YORK, PA – The York College men's basketball team made some clutch plays late to hold off Hobart 65-59 in the opener for both squads on Saturday in Wolf Gymnasium.
The Spartans got a huge three pointer from Tate Landis off a scramble play with just under three minutes to give York some breathing room as they were able to close out the game.
The Spartans are now 1-0 overall while the Statesmen fall to 0-1.
How It Happened
• The Statesmen opened the game by outscoring York 13-7 over the first five minutes of the contest. The Spartans fashioned a 17-3 run that covered 7:42 as the Green and White took a 24-16 lead. Jayden Rowe, Pat Gilhool, and Nick Schroeder each had a three on the run. In fact, the Spartans had seven different players score on the spurt. The Statesmen responded by scoring 10 of the final 16 points of the half, trimming their halftime deficit to 30-26.
• York opened the second half with a pair of Rowe triples which quickly pushed the Spartan lead to ten just 49 seconds out of the intermission. The threes started a 12-5 run as the Spartans had an 11-point lead just over four minutes into the half.
• Hobart kept chipping away at the Spartan lead but York pushed their advantage back to 11 on a Gilhool lay-up. The Spartan then built the lead to a game-high 15 at 56-41 with 9:49 left. However, the Spartans went ice cold from the field as Hobart scored 12 of the next 13 points, slicing the York lead to four with 3:59 left in the game. Tate Landis hit a huge three off a scramble with 2:46 left to push the lead back to seven. That triple started a quick 6-0 spurt that increased the Spartan lead back to ten with 1:23 left. After a Monty Nedd lay-up for Hobart, Jackson Mascari hit two free throws with 56 seconds left to put York up ten. The Statesmen scored the final four points of the game but they ran out of time as the Spartans picked up the season opening win.
By the Numbers
The Spartans shot 51.1% from the floor (24-for-47) from the floor including 34.6% (9-for-26) from three … Hobart shot 37.3% (22-for-59) from the field including 30.8% (4-for-13) from three … both teams were awful from the free throw line as York shot 38.1% (8-for-21) while the Statesmen were just a touch better at 52.4% as they were 11-for-21 … Hobart handled the Spartans on the glass as the Statesmen held a significant 44-27 margin on the backboards … Hobart had an 18-4 bulge in offensive rebounds which led to the Statesmen having 12 more field goal attempts … York led for 83.4% (33:22) of the game … Hobart had a 10-9 edge in assists while the Statesmen turned the ball over 16 times to just 12 for York … York turned the 16 Hobart turnovers into 18 points while York's miscues only cost them eight points … the Spartans blocked nine shots in the win … Hobart had a 30-28 edge in points in the paint … Monty Nedd led the Statesmen off the bench with 15 points, two rebounds, three assists and five steals in his 26 minutes of play … Dorian Paki added 10 points and seven rebounds to the Hobart attack … Carter Meshanic pulled in a game-high 13 rebounds for the Statesmen.
Spartan Notes
The meeting was the first between the two programs … the Spartans' nine blocked shots were their most since December 12, 2023 when they had nine in a 73-66 loss at Rochester … the Spartans were led by junior guard Jayden Rowe as he tallied 16 points to go along with six rebounds, two assists, four blocked shots and one steal … Rowe was 6-for-10 from the floor and 3-for-6 from three … Rowe's four blocked shots tied a career high that was set against SUNY Poly on December 16, 2023 … senior Kai Cipalla added 13 points, four rebounds, one blocked shot and two steals in his 31 minutes of work … senior Jackson Mascari tallied nine points, four rebounds, two assists, two blocked shots and two steals … Ben Troyer and Colin Treude made their Spartan debuts in the win … Troyer had seven points as he was 2-for-2 from three and 1-for-2 from the stripe … the home game for the Spartans will be their last until they return home on December 20 to host their annual Spartan Classic Tournament … York will play their next five games on the road.
Up Next
The Spartans head down Route 83 on Tuesday as they head to Baltimore, Maryland to square off against Johns Hopkins in their annual regional tilt. Tip time at Goldfarb Gym is set for 7:30 pm.