BOX SCORE
WORCESTER, Mass. - Host Assumption College used a balanced
attack, placing six players in double figures as it posted a 82-75
Northeast-10 men's basketball victory over Southern New Hampshire
University Saturday afternoon at Laska Gymnasium. Assumption
improved to 10-5 and 8-3 in the NE-10, while the Penmen are now 8-8
and 4-7 in the league.
Greg Twomey led the Greyhounds with
14 points, eight rebounds and six assists, while Savoy Fraine also
totaled 14 points. Kevin Donahue had 13 points off the bench,
while Courtland Bluford finished with 11 points. Mike
Baldarelli and Mitch Bajema each added 10 points.
Tory Stapleton
(Rahway, NJ) led Southern New Hampshire with 19 points and eight
rebounds off the bench. Josh Morgan-Green
(Upper Marlboro, MD) connected on five three-pointers and the
freshman finished with a season-high 15 points. Stephen Wood
(South Jamaica Queens, NY) added 12 points, while Troy Bowen (Nashua, NH)
and Marcus
Matthews (Valley Stream, NY) each scored 11 points.
Morgan-Green and the Penmen came
out on fire, as he connected on all four of his three-point
attempts in the game's first 2:58, and a Bowen layup at the 16:31
mark gave SNHU a 16-4 lead. Southern New Hampshire took its
largest lead, 23-10, on a jumper by Wood with 13:34 in the first
half. Assumption would then reel off eight unanswered points
and a Donahue basket at the 12:15 mark made it 23-18. The
hosts cut the lead to one twice, but the Penmen closed the half on
a 7-0 run and took a 38-30 lead into halftime.
Southern New Hampshire led 54-47
with 11:02 to play following two free throws by Stapleton, but the
Greyhounds took their first lead of the game by going on a 10-0 run
in which Assumption hit three straight threes, the last at 8:53 by
Donahue to make it 57-54. The hosts extended the lead to
five, 61-56, on a tip-in by Baldarelli with 7:41 left.
The guests reclaimed the lead with
just under three minutes left when Wood scored to make it
70-69. Twomey connected behind the arc on the next Assumption
trip to make it 72-70, but the Penmen would tie the game twice in
the next minute, with Wood sinking a pair at the line with 1:53
left to knot it at 74. Bajema scored on the Greyhounds next
possession and after SNHU turned it over on its next trip, Patrick
Shea made a basket with 47 seconds to go. Assumption sealed
the win by going 5-6 at the line.
After hitting five of its 10
three-point attempts in the first half, SNHU was 0-5 behind the arc
over the final 20 minutes. The Penmen held a 35-34 rebounding
edge.
SNHU returns to action Tuesday
night when it travels to American International College for a 7:30
contest.
