St. John Fisher College’s Optimystik Kinard (Christ the King/South Ozone Park) of the men’s basketball team has been named as the College’s Male Athlete of the Week for the week ending December 16, 2012.
Kinard paced the Cardinals to a 49-point victory over Pitt-Bradford on Sunday, dropping a career-high 32 points as his team routed the Panthers 106-57. The sophomore netted 16 points in each half, including a career-best six 3-pointers. It was the most points scored by a Fisher player since Jordan Gettings tallied 36 points back on January 8, 2011 – a span of 46 games.
The Cardinals hit a number of milestones in their lone game of the week, as the 17 3-pointers made by the team tied a College record. It was the first time the Cardinals have scored 100 points in regulation since November 23, 2004 and the most points in a game since a 111-99 win in four overtimes at Ithaca College back in 2007.
The 49-point win is the largest margin of victory since the Cardinals defeated Keuka College 108-57 in November of 1999 and is the second 40-point win of the season (Fisher defeated Alfred 85-40 earlier this month). The last Fisher team to have two 40-point wins in a season was back in 1996-97.
The Cardinals will have some time off for the Holiday break, and will return to action at 8 p.m. on December 29th when they host Baruch College in the opening round of the Woodcliff Hotel & Spa Tournament.
