Fanshawe Men’s Basketball Team Falls to No. 13 St. Clair

(London, Ontario) – The Fanshawe Falcons Men's Basketball team (1-2) fell to the No. 13 CCAA ranked St. Clair Saints (3-0) on Tuesday evening at home by a score of 98-90.

The Falcons and Saints exchanged points to open the game. Back-to-back triples from Fanshawe rookie Aidan Whalen (Cambridge, ON) gave the home team a slight advantage. The Falcons continued to pour on the pressure with fast break points from Aldin Malkic (London, ON) assisted by Edge Capuno (Winnipeg, MB). The Birds held a 23-17 lead after the first quarter.

In the second frame, St. Clair came out strong and cut Fanshawe's lead to one, 26-25. Dante Richards (Oakville, ON) then had a shot from beyond the arc to keep the Falcons ahead. The Saints started to get hot from three point range, but the red and white would stay close with a put back from Faris Adamou (Mississauga, ON). After a fast-paced second quarter, the score was 50-49 for the Saints. Whalen had an outstanding first half, with 22 points on 8 of 12 from the field.

Adrian Stevens (Toronto, ON) scored five consecutive points for the Falcons to start the third quarter. St. Clair then began to show why they are ranked 13^th in Canada, scoring seven unanswered points to take the lead. Despite a triple from Richards, the Falcons found themselves down 74-64 going into the final frame.

Fanshawe cut St. Clair's lead down to five after a Whalen put-back and free throws from Stevens. A huge block from Adamou, followed by a layup from Richards kept the Falcons within six points. Unfortunately, St. Clair grabbed a timely offensive rebound to seal the deal, and won the game 98-90.

Whalen recorded a game-high 31 points and added 11 rebounds. Richards and Stevens had 18 and 17 points respectively. Up next, Fanshawe will travel to Niagara to face the Knights (1-1) at 8:00 p.m. The game can be streamed at www.fanshawefalcons.ca/watchlive.

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