ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Felician men's basketball falls into a three game losing streak as they were defeated, 88-93, in a high intensity match up with Roberts Wesleyan University Sunday afternoon. Newcomer, Jhonny Tovar (Caracas, Venezuela) led the squad with his first double-double of the season.

The Golden Falcons trailed by two after the first half and opened the second to tie, however, the hosts were able to edge the green-and-gold as they rallied back-to-back threes to bury the squad and handed them their sixth loss of the season. 

Here's What Happened:

• The first points of the contest would come from a Red Hawks trey at the 18 minute mark and the Golden Falcons were left playing catch up to eventually equalize the score at 10 when Tavain Pullock (Paterson, N.J.) netted the first green-and-gold three.
• After another score tie at 12, the hosts continued to edge Felician and held the 18-24 advantage. Majority of the intensity came from the end of the first half when the Golden Falcons snagged the lead, 31-30, on a Jay'von Jackson (Plainfield, N.J.) pair from the charity stripe and after that, five of the eight contest lead changes occurred in the final minutes of the half.
• Jaylen Colon (Paterson, N.J.) ignited the final lead change for the Golden Falcons on a lay-up, 38-37, and Abdul Shanunu (Accra, Ghana) increased the green-and-gold advantage to four on an bucket in the paint, 41-37.
• The largest lead for the squad was at seven, 46-39, on a fastbreak three by Colon, but that was soon dwindled down to one and the loss of the advantage as the hosts rallied for 8 points to close out the first half, 48-49.
• With the second half underway, Felician re-gained the 50-49 lead for the final time of the contest on freebees by Colon, but the Red Hawks didn't back down and went on a 27-10 run and forced the Golden Falcons into a 16 point deficit, 60-76.
• Under a minute remaining in the contest and the score read 86-91 in favor of the Red Hawks after Justin Davis (Jersey City, N.J.) nailed a three. Colon would turn the afternoon into a three point game, 88-91, and the Golden Falcons missed two equalizing opportunities as the clock winded down and the Red Hawks defeated the green-and-gold, 88-93. 

Box Score Insights:

• Tovar led the Golden Falcons with 22 points and 12 rebounds, his first double-double of the 2023-24 campaign. Colon was right behind with 21 points, 9-12 from the free-throw line, and six assists. 
• Jackson was the final Golden Falcon scorer in double figures with 17 and 7 rebounds. 
• Felician shot 48% (30-62) from the field and 35% (7-20) from behind the arc.They out-rebounded the hosts 37-33 and obtained 18 second chance points in the process with 12 offensive grabs. 

The Golden Falcons dropped to 6-6 overall and will close out non-conference play on Tuesday when they travel to Buffalo, N.Y. to play D'Youville University at 12:00pm.