Box Score
Playing host to the Jumbos of Tufts University tonight in the first game of the new year, the Fighting Scots were upended by their guests, 85-78, to move to 3-6 overall on the season.

With both teams looking to halt a two-game skid, the opening stanza proved hard fought and evenly matched with 13 lead changes overall before the Scots took a slight 35-34 lead heading into the break.

Tufts, however, came out of the gates firing on offense to quickly mount a nine-point lead in just over four minutes of play. Gordon immediately cut that lead to four behind a jumper by David Dempsey (Jr./Wallingford, Conn.) and a trey from Park Thomas (So./Scottsdale, Ariz.), only to see the gap widen to nine once again following a three pointer from Ben Ferris (Fr./Essex Junction, Vt.) and two from Alex Goldfarb (Jr./New York, N.Y.) off a turnover. The Jumbos maintained the lead and established their largest advantage of the night, going up 12 (70-58) with just under five minutes remaining on the clock. Though the Scots would convert offensively with an impressive 20 points down the stretch, they would come no closer than seven in the end, falling 85-78 to the now 7-3 Jumbos.

Dempsey finished the evening with 25 points, eight rebounds, and three blocks, while Luke Hamilton (So./Mount Airy, N.C.) netted 16 and dished five assists in the loss. Tufts' Alex Orchowski (Sr./Cornwall, N.Y.) led the way with a 23-point, 10-rebound double-double while Kwame Firempong (So./Inglewood, Calif.) posted 14 points and handed out four assists.

The Scots return to the court on Saturday, January 7 as they host conference foe Eastern Nazarene at 3:00p.m. Tufts returns to conference action as well, traveling to face Williams on Friday, January 6 at 8:00p.m.