dan cook 3 time all American a 3 time empire 8 player of the year led fisher to ncaa tourney last year also was a leader at Hobart led them to ncaa tourney his freshman also led pittsford mendon in 2019 to the state finals also led mendon to its first sectional title in over 20 years very athletic big can shoot from 15 feet tough just hit a big mile stone yesterday of 2k career points yesterday averages 18 a game this year has many double doubles in his career . Great kid and student here’s yesterdays mile stone and fisher win yesterday and this Tuesday big showdown with Utica on Tuesday
Cook Hits 2k As Cardinals Defeat Saxons, 90-79
PITTSFORD, N.Y. – The St. John Fisher University men’s basketball team were at home on Saturday to take on Alfred University. The closely contested game was highlighted by Daniel Cookwho reached the 2,000 career points mark in the first-half. Fisher celebrated the achievement with a 90-79 win to move their record to 15-7 overall and 11-2 in Empire 8 play.
The Cardinals got off to a 6-0 lead thanks to scores by Cook, but Alfred showed they were going to back down and evened the score. Fisher began to maintain a steady advantage thanks to three pointers by Jack Foley and layups by Connor Williams, but with the first half ending, the Saxons answered every bucket with one of their own. As the frame concluded, the Cardinals led 48-44.
The two teams continued to trade points in the second-half, with Fisher not able to go up by more then eight points until the final minutes of the game. A free-throw by Brendan McRoy and layup by Connor Recore pushed the Cardinals ahead 86-75 and they were able to secure the victory, 90-79.
McRoy led the way with 19 points and added six assists. Cook finished the day with 17 points and added a stacked stat line with nine rebounds, four assists, two blocks and five steals. Recore and Foley each had 13 points and Matt Lettkofinished with ten points, meaning the entire starting lineup scored double-digits.
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