NEWARK, NJ - The Utica College men's basketball team fell in the John K. Adams Tip-Off Classic championship game to the hosts Rutgers-Newark, 66-48. 
 
The Pioneers struggled to find the same shooting success they found in Friday's semifinal game as the team was held to just 35 percent shooting from the field, 22.2 percent from three and 57.1 from the free throw line. The Scarlet Raiders shot 47.1 percent from the field, 45 percent from three and 69.2 percent from the free throw line. 
 
Utica was outscored 35-23 in the first half and 31-25 in the second half. The team held a lead twice in the game which came after a Thomas Morreale (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro) three at 18:13 in the first and also at 16:12 when a Morreale three made it a 7-6 game. 
 
Damien Call (Rome, NY/Rome Free Academy) ended the game with eight points and a team high eight rebounds while Morreale once again led the team with nine points. Kimedrick Murphy (Hudson, NY/Hudson) and Avery Coston (Kerhonkson, NY/Rondout Valley) wound up with seven points each. 
 
UC (1-1, 0-0 Empire 8) returns to action at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, November 16 when the team travels to Morrisville St. to take on the Mustangs.