New York, NY (November 23)- Men's Basketball lost in game one of the NYU Basketball Tournament against Western New England University, 86-62. The Devils record falls to 2-3 while the Golden Bears improve to 3-2.

THE RUNDOWN
This was the tail of two halves for FDU, finishing with the lead at the end of the first half, 40-36 but being outscored 50-22 in half two.  Junior Oliver Ortman led the offense for the Devils in the first half, scoring 15 points on 6-of-12 (50%) from the field, knocking down three shots from behind the arc. Seniors Kenneth LaRocca (11 pts, 4-7 FG) and Andy Fleurantin (8 pts, 3-5 FG) contributed a combined 19 points for the FDU offense.

Western New England was nearly unstoppable in the second half, shooting 64.5% from the field and 50% from three. They were led by Alex Sikorski who scored 18 points in the second half, shooting 7-of-9 (77%) from the field.

LEAD DEVIL
Ortman finished with 21 points on 9-of-18 (50%) shooting in 33 minutes of play. This is the third time in five games played that the junior has scored over 20 points on better than 50% shooting from the field.

FROM COACH
"Tonight, showed both the really good and the bad that we're capable of. For 20 minutes we were really good but once shots stopped falling, our energy level dropped significantly. Until we can play hard, make or miss, for 40 minutes, we're going to continue to be very streaky and very inconsistent". – Head Coach Jeff Slanovec

UP NEXT
The Devils play game two of the NYU Tournament against Wells College with tip-off set for 12pm.