William Rainey capitalizes on foe’s foul trouble at NJCAAs

Jesse Fardner scored a game-high 20 points to lead four William Rainey Harper College (Ill.) players in double figures as the Hawks defeated Gateway CC (Conn.), 72-66, in an NJCAA Division III quarterfinal Thursday at SUNY-Delhi.

The Lions (18-9) had two players foul out and finished the game with four players on the court.

The Hawks (26-6) received 17 points from Dane Cruz and 13 from Brandon Jung.

Matt Dickens led Gateway with 16 points.

William Rainey plays Gloucester County College (N.J.) in a semifinal at 8 tonight.

Gateway faces Finger Lakes CC at 3 today.

[an error occurred while processing this directive]WILLIAM RAINEY 72, GATEWAY 66

WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER COLLEGE (26-6): Dane Cruz 6-15 5-9 17; Matt Monaghan 3-10 4-6 12; Jesse Farder 6-10 6-8 20; David Padilla 0-1 0-0 0; Dan Borchers 1-2 2-3 4; Daniel Stone 3-4 0-2 6; Brandon Jung 6-14 1-3 13. TOTALS: 25-56 18-33 72

GATEWAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE: ShaRon Young 5-12 1-2 14; Aurimas Sorys 1-8 0-0 3; Andre Edwin 3-4 2-3 8; Edvinas Inkrata 4-5 2-2 12; Damian Martin 1-2 0-1 2; Tocari Davis 5-11 0-2 11; Matthew Dickens 6-17 2-2 16 TOTALS: 25-59 7-12 66.

Halftime: Gateway, 38-37. Three-point goals: Harper (Monaghan 2, Farder 2); Gateway: (Young 3 Sorys, Inkrata 2, Davis, Dickens 2).

Gloucester 68, Finger Lakes 58
Travis Gale and Mike McDonald scored 11 points apiece as Gloucester (N.J.) County College defeated Finger Lakes CC in a quarterfinal.

Eight Roadrunners (24-7) scored at least six points.

Ryan Henry had 17 points to lead the Lakers (25-8).

GLOUCESTER 68, FINGER LAKES 58

FINGER LAKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE (25-8): Larry King 0-1 2-2 2; Ian Milam 0-2 0-0 0; Ryan Henry 4-13 5-7 17; Brandon Anderson 2-9 0-0 5; Ryan Wesser 6-10 0-1 15; Juan Paulino 7-9 2-6 16; Akeem Anthony 0-10 0-3 0; Rob Hudson 1-1 0-0 3; Chris Herpich 0-1 0-0 0 TOTALS: 20-56 9-19 58.

GLOUCESTER COUNTY COLLEGE (24-7): Travis Gale 5-12 1-3 11; Dominic Williams 0-2 0-0 0; Mike McDonald 4-10 2-3 11; James Cook 3-5 2-2 9; Kyle Wakefield 5-8 0-0 10; Kenny Harris 3-9 0-0 6; Jarbarry Moore 3-7 0-2 7; Larry Morris 2-5 2-2 6; Ernie Mack 3-4 2-4 8 Total: 28-62 9-16 68

Halftime: Gloucester, 35-25. Three-point field goals: Finger Lakes (Henry 4, Anderson, Wesser 3, Hudson); Gloucester (McDonald, Cook, Moore).

North Lake 82, Suffolk 73

Kevin Amend scored 19 points to lead North Lake College of Texas to a quarterfinal victory over Suffolk CC.

Chris Aqwumaro scored 16 points, including a dunk with 5 minutes, 38 seconds left in the first half that gave the Blazers (19-14) a 42-23 lead.

Suffolk (20-9), which received a game-high 24 points from Ryan Freely, narrowed its deficit to 46-39 by halftime, but its comeback attempt fell short as two players fouled out in the second half.

North Lake plays Rochester (Minn.) Community and Technical College in a semifinal at 6 tonight. Suffolk plays at 1 today against Montgomery (Md.) College-Rockville.

NORTH LAKE 82, SUFFOLK 73

SUFFOLK COMMUNITY COLLEGE (20-9): Alvin Viccican 4-7 3-4 12; Ryan Schlachter 2-7 0-0 5; Kavardas Robertson 3-7 5-5 11; Desean Gist 4-14 4-7 12; Chucka Iloegbu 3-8 2-3 9; Ryan Freely 6-15 8-9 24 Total: 22-58 22-28 73.

NORTH LAKE COLLEGE (19-14): Preston McCarter 5-11 2-2 16; Erik Villareal 1-4 1-2 3; Brandon Brooks 0-1 2-2 2; Lorenzo Anthony 4-9 4-7 12; Frederick Eshon 4-5 0-0 12; Chris Aqwumaro 6-10 4-8 16; Kingsley Iheke 1-2 0-0 2; Kevin Amend 7-15 5-9 19 Total: 28-57 18-32 82.

Halftime: North Lake, 46-39. Three-point field goals: Suffolk (Vicican, Schlachter, Iloegbu, Freely 4); North Lake (McCarter 4, Eshon 4).

Rochester 103, Montgomery 72

Lucas Blood’s 20 points led six Rochester (Minn.) Community and Technical College players in double figures in the Yellowjackets’ quarterfinal victory over Montgomery (Md.) College-Rockville.

Rochester (22-9), which made 41 of 67 shots from the floor for the game, led, 59-28, at halftime.

Fred Lyles led the Knights (15-15) with 19 points.

ROCHESTER 103, MONTGOMERY 72

MONTGOMERY COLLEGE-ROCKVILLE (15-15): David Jones 5-5 2-2 12; Fred Lyles 9-16 1-7 19; Bilal Baisa 2-6 0-0 7; Beyagi Batchilly 6-14 2-3 14; Aaron Wilson 3-9 3-4 11; Andrew Ryan 0-3 2-2 2; Jonathan Watkins 1-3 1-2 3; Sylvester Brooks 2-11 2-2 6. TOTALS: 28-70 13-22 72.

ROCHESTER COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE (22-9): Corey Ryan 6-9 0-0 12; Joey Kollar 8-11 1-2 17; Brett Schernecker 4-5 0-1 8; Sean Clarke 3-6 4-4 11; Cory Lott 5-8 5-7 15; Matt Gangelhoff 6-8 2-4 16; Bob Burmester 1-3 0-0 2; Lucas Blood 7-13 3-4 20; Kyle Dessner 1-1 0-0 2. Total: 41-67 15-24 103

Halftime: Rochester, 59-28. Three-point field goals: Montgomery (Baisa, Wilson 2); Rochester (Clarke, Ganglehoff 2, Blood 3).