Thomas scores 29 as San Francisco knocks off Mercyhurst 87-59
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Malik Thomas had 29 points in San Francisco's 87-59 victory against Mercyhurst on Sunday night.
Thomas also contributed four steals for the Dons (6-2). Carlton Linguard scored 14 points, going 5 of 7 and 3 of 5 from the free-throw line. Tyrone Riley IV had 13 points and went 5 of 8 from the field (1 for 4 from 3-point range).
Jeff Planutis led the way for the Lakers (5-5) with 19 points. Mercyhurst also got 14 points and four steals from Bernie Blunt. Shemar Rathan-Mayes also recorded 11 points.
Linguard scored nine points in the first half and San Francisco went into the break trailing 36-32. Thomas' 20-point second half helped San Francisco finish off the 28-point victory.
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Time | Team | Play | Score | |
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20:00 | Â | Max Jusianiec vs. Carlton Linguard Jr. (Tyrone Riley IV gains possession) | Â | |
19:44 | +2 | Carlton Linguard Jr. makes two point layup | 0-2 | |
19:25 | Â | Aidan Reichert misses two point hook shot | Â | |
19:23 | Â | Carlton Linguard Jr. defensive rebound | Â | |
19:04 | Â | Marcus Williams turnover (lost ball) (Bernie Blunt III steals) | Â | |
19:00 | Â | Bernie Blunt III turnover (bad pass) (Tyrone Riley IV steals) | Â | |
18:49 | Â | Marcus Williams misses three point jump shot | Â | |
18:47 | Â | Bernie Blunt III defensive rebound | Â | |
18:19 | Â | Marcus Williams personal foul (Max Jusianiec draws the foul) | Â | |
18:02 | +2 | Shemar Rathan-Mayes makes two point jump shot | 2-2 | |
17:40 | Â | Malik Thomas turnover (bad pass) (Bernie Blunt III steals) | Â | |
17:35 | Â | Bernie Blunt III misses two point layup | Â | |
17:33 | Â | Ndewedo Newbury defensive rebound | Â | |
17:15 | +3 | Carlton Linguard Jr. makes three point jump shot (Ndewedo Newbury assists) | 2-5 | |
16:55 | +3 | Max Jusianiec makes three point jump shot (Aidan Reichert assists) | 5-5 | |
16:38 | +2 | Malik Thomas makes two point layup (Carlton Linguard Jr. assists) | 5-7 | |
16:04 | Â | Lakers turnover (shot clock violation) | Â | |
15:54 | Â | Carlton Linguard Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Aidan Reichert steals) | Â | |
15:49 | +2 | Jeff Planutis makes two point layup | 7-7 | |
15:39 | +3 | Malik Thomas makes three point jump shot (Marcus Williams assists) | 7-10 | |
15:08 | +3 | Jeff Planutis makes three point jump shot | 10-10 | |
14:51 | Â | Junjie Wang misses two point layup | Â | |
14:49 | Â | Junjie Wang offensive rebound | Â | |
14:46 | +2 | Junjie Wang makes two point layup | 10-12 | |
14:24 | Â | Junjie Wang personal foul (Aidan Reichert draws the foul) | Â | |
14:24 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
14:16 | Â | Malik Thomas blocks Jeff Planutis's two point layup | Â | |
14:14 | Â | James O'Donnell defensive rebound | Â | |
14:09 | Â | Jason Rivera-Torres misses two point jump shot | Â | |
14:07 | Â | Junjie Wang offensive rebound | Â | |
14:06 | Â | Mykolas Ivanauskas shooting foul (Junjie Wang draws the foul) | Â | |
14:06 | Â | Junjie Wang misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â | |
14:06 | Â | Junjie Wang misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | Â | |
14:06 | Â | Mykolas Ivanauskas defensive rebound | Â | |
13:38 | Â | Jake Lemelman misses three point jump shot | Â | |
13:36 | Â | James O'Donnell defensive rebound | Â | |
13:21 | Â | James O'Donnell turnover (traveling) | Â | |
13:04 | Â | Bernie Blunt III turnover (lost ball) (Ryan Beasley steals) | Â | |
12:52 | +2 | Malik Thomas makes two point jump shot | 10-14 | |
12:29 | Â | Bernie Blunt III misses two point layup | Â | |
12:27 | Â | James O'Donnell defensive rebound | Â | |
12:19 | Â | Ryan Beasley misses three point jump shot | Â | |
12:17 | Â | Jason Rivera-Torres offensive rebound | Â | |
12:12 | Â | Jason Rivera-Torres turnover (lost ball) (Mykolas Ivanauskas steals) | Â | |
12:10 | Â | Junjie Wang personal foul (Mykolas Ivanauskas draws the foul) | Â | |
11:45 | +3 | Bernie Blunt III makes three point jump shot (Christian Gamble assists) | 13-14 | |
11:25 | Â | James O'Donnell misses two point jump shot | Â | |
11:23 | Â | Junjie Wang offensive rebound | Â | |
11:19 | Â | Malik Thomas misses three point jump shot | Â | |
11:17 | Â | Mykolas Ivanauskas defensive rebound | Â | |
11:02 | +2 | Bernie Blunt III makes two point layup (Max Jusianiec assists) | 15-14 | |
11:00 | Â | Dons 30 second timeout | Â | |
11:00 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
10:52 | +3 | Tyrone Riley IV makes three point jump shot (Marcus Williams assists) | 15-17 | |
