NEW YORK – The FDU-Florham men's basketball team fell 76-71 to John Jay on the road Tuesday night despite a 42-point second half and double-digit point efforts from four Devils. 
 
DEVILS HIGHLIGHTS

• Mac Creek led all FDU scorers with 18 points as he finished 3-for-7 from three and 7-for-10 from the stripe. 
• Chris Smith tallied his second double-double of the year with a 15-point and 10-rebound effort. 
• Frankie Denvir put up 12 points and eight boards with four assists. 
• Noah Pagan managed 10 points for his first double-digit game of the season. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Bloodhounds struck first as the game's top scorer Jamir Stewart put John Jay up 3-0 just a minute and a half into the game with his first of six triples in the contest. 
• It was back-and-forth for much of the first half, but after Creek put the Devils ahead 24-20 with a layup at the 6:13 mark, FDU went cold. 
• The Bloodhounds went on a 9-0 run after three straight threes to take a 31-24 lead with 2:44 left to play in the half. 
• Gino Romano answered with a three himself, but John Jay finished the half on a 9-2 run to take a 40-29 lead into the break. 
• In the second half, the Devils continued to trail by as many as 19 as John Jay took a 63-44 lead with 9:33 left in regulation. 
• A trey from Creek followed by a layup from O'Malley King and two free throws from Creek cut the FDU deficit to 13, 67-54 by the 6:35 mark. 
• Then, with less than 3:00 to play, the buckets started falling for the Devils as Smith put two layups off the glass followed by two more free throws from Mac and a jay from Denvir to put FDU withing six, 70-64, with 2:08 left to play.  
• The Devils offense gave it one last push in the final 1:00 as Denvir laid one in and Creek hit a triple to make it a five-point game with 22 seconds left, but a five-point game was the closest FDU would make it.  

GAME NOTES 

• Tuesday's game was Smith's sixth double-digit point game of the year
• This was Denvir's fourth double digit-point performance and the sophomore's second straight game with five or more steals.
• It was FDU's best free throw percentage of the season when going to the line 14 times or more (.778)

UP NEXT
FDU returns to the floor on Monday, Dec. 1 as the Devils host Medgar Evers. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
 
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