Tonight the Gordon College Men's Basketball team hosted the cross-town rivals, Endicott College in the first game of their two-game season-ending series.
For the Gulls, Billy Arseneault tallied 14 points and 13 assists, complemented by 12 points apiece for both Dillon Grant and Cameron Ray.
Senior Parker Omslaer and Drew Thibeault led the way for the Scots with 17 points each, while Garrett Sattazahn followed close behind with 15. Freshman Michael Makiej recorded a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
How It Happened
- The game was not lacking in excitement from the start with three triples within the first minute. Gordon's coming from sophomore Sattazahn, assisted by senior Josh Crutchfield.
- A layup from Omslaer allowed Gordon to take back the lead three minutes in and keep it for the remainder of the first half.
- A dunk from Endicott's Grant brought the Gulls back within one point, but Gordon held them off for the remaining 7:17, capped off with a buzzer beating three pointer from Crutchfield to put the Scots up by 15 at the break.
- Gordon kept their momentum in the second half with a three point jumper from Zachary Bennett just thirteen seconds in.
- Another triple from Justin Yu extended the point margin to its largest of the night, 24 points, with 11 minutes left on the clock.
- The Gulls fought back but it wasn't enough, as the Scots rallied together to bring home a 92-78 win, finishing off with a jumper from senior Marcus Retegues in the last 30 seconds.
Beyond The Box Score:
- Omslaer and Thibeault's 17 points were season highs for the pair.
- Makiej's double-double was the second of his career.
- The Scots shot 60.9% from the field in tonight's matchup.
- Gordon will travel to Beverly tomorrow night to face the Gulls again in the last game of their 2021 season.
- Said Head Coach Tod Murphy: "Coaches look really smart when the team is hitting shots, so I looked pretty smart tonight. We shot the ball very well tonight, and got contributions from a lot of different people. When you can get four guys in double figures, and two others with nine and eight points, your chance of victory increases significantly. I was very happy for our senior, Marcus Retegues to score a basket late in the game to close out the scoring for us tonight. Any win against Endicott is a good win."
