Box Score

IMMACULATA, Pa.- The Immaculata men's basketball team saw its three game winning streak come to an end on Saturday afternoon with an 84-69 loss at Arcadia (5-4) in a contest the Mighty Macs (3-4) never led.
 
Senior Mamadou Diakite continued his recent string of outstanding play with 21 points and eight rebounds (both team-highs) on 6-of-11 shooting from the field and 9-of-16 from the free throw stripe.  Sophomore Roy Ferrell Jr. chipped in with 12 points and four rebounds, while freshman Joshua Smith had 10 points and five rebounds.
 
Overall, the Mighty Macs shot 27-for-61 (44.3%) from the field and 5-for-22 (22.7%) from beyond the arc while outrebounding the Knights, 34-31.
 
Arcadia controlled much of the first half as they never saw their lead go below four points beyond the 13:16 mark of the first half.  Their advantage was as large as 16 at 39-23, but the Mighty Macs closed the half on a mini 7-2 spurt to make it 41-30 at the break.
 
In the second half, the Mighty Macs battled hard to get back into the game.  After the Knights swelled their lead to 48-35 with 16:48 to go in the game, the Mighty Macs ripped off a 12-0 run to make it a one-point game with plenty of time remaining.  A breakaway layup by junior Rodney Duncan (six points) followed by an offensive rebound put back by sophomore Matt Simon (five points) made it 48-39 and IU wasn't done there.
 
Diakite scored the next six points including a traditional three-point play before junior Ron Melton scored on an offensive rebound to make it 48-47 with 12:25 to go as the Mighty Macs had held Arcadia scoreless for four minutes.
 
Unfortunately, the Knights responded with an 11-0 spurt of their own over the next three minutes to make it 59-47 with 9:03 to go.  The Mighty Macs would get as close as seven points at 64-57 with 5:12 to go, but Arcadia would put it away by going to the line 33 times in the game for the 84-69 win.
 
Immaculata will stay in non-conference play with their last game before the holiday break on Thursday against Alvernia at 7 p.m. at Alumnae Hall.