Bloomsburg men's basketball falls to No. 24 Fairmont State 98-71
Fairmont, W.Va. — The Bloomsburg men's basketball team fell 98-71 to No. 24 Fairmont State on Saturday in the Joe Retton Classic. Darius Brant led both teams with 23 points and added seven rebounds. Thaddeus Lee scored 12 points, going 2-of-3 from 3-point range, and Chase Smucker added 10. Xion Nichols, a State College Area High School graduate from Woodland, Calif., led the Huskies' bench with 11 points. Sawyer Floyd had five points in his start, and John Mobley and Christopher Meakin added six and four points. Brant and Lee hit Bloomsburg's first two shots, a layup and a 3-pointer, for a 5-1 lead. Fairmont State went ahead 10-5, and after a Lee jumper made it 10-7, the Fighting Falcons pulled away to 25-9 with 13 minutes left in the half and later 35-19. Down by as many as 19, the Huskies answered late in the half. Smucker hit a 3-pointer, Brant scored inside and Nichols dunked to cut the lead to 45-33. Floyd's 3-pointer made it 45-36. Fairmont State led 47-36 at halftime. Bloomsburg could not get the deficit under double digits the rest of the way. Brant carried the Huskies' scoring after halftime, with Mobley and Smucker adding
