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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – Hofstra Pride head coach Craig “Speedy” Claxton started his team’s postgame press conference on Saturday with a wide smile and simple, six-word reminder.
“It is great to be healthy,” he said.
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Throughout a recent spate of injuries that caused a negative trickle-down effect with defining roles throughout the Pride’s roster and which were, in part, the cause of a five-game losing streak that followed four straight wins to start conference play, Claxton continually promised Hofstra would play much better when all of his players were available.
Pride fans saw a glimpse of that in a 17-point home win over struggling Northeastern on Thursday night, but Claxton’s bigger vision, the one that might have Hofstra seriously competing for a Coastal Athletic Association tournament championship next month, was on full display during a 71-49 Winter Homecoming throttling of the Towson Tigers at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex.
Hofstra (16-9, 7-5 CAA), which won its third consecutive game, steamrolled Towson (13-12, 5-7 CAA) with a 33-9 surge over the final 10:27 of the opening half, to lead, 46-20.
“I’ve never seen this team play better basketball than that on both sides of the basketball,” Claxton said. “By far, that’s the best we played all season long in one half.”
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As the game’s only 20-point scorer (with exactly 20 points in 27 bench minutes), it was fitting that reserve senior guard Biggie Patterson started the first-half spurt with a 3-pointer. Those three points were the first of 14 that Patterson scored during the game-deciding run. Included in that, was a four-point play. Also in the run, freshman guard Preston Edmead (13 points, five rebounds) led a fast break and found Patterson for one of his career-best nine assists.
Patterson’s performance was the second 20-point game of his career. This time, the Iona transfer went 6-for-10 from the floor, 3-for-4 from behind the arc and 5-for-6 at the free…
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