Lancaster, Pa. (November 14) – The FDU-Florham men's basketball team dropped an 83-59 decision to Baruch College on day two of the William Marshall Tournament on the campus of Franklin & Marshall College last night.

For his efforts over the two day event, graduate student Oliver Ortman (North Caldwell, NJ) was named to the 2021 William Marshall All-Tournament Team. Ortman paced the effort for the Devils against Baruch with 17 points on 7-for-15 shooting from the floor to go along with four boards, six assists and a steal.
 
FDU jumped out to an early 7-2 edge following a driving layup by Ortman, but over the next six minutes Baruch worked back for its first lead of the contest at 16-14 midway through the first half after a three pointer by Jack Reese.
 
Both teams traded baskets and knotted the score up at 23-23 with 7:15 remaining on the clock. During the brief run for FDU, the Devils received two points from four different student-athletes including Ortman, Shawn Summers Jr. (Montclair, NJ), Brian Nichols (Roxbury, NJ) and Michael Dabas (Middletown, NJ).

Baruch scored the final 11 points of the first half as the Bearcats held a 34-23 lead at the break. The Bearcats upped the pressure and went on a 10-3 run over the first three minutes of the second half to earn its largest lead of the game to that point at 18, 44-26.

The Devils were able to cut their deficit to 12 at 51-39 following a three pointer by Matthew Johnson with 8:09 to play, but once again Baruch answered and went on to win the game by an 83-59 final.

Johnson posted 14 points and a season-high eight rebounds in the setback for the Devils adding to Ortman's 17 point four rebound effort.
 
As a team, FDU shot 45.3-percent (24-for-53) from the floor, 34.6-percent (9-for-26) from behind the arc and 25.0-percent (2-for-8) from the free throw line. The Devils were able to score 26 points in the paint  and registered 13 points from their bench players.

FDU (1-2) will continue its road swing to open the 2021-22 campaign with a trip to Hunter College on Wednesday, November 17 at 6:00 pm.

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