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Merrimack beats Sacred Heart 71-60in NEC semifinals

AP
Mar 04, 2023

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. (AP) Jordan Minor had 18 points in Merrimack's 71-60 victory over Sacred Heart on Saturday night in the semifinals of the Northeast Conference Tournament.

The top-seeded Warriors advance to Fairleigh Dickinson play for the conference championship but are not eligible for the NCAA Tournament. The Knights will receive the NEC's automatic bid to the Big Dance.

Minor added 12 rebounds, four steals, and six blocks for the Warriors (15-16). Javon Bennett added 17 points while shooting 7 for 15, including 3 for 7 from beyond the arc, and they also had five assists and six steals. Ziggy Reid shot 5 of 10 from the field and 4 for 4 from the line to finish with 15 points. The Warriors picked up their eighth straight victory.

Tanner Thomas led the Pioneers (15-16) in scoring, finishing with 15 points, 13 rebounds and two blocks. Nico Galette added 13 points and seven rebounds for Sacred Heart. Bryce Johnson also had 12 points, 14 rebounds and two steals.

Merrimack took the lead with 12:40 left in the first half and did not give it up. Devon Savage led their team in scoring with eight points in the first half to help put them ahead 33-28 at the break. Merrimack used an 11-0 run in the second half to build a 16-point lead at 57-41 with 8:50 left in the half before finishing off the win.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

