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Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Five-Game Win Streak Snapped As Seahawks Fall 73-54 At Monmouth On Sunday Afternoon

Pictured Above: Redshirt senior forward Mike Aaman (Dave Saffran) 

Wagner College Sees Five-Game Win Streak Snapped At Monmouth U., 73-54 (Cormac Gordon, Staten Island Advance)

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West Long Branch, NJ – Playing in front of a loud, sellout crowd of 3,901, the Wagner men's basketball team trimmed Monmouth's lead to six points with 7:00 left in the game, before the Hawks pulled away for a 73-54 win at the Multipurpose Activity Center (MAC) on Sunday afternoon.

The loss snaps Wagner's (5-3) five-game win streak while Monmouth improves to 6-3 on the year.

Three Seahawks finished in double figures, led by redshirt senior forward Mike Aaman (Hazlet, NJ/Raritan [University of Rhode Island]), who tallied 12 points and a ties a season-best nine rebounds. Classmate Dwaun Anderson (Suttons Bay, MI/Suttons Bay [Michigan State]) and sophomore Romone Saunders (Temple Hills, MD/Potomac [Mt. Zion Prep]) each scored 11 points on the afternoon.

Four Monmouth players scored in double-digits, led by a game-high 19 point performance from Micah Seaborn, who was 6-of-11 from the field while draining 3-of-5 from long range in his 31 minutes of action.

MU's Chris Brady contributed 15 points and a team-leading eight caroms while recording a game-best four blocks in 22 minutes of play. Justin Robinson tallied 12 points and six rebounds for the Hawks while Deon Jones contributed 10 points and six rebounds in 23 minutes for the Hawks who own victories over UCLA, USC and Notre Dame.

The Seahawks held their only lead of the contest, 4-2, after Aaman was able to muster in two on a contested layup.  The lead remained within two possessions as Monmouth's Seaborn extended the score to 16-12 with 9:21 left in the first half.  Anderson brought the Green & White back with a left-wing three-pointer off a feed from Henson, as the visitors were down 16-15.

The Hawks countered with a 9-0 run over a nearly four-minute stretch, increasing the score to 25-15 with 4:46 showing on the first-half clock. Seaborn was instrumental to the run, capping it with a layup after hitting a three-pointer on the previous Monmouth possession.

Wagner was held to five points over the final 3:10 of the first half, as the visitors trailed 32-20 at the intermission. The Green & White were held to just 24.2 shooting in the opening frame while holding a 22-16 edge on the glass.

The Seahawks opened the second half with a pair of three-pointers by junior guard Corey Henson (Upper Marlboro, MD/DeMatha Catholic), which brought Wagner to within eight, 34-26. Monmouth, however, responded back with a 9-0 spurt to take a 17-point advantage, 43-26, after Seaborn drilled a pair of free-throws.

Wagner tenaciously fought back with an 18-8 run, that was cemented  when Saunders launched a top-of-the-key three-pointer while being fouled in the process. The second-year guard, who posted two "four-point plays" a season ago at home against Rider, stepped up to the charity stripe and rattled in the free throw in cutting the deficit to just seven, 51-44, with 11:12 remaining in the contest.

After Colin Stewart drained a three-pointer to push the Monmouth lead back up to 10 at 54-44, Wagner scored eight of the next 12 points when Aaman banked in a layup with 7:00 left, making it a six-point game contest at 58-52.

This would be the closest would get as the Hawks closed out the game by scoring 13 of the final 15 points en route to the 19-point victory.

For the game, the Seahawks were held to just 32.8 percent shooting from the field while converting just 25.0 percent from beyond the arc (6-of-24).  Wagner held the advantage on the boards, 40-31 while Monmouth turned15 turnovers into 22 points, with 14 coming on fast breaks.

The Green & White continue their season-long four-game road stretch by facing their third straight Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) opponent, the Fairfield University Stags. The Seahawks and Stags will tip off in Bridgeport, CT at Webster Bank Arena on Friday, December 18 at 7:00 p.m.

A free, live audio stream of the game will be available on wagnerathletics.com with Joey Wahler on the call courtside.

Follow Wagner Athletics on Facebook (facebook.com/WagnerAthletics), Twitter (@wagnerathletics), Instagram (@wagnerathletics) and YouTube (@WagnerSeahawks) for all the latest news and updates on the athletic department. Follow Wagner MBasketball on Twitter (@Wagner_MBB) for the latest news and updates on the 2015-16 Wagner Men's Basketball team and head coach Bashir Mason (@BashirMason) for news on the fourth-year head coach.  
 
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