Record Breaking and Milestone Afternoon for Men’s Basketball
ROCHESTER, NY – The Nazareth University Men’s Basketball team set a few team records and watched as graduate student Logan Blankenberg eclipsed the 1,000-career point milestone as the Golden Flyers delivered a high-scoring 118-59 win over Elmira Saturday afternoon in an Empire 8 game in Kidera Gymnasium.
Blankenberg became the 30th player in school history to reach the scoring mark as he drained a 3-pointer late in the first half for the 21st point of the game for the sharp-shooting guard. Needing 20 points coming into the contest to reach the milestone, Blankenberg exploded for 21 in the first half on the strength of six 3-pointers.
The Ontario, NY native and graduate of Wayne Central finished with 32 points to lead all scorers. He was 7-for-8 from 3-point range and the Golden Flyers set a new school record with 18 3-pointers as a team. The old record of 17 3’s in a game was set against Rochester, on November, 23, 1993.
Nazareth was unstoppable from the field shooting 40-for-55 from the floor for a new school record for field goal percentage in a game at .727. The old record was .710 in 2019 against Elmira. The 118 points Saturday was the most since that Elmira win in 2019 when Nazareth finished with a school-record 124 points.
Four other players joined Blankenberg in double-figures scoring for Nazareth (15-6 overall, 12-1 Empire 8) as sophomore Jaylen Savage scored 14, graduate student Jordan Haggard added 13, sophomore Tyler Putneychipped in 12 and sophomore Solomon McFarlane scored 10 points. Savage added a team leading nine assists.
Nazareth raced to a 56-24 lead at halftime and added another 62 points in the second half.The Golden Flyers will host Keuka Tuesday in an Empire 8 contest at Kidera Gymnasium.
Men’s Hoops Battles to 80-68 Victory Over Alfred
ROCHESTER, NY – The Nazareth men’s basketball team earned a hard fought 80-68 victory over Alfred on Friday night to extend its win streak to seven games. Jaylen Savage, Jordan Haggard, and Logan Blankenberg each scored 17 points in the win.
The Golden Flyers improve to 14-6 on the season and 11-1 in Empire 8 play, while Alfred falls to 8-11 overall and 5-5 in conference action.
Savage scored 10 of his 17 points in the first half, but the Golden Flyers trailed 30-25 at halftime. To go along with his 17 points, Savage had 10 rebounds and four assists. It was his second double-double of the season.
Haggard started the second half off strong with a pair of buckets and a three-pointer from Tyler Putney gave the Golden Flyers the lead for good at 37-36 at the 14:45 mark.
Nazareth maintained a lead over Alfred for the remainder of the half,and an electric 3-pointer from Solomon McFarlane with 1:12 remaining in the game pushed a 6-point lead to 74-65 and helped seal the victory. Nazareth was red-hot in the second half shooting nearly 71 percent at 17-for-24, including 5-for-6 from 3-point land. McFarlane finished with 10 points.
Putney ended with 11 points, including 3-for-5 from distance, while Jack Broderickcontributed eight points and nine rebounds.
Nazareth will be back in action at home Saturday against Elmira at 4 pm.