Frink Nets First Career Double-Double with 18 Points and 12 Boards

CHESTERTOWN, Md. – Freshman forward Precieux Tshibangu (Clarkston, Ga./Springdale Prep School [Md.]) set a career-best with 10 blocked shots, one off the school record, and sophomore guard Kedrick Frink (Calvert County, Md./Huntingtown) tallied his first career double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds as host Washington College downed visiting Neumann 76-61 on Tuesday night in a non-conference men's basketball game on Finnegan Court at Penny J. Fall Gymnasium.  The Shoremen improve to 2-6 overall, while the Knights fall to 5-3.

Washington College 76 Neumann 61

How It Happened
- Tshibangu put the Shoremen ahead for good 1:51 into the game as he converted a conventional three-point play to put the hosts ahead 3-2.
- Zack Skrocki put WC ahead 25-16 with 8:11 left in the first half on a layup. 
- The Knights would trim the lead to 27-22 with 6:06 remaining in the stanza on a TJ Lewis lay-in.
- Washington ended the half on an 11-5 run to take a 38-27 lead into halftime with Frink giving the hosts their largest lead of the half at 13 points, 38-25, on a layup with 1:48 to go.
- In the second half, Washington registered its biggest lead of the night of 18 points, 55-37, with 13:46 to go on a transition layup by Tray Wright.
- Neumann would answer with an 11-2 run to cut the lead to nine, 57-48, with 10:28 remaining in the game on a Lewis fast-break layup.
- That's as close as Neumann would get as Washington would push its lead back out to as many as 17 on two occasions, the final one coming with 2:40 left on a Frink lay-in giving the Shoremen a 73-56 advantage.

For The Shoremen (2-6)
- Frink (18 points and sets career-best with 12 rebounds to tie for game-high; five assists to tie for contest-best), Tshibangu (10 blocks; one shy of the program mark), Dilyn Becker (game-bests of 21 points and four steals), Jason Zielinski (13 points), Sam Corrao (11 points), Wright (five assists to tie for game-high)
- The Shoremen shot a season-high 52% (29-for-56) from the floor, 42% (8-for-19) from three-point range, a season-best, and 56% (10-for-18) from the foul line. 
- Washington outscored the Knights in points off turnovers (14-6), bench points (15-14) and transition points (6-4).
- The Shoremen had 14 turnovers.

For Neumann (5-3)
- Jalen Vaughns (13 points), Kyson Rawls (13 points and tied for squad-best with four assists and two steals), Ryan Starr (12 points), Lewis (10 points and tied for team-high with four assists and two steals), Tony James (12 boards to tie for game-best),  
- The Knights shot 36% (26-for-73) from the floor, 22% (4-for-18) from three-point range and 39% (5-for-13) from the free throw stripe.    
- Neumann outscored WC in second-chance points, 12-3.
- The Knights had 14 turnovers in the contest, while holding a 48-37 advantage on the glass.

Notes
- Tshibangu was one off of tying the program record for blocks in a single game as Mark Awantang '97 rejected 11 Rutgers-Camden shots on November 18, 1995 in an 83-58 Washington win. 
- Frink became the second Washington player to notch a double-double this season as Wright had 10 points and 10 boards at Stevenson on November 20.
- Both teams scored 32 points in the paint.
- Washington has won all three meetings with Neumann as the two teams were playing since a 98-66 win for the Shoremen on December 11, 1997.  WC won the other meeting 87-45 exactly 10 years prior on December 11, 1987.

Quote from Coach Goodman
"I'm very proud of our relentless effort tonight! That was our most complete game of this young season. We executed the game plan well and competed with hard nosed toughness against a very tough opponent. Our defense was locked in, our bench energy was high, and we moved and shared the ball so well. This is scraping the surface of how good we can be. We need to stack another great practice and continue to get 1% better each day.

Up Next
12/9 @ #1 Yeshiva – 7:00 p.m.