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66
Goucher GOU 2-20,0-12 Landmark
95
Winner Drew DREW 12-11,4-8 Landmark
Goucher GOU
2-20,0-12 Landmark
66
Final
95
Drew DREW
12-11,4-8 Landmark
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Goucher GOU 24 42 66
Drew DREW 53 42 95

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

McBurnie Scores 1,000th Point as Rangers Down Goucher on Senior Day

MADISON, N.J. – Senior forward Howard McBurnie, Jr. scored his 1,000th career point and the Drew University men's basketball team raced to a 95-66 Landmark Conference victory over Goucher College on Senior Day in Baldwin Gym Saturday afternoon.
 
McBurnie reached his milestone in emphatic fashion, slamming home an alley-oop from Andrew Turco early in the second half. He is the 21st player to score 1,000 points at Drew and the first since Nate Aldrich '19 in 2019.
 
Drew's six seniors – Mathew Capozzoli, Kyle Cassidy, Luis De Leon Brumer, Mario Haklaj, Michael Kane, and McBurnie – played their final home game and were honored in a brief ceremony before the game.
 
With 22 points and 15 rebounds, McBurnie posted his third straight double-double and his 11th of the season. He shot 9-for-14, including 3-for-3 from beyond the arc, and handed out five assists.
 
Each of Drew's other seniors also posted memorable performances. Kane scored 13 points and grabbed six rebounds while Capozzoli and Cassidy netted a career-high eight points apiece. Haklaj netted seven points while De Leon Brumer scored a career-best six points, including a rim-rattling slam of his own.
 
Turco added 13 points, four rebounds, and four assists for Drew while sophomore guard Papie Roberts registered 10 points and four assists.
 
The Rangers posted their highest scoring output of the season and their fourth 90-point game of the year while connecting on 13 3-pointers – their most since draining 18 in a win over York (N.Y.) on Dec. 17.
 
Darrell Green led Goucher (2-20, 0-12 LC) with 15 points and six rebounds.
 
Drew was on fire in the early going, outscoring the Gophers 20-2 over the opening seven minutes of the game. Eight different Rangers scored during the run.
 
Goucher pulled to within 11 with 4:12 on the clock before Drew heated up again over the remainder of the period, outscoring the Gophers 22-4. McBurnie ended the half with a deep 3-pointer from the right wing at the buzzer at the Rangers led 53-24 at the half.
 
McBurnie scored 14 points in the opening stanza, pushing his career total to 999. Then with 17:44 remaining, he flashed down the right baseline and hauled in a perfect lob from Turco, slamming home his milestone dunk. Head Coach Michael McSloy quickly called timeout before McBurnie was mobbed by his teammates on the court.
 
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Howard McBurnie Jr. (#10) celebrates after scoring his 1,000th career point on an alley-oop dunk.

 The fireworks continued for Drew as McBurnie drained another triple less than a minute later before De Leon Brumer followed up with a highlight-reel jam of his own. The Rangers broke a full-court press and Haklaj found himself in the center of a 3-on-1 break. He delivered a bounce pass to De Leon Brumer on the left, and he threw it down with authority over a defender for his first career dunk.
 
Goucher was unable to get closer than 24 the rest of the way. Sixteen different Rangers ended up seeing playing time, with 12 finding the scoring column.
 
Drew plays its final two games on the road, starting with a 7 p.m. tip at Elizabethtown College on Wednesday in another Landmark Conference affair.

 
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