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The St. John Fisher College men's basketball team pushed its winning streak to three games after it defeated Houghton College 59-54 despite trailing at halftime on Friday evening at the Nielsen Center in Houghton, N.Y.
 
After falling behind 25-21 after the first half of play, Fisher would eventually take a seven point lead courtesy of a 13-3 run highlighted by an old-fashioned three-point play by Keegan Ryan.
 
Houghton would cut the lead to five points before Adam Ambielli drained a three pointer from the corner to give the visiting Cardinals a 40-32 edge, forcing the Highlanders to call a time out to regroup.
 
The break in action did little to halt Fisher's momentum as the Cardinals rattled off six unanswered points capped by another and-one from Ryan to give Fisher its largest lead of the game  - 13 points – as the Cardinals led 51-38 with 6:29 remaining in the game.
 
The lead would be short-lived however, as Houghton went on a 7-0 run of its own to cut the margin to only five points with 2:00 left to play.
 
Tyler Hart moved the advantage to seven points after making a pair of free-throws, but Houghton was able to bury yet another from behind the arc, forcing Fisher to call a timeout as its lead had dwindled to four points.
 
After forcing a Fisher turnover, the Highlanders cut the gap to two points, but Fisher would hold on, going 3-4 from the charity stripe in the game's closing seconds to seal the win.
 
Ambielli led the Cardinals with 17 points on 6-16 shooting from the floor.  The junior guard has been on a roll of late, averaging nearly 20 points per game during Fisher's win streak.  Stefan Bock and Ryan each notched 13 points; while Hart registered five points to go along with three assists and one steal.
 
Fisher, now 6-4 overall will return to action at 2 p.m. on Saturday against host Elmira as it continues with Empire 8 play.