1st Half
SHU
Pioneers
28
MRMK
Warriors
33

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Nico Galette vs. Jordan Minor (Jordan Minor gains possession)
19:44		Devon Savage misses three point jump shot
19:42		Tanner Thomas defensive rebound
19:19		Joey Reilly misses three point jump shot
19:17		Ziggy Reid defensive rebound
19:12	+3	Devon Savage makes three point jump shot (Jordan Derkack assists)	0-3
18:38		Bryce Johnson misses three point jump shot
18:36		Jordan Minor defensive rebound
18:16		Ziggy Reid misses two point jump shot
18:14		Jordan Minor offensive rebound
18:09		Tanner Thomas blocks Jordan Minor's two point layup
18:08		Nico Galette defensive rebound
18:08		Nico Galette turnover (Jordan Minor steals)
18:08		Raheem Solomon personal foul
17:57		Javon Bennett turnover
17:36		Joey Reilly misses three point jump shot
17:34		Bryce Johnson offensive rebound
17:29		Bryce Johnson misses two point layup
17:27		Nico Galette offensive rebound
17:27		Devon Savage blocks Nico Galette's two point layup
17:25		Warriors defensive rebound
17:07		Jordan Minor misses two point layup
17:05		Tanner Thomas defensive rebound
16:53		Raheem Solomon misses two point layup
16:51		Pioneers offensive rebound
16:39	+2	Bryce Johnson makes two point layup (Tanner Thomas assists)	2-3
16:38		Ziggy Reid shooting foul (Bryce Johnson draws the foul)
16:38	+1	Bryce Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 1	3-3
16:26		Javon Bennett misses three point jump shot
16:24		Bryce Johnson defensive rebound
16:17		Javon Bennett personal foul
16:08		Tanner Thomas turnover (Javon Bennett steals)
15:56		Tanner Thomas shooting foul (Jordan Minor draws the foul)
15:56		TV timeout
15:56		Jordan Minor misses regular free throw 1 of 2
15:56	+1	Jordan Minor makes regular free throw 2 of 2	3-4
15:45		Jordan Minor blocks Raheem Solomon's two point layup
15:43		Tanner Thomas offensive rebound
15:40		Tanner Thomas misses two point layup
15:38		Pioneers offensive rebound
15:29		Raheem Solomon misses two point jump shot
15:27		Bryce Johnson offensive rebound
15:20	+2	Bryce Johnson makes two point layup	5-4
15:12		Ziggy Reid misses two point jump shot
15:10		Bryce Johnson defensive rebound
14:49	+2	Tanner Thomas makes two point jump shot (Joey Reilly assists)	7-4
14:30		Devon Savage misses three point jump shot
14:28		Raheem Solomon defensive rebound
14:11		Devon Savage personal foul
14:07		Jaylen Stinson personal foul
14:03		Bryce Johnson turnover (traveling)
13:46	+3	Jordan McKoy makes three point jump shot (Javon Bennett assists)	7-7
13:21	+2	Joey Reilly makes two point jump shot	9-7
13:00	+2	Javon Bennett makes two point jump shot	9-9
12:49		Mike Sixsmith misses three point jump shot
12:47		Jaylen Stinson defensive rebound
12:40	+2	Devon Savage makes two point layup (Jaylen Stinson assists)	9-11
12:24		Nico Galette misses two point jump shot
12:22		Tanner Thomas offensive rebound
12:10		Mike Sixsmith turnover (Jaylen Stinson steals)
12:04		Javon Bennett misses three point jump shot
12:02		Jordan Minor offensive rebound
11:56		Raymond Espinal-Guzman blocks Jordan Minor's two point layup
11:54		Nico Galette defensive rebound
11:39		Nico Galette misses two point jump shot
11:37		Devon Savage defensive rebound
11:23	+3	Devon Savage makes three point jump shot (Jordan McKoy assists)	9-14
10:47		Raymond Espinal-Guzman misses two point layup
10:45		Raymond Espinal-Guzman offensive rebound
10:39		Raymond Espinal-Guzman turnover (Devon Savage steals)
10:38		Mike Sixsmith shooting foul
10:38		TV timeout
10:38	+1	Jaylen Stinson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	9-15
10:38	+1	Jaylen Stinson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	9-16
10:06	+3	Joey Reilly makes three point jump shot (Mike Sixsmith assists)	12-16
9:53	+2	Ziggy Reid makes two point jump shot (Jordan McKoy assists)	12-18
