HAMBURG, N.Y. – John Carroll University earned their second Hawks Against Hunger championship, securing a 100-79 victory over Hilbert College this afternoon in the 11th Annual Tip-Off Tourney title game.
 
SUNY Canton, making their program's first appearance in the tourney, beat Keuka College in the 1:00 pm consolation game.
 
Danny Santana from Canton and Will Tehan from Keuka joined Hilbert's freshman F Jahmel Demery as well as John Carroll's Chase Toppin and Jackson Sartain on the All-Tournament Team.
 
THE BASICS

• Consolation: Canton 89 – Keuka 81
• Championship: John Carroll 100 – Hilbert 79
• Location:  Hafner Recreation Center, Hamburg, N.Y.

HIGHLIGHTS
 

• Jahmel Demery earned his first collegiate double-double with 20 points and 12 rebounds, hitting 8-of-11 from the floor. 
• Shawn Gashi added 14 points and led with four assists while Eric Jackson posted his second double-digit scoring performance with 10.
• Yendry Hernandez gave quality minutes in reserve.  He went 2-for-2 from the floor, grabbed two rebounds, and earned two blocks in six minutes off the bench.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 

• John Carroll and Hilbert played back-and-forth ball in the opening six minutes. 
• Elijah Powell hit a short jumper, pulling Hilbert within one point (11-10), but a deep shot by JCU started a run. 
• Powell scored again in the paint just as the Blue Steak was getting warmed up from beyond the arc. 
• Quran Briggs connected behind the line and Jahmel Demery scored inside to slice the margin back to two points (19-17) with 12:49 to go in the half.
• John Carroll began to find direct lanes to the basket and built a 14-point lead off multiple fast-break transition scores, either in the paint or from the 3-point line.
• The Hawks found themselves trailing 51-33 by intermission.
• The visitors on the score board stretched their lead to as high as 31 points (4:39) late in the second half but Hilbert didn't quit down the stretch.
• Hilbert completed a pair of traditional 3-point plays in that run which was dominated by rookies on the court.
• The Hawks outscored John Carroll 14-5 in the game's final four minutes.

GAME NOTES
 

• John Carroll took advantage of Hilbert's 20 turnovers scoring 23 points and sprinted past the Hawks scoring 22 (vs 8) fast-break points.
• Hilbert scored 44 points in the paint mainly out of offensive executions and offensive rebounds while more than half of the Blue Streak' 50 points were scored off transition attacks off the dribble to the lane.

UP NEXT

The 1-2 Hawks return to action next Wednesday, the 17th of November when they travel down the NYS thruway for a non-conference game at Fredonia State (7:00 pm).