a three-pointer with seven seconds left in regulation to lift Westfield State University to a 94-93 win over league-leading Salem State in a MASCAC game at the Twohig Gymnasium in Salem on Saturday.
Pouncy's triple turned a 93-91 deficit into an Owls lead, and Westfield survived a pair of late Salem three point tries to secure the win. Westfield improves to 13-10 overall and 6-4 in the MASCAC and holds onto second place in the league standings. Salem is now 15-9 and 9-2 in the conference.
The game was nothing less than wild. The two teams combined for nine technical fouls, and three players fouled out. Salem led 57-47 at the half, and extended that lead to as many as 17, 86-69 after and Evan Mason layup with 7:03 to play.
The Vikings opened the door for Westfield with a series of fouls and technical fouls with 6:06 left in the game, that led to six straight free throws for the Owls. Vawn Lord (West Springfield/Amherst, Mass.) made 3 of 4 and Marcus Collins (Rindge and Latin/Cambridge, Mass.) drained two to trim the lead to 86-78 and lit the fuse for the Westfield comeback.
Westfield trimmed the lead to three with three minutes to play on a Collins layup, then tied the game at 91-all as Collins went 1-2 from the line with 46 seconds left.
On the ensuing possession, Salem standout guard Sean Bryan hit a pair free throws with 27 seconds left.
After an Owls timeout, Pouncy popped off a screen and Moody Bey (Monson/Springfield, Mass.) delivered the pass for what proved to be the game-winning shot.
Pouncy finished with 19 points. Lord led the Owls with 20. Jauch Green Jr. (Cromwell/Hartford, Conn.) the Owls leading scorer, fouled out with eight minutes left in the game with 16 points. Five Owl players finished with double figures in scoring in a balanced attack.
Bryan led the Vikings with 41 points. 6-7 Salem State center Hakeem Animashaun fouled out with six minutes left in regulation with 19 points and 14 rebounds.