ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) - Sean Armand scored 28 points and Lamont "Momo" Jones added 21 as Iona cruised to a 94-68 victory over Wake Forest Saturday in the Paradise Jam.
The Gaels (2-1) will now face the University of Illinois-Chicago in the loser's bracket finals on Monday at 5 p.m.
Iona scored the game's first eight points, led 30-3 midway through the opening half and 48-11 after Tre Bowman's basket 5 minutes, 19 seconds before halftime. The Gaels hit 18 of their first 25 shots, including eight of their first nine 3-pointers.
Armand buried seven 3-pointers, and the Gaels knocked down 14 as a team. Jones and Armand each doled out six assists. Bowman added 15 points for Iona.
Wake Forest (1-2) misfired on 13 of its first 14 shots. The Demon Deacons, who face Mercer on Monday at 3:30 p.m., were led by Travis McKie's 13 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Wake Forest (1-2) | 24 | 44 | 68 |
| Iona (2-1) « | 54 | 40 | 94 |
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| Wake Forest Demon Deacons | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Thomas, F | 23 | 3-10 | 3-4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| T. McKie, F | 21 | 3-7 | 7-7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| M. Jones, G | 32 | 3-6 | 4-7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| C. Harris, G | 31 | 3-9 | 2-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| C. Miller-McIntyre, G | 29 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Cavanaugh | 18 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| C. Fischer | 18 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| A. Adala Moto | 16 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| A. Rountree III | 9 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| A. Washington | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Jennings | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-58 | 19-28 | 34 | 10 | 17 | 68 | |
| 37.9% | 67.9% | ||||||
| Iona Gaels | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Jackson, F | 23 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| T. Ridley, F | 13 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| S. Armand, G | 33 | 10-14 | 1-2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 28 |
| L. Jones, G | 30 | 7-15 | 4-4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 21 |
| T. Bowman, G | 24 | 5-9 | 2-2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Sledge | 30 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| C. Dennis | 22 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| D. Gomez | 14 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| D. Anderson | 8 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| A. English | 2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 35-67 | 10-13 | 35 | 23 | 24 | 94 | |
| 52.2% | 76.9% | ||||||
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