9:30		Tanner Thomas misses two point jump shot
9:28		Jaylen Stinson defensive rebound
9:18		Jordan McKoy misses three point jump shot
9:16		Bryce Johnson defensive rebound
9:09		Jaylen Stinson personal foul
9:01		Raheem Solomon misses two point jump shot
8:59		Raheem Solomon offensive rebound
8:51		Raheem Solomon misses two point jump shot
8:49		Jaylen Stinson defensive rebound
8:44		Jaylen Stinson misses three point jump shot
8:42		Pioneers defensive rebound
8:35		Nico Galette misses two point layup
8:33		Jordan Minor defensive rebound
8:26		Joey Reilly blocks Jaylen Stinson's two point layup
8:24		Kenneth Womack defensive rebound
8:22		Jaylen Stinson personal foul
8:22		Bryce Johnson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:22	+1	Bryce Johnson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	13-18
8:04	+3	Javon Bennett makes three point jump shot	13-21
7:34		Joey Reilly misses three point jump shot
7:32		Jordan Minor defensive rebound
7:30		Raheem Solomon personal foul
7:30		TV timeout
7:14	+2	Jordan Minor makes two point layup (Jordan Derkack assists)	13-23
7:01		Tanner Thomas turnover (Javon Bennett steals)
6:54		Nico Galette blocks Javon Bennett's two point layup
6:52		Joey Reilly defensive rebound
6:44	+3	Joey Reilly makes three point jump shot (Nico Galette assists)	16-23
6:27		Devon Savage misses three point jump shot
6:25		Bryce Johnson defensive rebound
6:14		Kenneth Womack offensive foul (Jordan Minor draws the foul)
6:14		Kenneth Womack turnover (offensive foul)
5:58		Javon Bennett misses three point jump shot
5:56		Tanner Thomas defensive rebound
5:48	+2	Tanner Thomas makes two point layup (Joey Reilly assists)	18-23
5:34		Nico Galette shooting foul (Ziggy Reid draws the foul)
5:34	+1	Ziggy Reid makes regular free throw 1 of 2	18-24
5:34	+1	Ziggy Reid makes regular free throw 2 of 2	18-25
5:12		Nico Galette turnover (Devon Savage steals)
5:06		Javon Bennett turnover (Mike Sixsmith steals)
4:58		Ziggy Reid personal foul (Bryce Johnson draws the foul)
4:58	+1	Bryce Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	19-25
4:58	+1	Bryce Johnson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	20-25
4:40		Joey Reilly shooting foul (Jordan Derkack draws the foul)
4:40	+1	Jordan Derkack makes regular free throw 1 of 2	20-26
4:40	+1	Jordan Derkack makes regular free throw 2 of 2	20-27
4:24		Bryce Johnson turnover
4:05	+2	Jordan Minor makes two point layup	20-29
3:47	+3	Mike Sixsmith makes three point jump shot (Joey Reilly assists)	23-29
3:22		Jordan McKoy misses three point jump shot
3:20		Tanner Thomas defensive rebound
3:09		Jordan Minor blocks Tanner Thomas's two point jump shot
3:07		Tanner Thomas offensive rebound
2:57	+2	Nico Galette makes two point layup	25-29
2:39		Devon Savage misses three point jump shot
2:37		Bryce Johnson defensive rebound
2:33		Jordan Minor personal foul
2:33		TV timeout
2:33	+1	Tanner Thomas makes regular free throw 1 of 2	26-29
2:33		Tanner Thomas misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:33		Devon Savage defensive rebound
2:17		Nico Galette shooting foul (Jordan Derkack draws the foul)
2:17		Jordan Derkack misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:57		Tanner Thomas defensive rebound
1:57		Joey Reilly misses three point jump shot
1:55		Jordan McKoy defensive rebound
1:38		Jordan McKoy turnover (Joey Reilly steals)
1:27	+2	Tanner Thomas makes two point layup	28-29
0:56		Devon Savage turnover (Bryce Johnson steals)
0:48		Joey Reilly turnover (Javon Bennett steals)
0:41	+2	Jordan Derkack makes two point layup	28-31
0:39		Pioneers 30 second timeout
0:27		Mike Sixsmith turnover (Javon Bennett steals)
0:22	+2	Javon Bennett makes two point layup	28-33
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
SHU
Pioneers
32
MRMK
Warriors
38

