WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) - Dion Nesmith scored a career-high 21 points as Monmouth handed Fairleigh Dickinson its fourth straight loss, 73-54 Thursday night in Northeast Conference play.
Nesmith hit 6 of 9 from the field and 7 of 8 at the foul line for the Hawks (8-12, 3-4). Christian White added 18 points and Jesse Steele had 12 for Monmouth, which knocked down 50 percent (27 of 54) from the field and 9 of 16 from 3-point range.
Melquan Bolding led the Knights (7-13, 2-5) with 18 points, and Kinu Rochford and Yves Jules had 10.
The Hawks led 38-34 at halftime, then opened the second half on a 20-7 run featuring two 3-pointers each by White and Steele for a 58-41 lead with 12:38 left. Monmouth drained 6 of 9 3-pointers in the half, with White hitting three of his four long balls.
Nesmith scored the Hawks' final 10 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Fairleigh Dickinson (7-13) | 34 | 20 | 54 |
| Monmouth (8-12) « | 38 | 35 | 73 |
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| Fairleigh Dickinson Knights | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Rochford, F | 31 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| L. Robinson, F | 26 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| M. Bolding, G | 36 | 7-11 | 0-1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| S. Sanders Jr., G | 23 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| M. Jones, G | 21 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| Y. Jules | 21 | 5-9 | 0-3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| X. Harris | 15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| T. Charles | 8 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| S. Harris | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Moody | 5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Seilund | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Pearson | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-44 | 8-12 | 26 | 11 | 20 | 54 | |
| 45.5% | 66.7% | ||||||
| Monmouth Hawks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Spinella, F | 23 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| T. O'Garro, F | 18 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| D. Nesmith, G | 32 | 6-9 | 7-8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 21 |
| J. Steele, G | 29 | 5-7 | 0-4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| C. White, G | 28 | 6-11 | 2-3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Ware | 19 | 3-4 | 0-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| E. Waite | 18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| M. DiLeo | 15 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| J. Palm | 11 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| G. Cox | 7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 27-54 | 10-22 | 37 | 17 | 19 | 73 | |
| 50% | 45.5% | ||||||
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