Wagner 90, Fairleigh Dickinson 70

Wagner 90, Fairleigh Dickinson 70

Published Feb. 22, 2012 3:37 a.m. ET

Jonathon Williams scored 20 points, leading five Wagner players in double figures as the Seahawks defeated Fairleigh Dickinson 90-70 Saturday night.

The victory assured Wagner (23-4, 14-2 Northeast Conference) of finishing no worse than second in the league behind LIU Brooklyn. It also tied the record for most victories in a season in Seahawks history, matching the 2007-08 squad.

Williams made 5 of 7 shots and scored 10 points in the first half, when Wagner took a 36-20 lead at the break.

The Seahawks outscored the Knights (2-25, 1-15) 18-0 on fast-break points as they built their lead to as many as 20 points, 90-61, with 2:16 remaining.

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Chris Martin, Latif Rivers and Marcus Burton each scored 13 points, and Kenneth Ortiz had 10 for Wagner, which has won eight in a row.

Melquan Bolding scored 23 and Kinu Rochford 20 to lead Fairleigh Dickinson, which has lost seven straight.

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