NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Avery Hinnant (Naugatuck, Conn.) tallied his first career double-double as the Albertus Magnus College men's basketball team blew past the visiting Elms College Blazers, 103-69, in The Nest on Wednesday.

The junior recorded 11 rebounds and 10 points, to go along with a game-high four blocks, an assist and one steal. Deivone Tanksley (Hartford, Conn.) also notched a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds and posted three steals and an assist.

Four fellow Falcons scored in double-figures as Ta'zhon Daniels (New Haven, Conn.) had a game-high 21 points, Kevin Crawford (Bridgeport, Conn.) netted 16, Jayquan Kirkland (Stratford, Conn.) scored 12 and Ray Ford, Jr. (Jersey City, N.J.),  11.

The Falcons never trailed in the win.

THE BASICS

FINAL: Albertus Magnus 103 | Elms College 69

RECORDS: Albertus (10-9, 6-2 GNAC) | Elms (3-15, 3-4 GNAC)

BOX

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Through the first five minutes of action, Albertus Magnus went on a 13-3 run ignited by a three-point jumper by Ford Jr. 20 seconds into the half with the assist by Daniels. Less than 20 seconds later, Malcolm Duncanson (West Haven, Conn.) denied Elms an attempt to get on the board with a steal and a fastbreak layup to put the hosts quickly up, 5-0. Back-to-back buckets by Hinnant extended the Falcons lead by four, followed by the Blazers' first points off a three-pointer from Aden Goffe at 17:16. Daniels capped off the scoring stretch with four made free throws.
• Goffe's jumper from behind the arc narrowed the lead to within four, but consecutive layups by Crawford gave Albertus the eight-point edge, 19-11, at 13:17. On the next possession, Daniels added to the Albertus run with a layup set up by Hinnant's defensive rebound and extended the lead to 10.
• Five made free throws by Goffe in a minute brought the Blazers within nine with 7:25 left. However, a Daniels' three and layup allowed Albertus to regain a double-digit lead, 34-20, with 6:50 remaining in the opening half.
• Albertus closed out the remaining three minutes with a 13-5 run capped off by a steal and fastbreak dunk by Ford Jr. just before the buzzer as the teams entered the locker room with Albertus leading, 53-35.
• Tanksley continued Albertus' momentum with a jump shot delivered by Duncanson at 19:40 in the second half.
• Albertus followed up its first basket with a 6-2 run off a free throw by Hinnant, a jumper by Tanksley and another three-pointer by Ford, Jr.
• Across a minute and a half of action, Albertus went on an 11-0 run and was capped off by two straight threes from Ford Jr. and Daniels. During the offensive push, Tanksley had a thunderous dunk in transition after a block on the defensive end from Hinnant, the defensive board and assist by Ford Jr.
• The Blazers retaliated with eight unanswered points to make it a 72-49 game, but Albertus regained control with six straight points with 11:28 left in regulation.
• Kirkland had a solo 7-0 run, including a three-pointer at 10:07 to pad the Falcons lead to 85-51.
• Off the bench, Tahijj Hunter (Mount Laurel, N.J.) connected for six points with 4:14 remaining, followed by three points from Rodrick Pearson (Hartford, Conn.) and seven from Lennox Serrano (Waterbury, Conn.). Serrano closed the door on the Blazers with a massive steal and windmill dunk with 43 seconds left to extend the lead to 103-66. BJ Holmes (Branford, Conn. ) applied pressure on defense to allow Serrano to steal the ball. The Blazers finished the game with three more points off a free throw and layup.

TEAM STATS

Albertus

50.0 FG% | 50.0 3PT% | 69.2 FT% 

Elms

32.8 FG% | 22.2 3PT% | 72.4 FT%

LEADERS

Albertus

Ta'zhon Daniels 21 Points | 6 Assists | 3 Steals | 1 Rebound | 9-9 FT

Avery Hinnant 10 Points | 11 Rebounds | 4 Blocks | 1 Assist | 1 Steal | 3-4 FG | 4-6 FT

Deivone Tanksley 10 Points | 10 Rebounds | 3 Steals | 1 Assist | 5-9 FG

Kevin Crawford 16 Points | 3 Blocks | 2 Assists | 2 Rebounds | 6-8 FG | 4-7 FT 

Elms

Aden Goffe 19 Points | 4 Steals | 4 Rebounds | 3 Assists | 9-10 FT | 4-9 FG | 2-3 3PT

NOTEWORTHY

• Ford, Jr. has scored in double digits in seven of his last eight games and currently sits fifth in three-point percentage in the conference with 40.4.
• Tanksley now has seven double-doubles on the season and is fifth in the league with 8.4 rebounds per game. He is third in total rebounds with 159 this season.
• Daniels is tied for ninth in the GNAC with 310 points this season.
• This is the third time this season Albertus has put up over 100 points and 66th all-time.

UP NEXT

Albertus heads to Norwich University on Saturday, February 1 for a 3 p.m. tip-off.