Iona Gaels at Saint Peter's Peacocks
· MAAC MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - SEMIFINAL
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
73 - 65
73 - 65
Iona tops Saint Peter's 73-65 in MAAC Tournament semifinals
The Gaels (21-12) advance to Monday's championship against No. 4 seed Siena (17-16), which beat top-seeded Monmouth (27-6) 89-85 on Sunday.
Trailing by four at halftime, Iona rallied to a 42-34 second-half lead on a 17-0 run in which Sam Cassell Jr. and Jon Severe hit 3s while the Gaels shot 62 percent from the field. Saint Peter's closed to 67-64 on Trevis Wyche's 3-pointer with 51 seconds to go, but got no closer.
Severe scored 12 points, Deyshonee Much made three 3-pointers and scored 11 points and Cassell had 10 for Iona, which made 19 of 21 free throws and scored 22 points off of 15 Peacocks turnovers.
Quadir Welton and Wyche scored 18 points apiece for Saint Peter's (19-13).
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 73 - 65 |
| 2nd 0:16 | Rickey McGill Defensive Rebound. | 73 - 65 |
| 2nd 0:16 | Antwon Portley missed Layup. | 73 - 65 |
| 2nd 0:24 | Rickey McGill made Layup. | 73 - 65 |
| 2nd 0:29 | Trevis Wyche made Free Throw. | 71 - 65 |
Statistics
IONA |
SPU |
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|---|---|---|
| 23-49 | FG | 24-54 |
| 47 | Field Goal % | 44 |
| 8-23 | 3PT | 6-18 |
| 35 | Three Point % | 33 |
| 19-21 | FT | 11-11 |
| 90 | Free Throw % | 100 |
| 23 | Rebounds | 30 |
| 5 | Offensive Rebounds | 9 |
| 18 | Defensive Rebounds | 21 |
| 14 | Assists | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 2 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 2 |
| 7 | Total Turnovers | 15 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 22 | Points Off Turnovers | 4 |
| 5 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 18 | Points in Paint | 24 |
| 16 | Fouls | 16 |
| 13 | Largest Lead | 9 |
Game Information
Venue: MVP Arena
Location: Albany, NY
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Location: Albany, NY
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2025-26 Metro Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merrimack | 17-3 | - | 23-11 |
| Saint Peter's | 14-6 | 3 | 17-12 |
| Siena | 13-7 | 4 | 23-12 |
| Marist | 12-8 | 5 | 19-12 |
| Quinnipiac | 12-8 | 5 | 19-13 |
| Fairfield | 11-9 | 6 | 21-13 |
| Mount St. Mary's | 11-9 | 6 | 15-17 |
| Iona | 10-10 | 7 | 18-14 |
| Sacred Heart | 9-11 | 8 | 14-19 |
| Manhattan | 8-12 | 9 | 12-20 |
| Canisius | 5-15 | 12 | 10-21 |
| Niagara | 5-15 | 12 | 8-22 |
| Rider | 3-17 | 14 | 4-25 |


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