Time		Play	Score
19:47		Joey Reilly turnover (Jordan Minor steals)
19:39	+2	Jordan Minor makes two point dunk (Javon Bennett assists)	28-35
19:22		Raheem Solomon misses three point jump shot
19:20		Devon Savage defensive rebound
19:09		Raheem Solomon shooting foul (Jordan Minor draws the foul)
19:09		Jordan Minor misses regular free throw 1 of 2
19:09	+1	Jordan Minor makes regular free throw 2 of 2	28-36
18:51		Jordan Derkack personal foul
18:48		Tanner Thomas misses three point jump shot
18:46		Jordan Derkack defensive rebound
18:33	+3	Devon Savage makes three point jump shot (Jordan Derkack assists)	28-39
18:07		Tanner Thomas misses two point jump shot
18:05		Bryce Johnson offensive rebound
17:58	+2	Bryce Johnson makes two point layup	30-39
17:43		Jordan Minor misses two point layup
17:41		Nico Galette defensive rebound
17:29		Jordan Minor blocks Bryce Johnson's two point layup
17:27		Pioneers offensive rebound
17:25		Joey Reilly misses three point jump shot
17:23		Pioneers offensive rebound
17:10		Bryce Johnson misses two point layup
17:08		Nico Galette offensive rebound
17:03		Jordan Derkack personal foul (Nico Galette draws the foul)
17:01		Joey Reilly turnover (Javon Bennett steals)
16:37		Ziggy Reid misses three point jump shot
16:35		Tanner Thomas defensive rebound
16:33		Jordan Derkack personal foul
16:17	+2	Nico Galette makes two point jump shot	32-39
15:52	+2	Javon Bennett makes two point layup	32-41
15:49		Jordan Minor technical foul
15:49		TV timeout
15:49	+1	Joey Reilly makes technical free throw 1 of 2	33-41
15:49	+1	Joey Reilly makes technical free throw 2 of 2	34-41
15:38	+2	Tanner Thomas makes two point dunk (Nico Galette assists)	36-41
15:21		Jaylen Stinson turnover (traveling)
14:53		Ziggy Reid blocks Nico Galette's two point layup
14:49		Pioneers turnover (shot clock violation)
14:27	+2	Ziggy Reid makes two point jump shot	36-43
14:07		Javon Bennett personal foul
13:57		Ziggy Reid blocks Raheem Solomon's two point layup
13:55		Jordan McKoy defensive rebound
13:42		Tanner Thomas blocks Jordan Minor's two point layup
13:40		Bryce Johnson defensive rebound
13:30		Nico Galette misses three point jump shot
13:28		Raheem Solomon offensive rebound
13:22	+3	Raheem Solomon makes three point jump shot	39-43
13:21		Pioneers 30 second timeout
13:21		TV timeout
13:10	+3	Ziggy Reid makes three point jump shot (Javon Bennett assists)	39-46
12:50	+2	Tanner Thomas makes two point layup (Kenneth Womack assists)	41-46
12:31		Javon Bennett misses two point jump shot
12:29		Bryce Johnson defensive rebound
12:13		Kenneth Womack turnover (Jordan Minor steals)
12:04	+2	Jordan Minor makes two point dunk (Javon Bennett assists)	41-48
11:47		Jordan Minor blocks Tanner Thomas's two point jump shot
11:45		Jordan Minor defensive rebound
11:23		Kenneth Womack personal foul
11:23		TV timeout
11:06		Raheem Solomon personal foul
10:57		Jordan Derkack misses two point layup
10:55		Jordan Minor offensive rebound
10:51	+2	Jordan Minor makes two point dunk	41-50
10:32		Bryce Johnson turnover (Jordan Derkack steals)
10:21	+2	Ziggy Reid makes two point layup	41-52
10:01		Kenneth Womack misses three point jump shot
9:59		Ziggy Reid defensive rebound
9:38	+3	Javon Bennett makes three point jump shot	41-55
9:34		Pioneers 30 second timeout
9:19		Jordan Derkack personal foul
9:13		Nico Galette misses three point jump shot
9:11		Ziggy Reid defensive rebound
8:54		Javon Bennett misses three point jump shot
8:52		Jordan Minor offensive rebound
8:51		Joey Reilly personal foul (Jordan Minor draws the foul)
8:50	+2	Jordan Minor makes two point layup (Javon Bennett assists)	41-57
8:28	+2	Joey Reilly makes two point jump shot (Bryce Johnson assists)	43-57
7:58		Devon Savage misses three point jump shot
7:56		Bryce Johnson defensive rebound
7:38		Joey Reilly misses three point jump shot
7:36		Jordan Minor defensive rebound
7:11		Bryce Johnson shooting foul
7:11		TV timeout
7:11	+1	Devon Savage makes regular free throw 1 of 2	43-58
7:11		Devon Savage misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:11		Bryce Johnson defensive rebound
6:56		Tanner Thomas misses two point layup
6:54		Jordan Minor defensive rebound
6:27	+2	Ziggy Reid makes two point jump shot	43-60
6:11		Nico Galette misses two point jump shot
6:09		Tanner Thomas offensive rebound
6:07		Ziggy Reid personal foul
6:07	+1	Tanner Thomas makes regular free throw 1 of 2	44-60
6:07	+1	Tanner Thomas makes regular free throw 2 of 2	45-60
5:47		Javon Bennett misses two point layup
5:45		Bryce Johnson defensive rebound
5:28		Tanner Thomas turnover (Jordan Minor steals)
5:22	+2	Jordan Minor makes two point dunk (Jordan Derkack assists)	45-62
5:12	+2	Bryce Johnson makes two point layup (Kenneth Womack assists)	47-62
4:44	+3	Javon Bennett makes three point jump shot	47-65
4:29	+2	Tanner Thomas makes two point jump shot (Kenneth Womack assists)	49-65
4:20		Ziggy Reid misses two point dunk
4:18		Kenneth Womack defensive rebound
4:12		Jordan Minor shooting foul (Kenneth Womack draws the foul)
4:12		Kenneth Womack misses regular free throw 1 of 2
4:12		Kenneth Womack misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:12		Jordan Minor defensive rebound
3:56		Nico Galette personal foul
3:56		TV timeout
3:39		Javon Bennett turnover (Bryce Johnson steals)
3:34		Joey Reilly misses three point jump shot
3:32		Nico Galette offensive rebound
3:30	+2	Nico Galette makes two point layup	51-65
3:13		Ziggy Reid misses two point layup
3:11		Bryce Johnson defensive rebound
3:05		Jordan Minor blocks Nico Galette's two point layup
3:04		Jordan Minor defensive rebound
3:04		Bryce Johnson personal foul (Jordan Minor draws the foul)
3:04	+1	Jordan Minor makes regular free throw 1 of 2	51-66
3:02	+1	Jordan Minor makes regular free throw 2 of 2	51-67
2:49		Jordan Minor blocks Tanner Thomas's two point layup
2:47		Tanner Thomas offensive rebound
2:35		Joey Reilly misses three point jump shot
2:33		Tanner Thomas offensive rebound
2:27		Tanner Thomas turnover (Javon Bennett steals)
2:17	+2	Javon Bennett makes two point jump shot	51-69
2:08		Javon Bennett personal foul (Nico Galette draws the foul)
2:08	+1	Nico Galette makes regular free throw 1 of 2	52-69
2:08		Nico Galette misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:08		Nico Galette offensive rebound
2:03		Nico Galette misses two point layup
2:01		Ziggy Reid defensive rebound
1:58		Kenneth Womack personal foul (Ziggy Reid draws the foul)
1:58	+1	Ziggy Reid makes regular free throw 1 of 2	52-70
1:58	+1	Ziggy Reid makes regular free throw 2 of 2	52-71
1:52	+2	Kenneth Womack makes two point layup	54-71
1:21		Javon Bennett misses two point jump shot
1:19		Tanner Thomas defensive rebound
1:10	+2	Nico Galette makes two point layup	56-71
1:09		Jordan Minor shooting foul (Nico Galette draws the foul)
1:09	+1	Nico Galette makes regular free throw 1 of 1	57-71
1:09		Pioneers 60 second timeout
0:39		Warriors turnover (shot clock violation)
0:34		Nico Galette misses three point jump shot
0:32		Nick Filchner defensive rebound
0:02		Warriors turnover (shot clock violation)
0:01	+3	Nico Galette makes three point jump shot (Kenneth Womack assists)	60-71
0:00		End of period

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Nico Galette makes three point jump shot (Kenneth Womack assists)