'On This Day' Men’s Basketball Takes Third Straight and Sixth of Last Seven
'On This Day' is a Wells College Athletics feature series taking a look back on events that occurred on this day, Feb. 1, nine years ago in 2012.
AURORA, N.Y. – The Wells College men's basketball team earned their third-straight victory holding off the Cazenovia College Wildcats 60-58 in North Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball action Wednesday evening, Feb. 1, 2012, in Aurora. The Express have now won six of their last seven, improving their conference record to 7-4 and maintaining second place in the NEAC North Division with just four games remaining.
EJ Taylor scored 13 of his game-high 19 points in the second half to pace the Express. Andre Sawyers added 14 points, eight rebounds, and three blocks, while Terry Harrison finished with 13 points and nine rebounds for Wells.
Tied 54-54 with 2:55 to play, Harrison finished two lay-ups, including a strong move inside with defenders draped all over him to give Wells a 58-54 lead with 1:43 to play. Two free-throws by the Wildcats brought them to within two (58-56). On the ensuing play, Harrison drew a foul and two free-throws, hitting one-of-two to extend the Express lead back to three (59-56) but Cazenovia drew within one (59-58) with 15-seconds to play.
On the inbounds, the Wildcats fouled Sawyers sending him to line. After hitting one of two shots to give Wells a two point advantage (60-58) the Wildcats pushed the ball up the floor with 13-seconds remaining, however, a suffocating Wells defense forced Cazenovia into a poor 15-footer from the baseline that clanged off the rim and innocently into the hands of Dave Foltz for the victory.
Overall, Cazenovia finished 38 percent from the field while finishing 14-16 from the foul line and holding the advantage on the boards 40-33. Wells shot 53.6 percent from the field in the second half, and finished shooting 36.8 for the game, including 4-11 from long range.
Boxscore: https://wells-express.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/boxscores/20120201_qpa0.xml?view=boxscore