10:32 | +2 | Bernie Blunt III makes two point layup (Jake Lemelman assists) | 17-17 | |
10:13 | Â | Tyrone Riley IV misses three point jump shot | Â | |
10:11 | Â | Mykolas Ivanauskas defensive rebound | Â | |
10:01 | Â | Bernie Blunt III misses two point layup | Â | |
9:59 | Â | Tyrone Riley IV defensive rebound | Â | |
9:58 | Â | Tyrone Riley IV turnover (lost ball) (Bernie Blunt III steals) | Â | |
9:57 | +2 | Bernie Blunt III makes two point layup | 19-17 | |
9:50 | Â | Malik Thomas misses three point jump shot | Â | |
9:48 | Â | Bernie Blunt III defensive rebound | Â | |
9:33 | Â | Malik Thomas personal foul (Bernie Blunt III draws the foul) | Â | |
9:16 | Â | Carlton Linguard Jr. blocks Jake Lemelman's two point layup | Â | |
9:14 | Â | Ryan Beasley defensive rebound | Â | |
9:07 | +2 | Malik Thomas makes two point layup (Carlton Linguard Jr. assists) | 19-19 | |
8:44 | +2 | Jeff Planutis makes two point layup (Max Jusianiec assists) | 21-19 | |
8:24 | +2 | Marcus Williams makes two point layup (Malik Thomas assists) | 21-21 | |
8:04 | +2 | Max Jusianiec makes two point layup (Shemar Rathan-Mayes assists) | 23-21 | |
7:31 | Â | Marcus Williams misses two point jump shot | Â | |
7:29 | Â | Aidan Reichert defensive rebound | Â | |
6:58 | Â | Lakers turnover (shot clock violation) | Â | |
6:58 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
6:48 | Â | Marcus Williams turnover (bad pass) (Shemar Rathan-Mayes steals) | Â | |
6:45 | +2 | Shemar Rathan-Mayes makes two point layup | 25-21 | |
6:45 | Â | Ryan Beasley shooting foul (Shemar Rathan-Mayes draws the foul) | Â | |
6:45 | +1 | Shemar Rathan-Mayes makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 26-21 | |
6:23 | +3 | Robby Beasley makes three point jump shot (Ryan Beasley assists) | 26-24 | |
6:23 | Â | Jake Lemelman shooting foul (Robby Beasley draws the foul) | Â | |
6:23 | Â | Robby Beasley misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | Â | |
6:23 | Â | Jeff Planutis defensive rebound | Â | |
6:04 | +2 | Aidan Reichert makes two point layup | 28-24 | |
5:48 | Â | Ryan Beasley misses three point jump shot | Â | |
5:46 | Â | James Thomas defensive rebound | Â | |
5:20 | Â | Bernie Blunt III misses two point layup | Â | |
5:18 | Â | Junjie Wang defensive rebound | Â | |
5:17 | Â | Junjie Wang turnover (traveling) | Â | |
5:02 | Â | Christian Gamble turnover (lost ball) (Tyrone Riley IV steals) | Â | |
5:01 | Â | Christian Gamble personal foul (Tyrone Riley IV draws the foul) | Â | |
4:47 | +2 | Ryan Beasley makes two point layup | 28-26 | |
4:33 | Â | Tyrone Riley IV personal foul (Christian Gamble draws the foul) | Â | |
4:17 | Â | Aidan Reichert misses two point layup | Â | |
4:15 | Â | Ndewedo Newbury defensive rebound | Â | |
3:56 | Â | Aidan Reichert shooting foul (Junjie Wang draws the foul) | Â | |
3:56 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
3:56 | Â | Junjie Wang misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â | |
3:56 | Â | Junjie Wang misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | Â | |
3:56 | Â | Junjie Wang offensive rebound | Â | |
3:36 | +2 | Carlton Linguard Jr. makes two point layup (Tyrone Riley IV assists) | 28-28 | |
3:36 | Â | Jake Lemelman shooting foul (Carlton Linguard Jr. draws the foul) | Â | |
3:36 | Â | Carlton Linguard Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | Â | |
3:36 | Â | Mykolas Ivanauskas defensive rebound | Â | |
3:13 | +2 | Shemar Rathan-Mayes makes two point jump shot | 30-28 | |
3:00 | Â | Bernie Blunt III shooting foul (Ryan Beasley draws the foul) | Â | |
3:00 | Â | Ryan Beasley misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â | |
3:00 | Â | Ryan Beasley misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | Â | |
3:00 | Â | Jeff Planutis defensive rebound | Â | |
2:32 | +3 | Bernie Blunt III makes three point jump shot (James Thomas assists) | 33-28 | |
2:06 | +2 | Carlton Linguard Jr. makes two point hook shot | 33-30 | |
1:47 | +3 | Jeff Planutis makes three point jump shot (Aidan Reichert assists) | 36-30 | |
1:35 | Â | Tyrone Riley IV misses three point jump shot | Â | |
1:33 | Â | Aidan Reichert defensive rebound | Â | |
1:06 | Â | Christian Gamble misses two point jump shot | Â | |
1:04 | Â | Carlton Linguard Jr. defensive rebound | Â | |
0:56 | Â | Ryan Beasley misses two point jump shot | Â | |
0:54 | Â | Aidan Reichert defensive rebound | Â | |
0:26 | Â | Ndewedo Newbury blocks Aidan Reichert's two point layup | Â | |
0:24 | Â | Carlton Linguard Jr. defensive rebound | Â | |
0:04 | +2 | Tyrone Riley IV makes two point layup (Ryan Beasley assists) | 36-32 | |
0:00 | Â | End of period | Â |