NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Isaiah Earl (Hamden, Conn.) scored a career-high 29 points and Ray Ford, Jr. (Jersey City, N.J.) added 25 points as the Albertus Magnus College men's basketball team won its third straight game in a 105-65 drubbing of New England College on Saturday afternoon in The Nest.

Earl shot 11-for-15 from the field and added nine rebounds, three steals and two blocks. Ford, Jr. shot 9-for-13 from the field, with seven rebounds, four assists and four steals.

Jayquan Kirkland (Stratford, Conn.) scored 19 points to go with five rebounds. Avery Hinnant (Naugatuck, Conn.) was a perfect 4-for-4 from the field, scoring 10 points, with eight rebounds and three blocks.

THE BASICS

FINAL: Albertus 105 | NEC 65

RECORDS: Albertus (11-5, 3-0 GNAC) | NEC (5-9, 0-3 GNAC)

BOX

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Albertus took an 11-10 early on in the game as Earl opened the scoring with a dunk. Ford, Jr. added a three and Hinnant added four points in the opening four minutes, including a dunk of his own.
• Later in the half, Ford, Jr. scored five straight, including a three to take an 18-15 lead. After the Pilgrims answered with a three from Michael Hills to tie the game, Albertus took the lead for good, going on an 8-2 run that included a basket from Nate Charlot and ended on another dunk from Earl at the 6:45 mark that made it a 26-20 game.
• Albertus hit eight of ten free throws down the stretch of the first half and a steal from Ford, Jr. that led to a dunk from Charlot and helped the Falcons take a 42-32 lead into halftime.
• The Pilgrims trimmed the Falcons lead to four points after a layup from Jasen Stovall made it a 46-42 game just over three minutes in.
• A 22-2 run followed by Albertus as the Falcons took a 68-44 lead. Earl scored eight points in the run, including a steal and windmill slam while Kirkland scored seven straight points to end the run as the Falcons took complete control of the game.
• The Falcons had eight dunks in the second half of the game and never let NEC get closer than 17 points the rest of the way. The Falcons shot a staggering 66.7 percent from the field in the second half.
• Kirkland scored 17 of his 19 points in the second half, while Earl and Ford, Jr. each had 15. The Falcons also forced 13 turnovers in the half.

TEAM STATS

Albertus

54.2% FG% | 28.6 3PT% | 61.8 FT%

NEC

30.0 FG% | 28.6 3PT% | 76.3 FT%

TOP PERFORMERS

Albertus

Isiah Earl 29 PTS | 11-15 FG | 9 REBS | 3 STLS | 2 BLKS

Ray Ford, Jr. 25 PTS | 9-13 FG | 4-7 3PT | 7 REBS | 4 ASTS | 4 STLS

Jayquan Kirkland 19 PTS | 5 REBS | 2 STLS

Avery Hinnant 10 PTS | 4-4 FG | 8 REBS

NEC

Josh Robie 27 PTS | 7-12 FG | 6 REBS

NOTEWORTHY

The Falcons are now 3-0 all-time against NEC and have beaten the Pilgrims by an average of 38.7 points.

Ford, Jr. is averaging 24 points over his last four games on 52.3 percent shooting.

UP NEXT

Albertus hosts Elms at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 20th in GNAC action.