Gordon College Men's Basketball hosted The University of New England Nor'easters in the Bennett Center for a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) matchup. The Fighting Scots' pulled off a solid team win beating the Nor'easters 100-71. The Fighting Scots improve to 17-2 overall and 9-1 in league action, while the Nor'easters fall to 5-14 overall and 3-7 in conference play.
Balanced scoring tonight put four Scots with double digits in tonight's win. Leading the way for the Scots was
Parker Omslaer with 16 points and eight rebounds.
Noah Szilagyi and
Avelino Damoura netted 14 points and 13 points respectively. Garrison Duvivier had 11 points and grabbed a game-high 15 rebounds.
The visitors were led by Anthony Moynihan (Fr./ Worthington, Mass.) who scored 15 points, grabbed seven rebounds, and dished out three assists, while Ryan Beatty (Sr./ Rochester, Ma.) booked 11 points in the Nor'easters loss.
UNE hosts Western New England University Saturday, January 26 at 3 p.m. while the Scots are back in action next Wednesday as they host Wentworth at the Bennett Center for a 7:30 p.m. tip-off.
How it Happened
- The Nor'easters jumped out to a quick 8-0 lead to start the game after back-to-back three pointers from Beatty and Demarquez Hadnot (So./Pflugerville, Texas). Szilagyi hit a three pointer to fire up the Scots offense as they would go onto to score nine unanswered points.
- The Scots went into halftime with a 27-point lead after going 6-6 from the charity stripe to finish out the last two minutes of the half.
- In the second, Gordon got 18 of their 45 second half points from the free throw line as UNE got into early foul trouble.
- Adam Konicki finished off the game for the Scots scoring seven of the teams eleven points, in the final six minutes of the game to solidify the 100-71 win over the Nor'easters.
Beyond the Box Score
- Avelino Damoura and Adam Konicki had career nights notching career-high in points with 13 and seven, respectively.
- Garrison Duvivier has scored in double-digits in the last 13 games after tonight's 11-point performance.
- Said by Head Coach Tod Murphy: "That was a much needed game after our loss at WNE. Our defense was outstanding tonight! We held a team that averages almost 98 points a game to just 71 points. We also got some great contributions from our bench. This was a great team win at a time when we really needed it."
