FARMINGTON, ME - Saint Joseph's College traveled to Farmington to take on the UM-Farmington Beavers in the team's season opener and, despite a comeback bid, fell short 64-61.
The Beavers led 35-30 at halftime and increased the lead to 10
by going up 42-32 early in the second half. The Monks went on a
15-2 run and were led by SO Ray Eatmon
(Huntington, NY) and FY Dwight Franklin
(Stratford, CT) to a 47-44 lead with 10:28 remaining in the
game.
The lead was pushed to four points, but see-sawed between the two
teams until a tip-in by the Beavers Sean Fry with 2:52 remaining in
the game gave them the lead for good at 54-51. Matt St. John nailed
a big 3-pointer and the Beavers were seven for 10 from the charity
stripe over the final 1:34 to put away the 64-61 win.
JR Mitch Ouellet (Fort Kent, ME) led the Monks
with 13 points and was 3-5 in three-point attempts, while Eatmon
finished with 11 points and a team-high eight rebounds. JR
R.J. Mattison (Hamden, CT) grabbed four steals for
the Monks in the losing effort.
Farmington ran its record to 2-1 and is scheduled to host Thomas College on Nov. 28. The Monks dropped to 0-1 and are scheduled to visit Bowdoin College on Sunday, Nov. 25. Game time is 4:00 PM.
