STANDISH, ME - Saint Joseph's improved to 11-4 overall and 5-3 in GNAC play with a 73-65 victory over Emmanuel College (6-8, 3-4) on Monday afternoon at the Alfond Center. Zach O'Brien '12 (Schenectady, NY) led the Monks with 15 points while Ray Eatmon '10 (Huntington, NY) collected his third consecutive double-double with 11 points and 10 caroms in the win. Mike Jackson ‘10 (New York, NY) led the Saints with a game-high 20 points.

Neither team was able to maintain momentum in the first half, which featured six lead changes, as the largest lead attained by either squad was six points late in the stanza.

Saints forward Tyrone Buchanan ‘11 (Detroit, MI) scored hoops on consecutive possessions to lift the visitors to a 25-20 lead with 10 minutes left in the first stanza, but the Monks answered by outscoring Emmanuel 13-4 for the remainder of the half to take a 33-29 lead into the break.

St. Joe's, aided by a 19-22 performance from the line, did not trail Emmanuel in the second half. The Saints cut the deficit to 45-43 after Jackson connected on a jumper at the 12:14 mark, but the Monks put the game out of reach with a 13-2 outburst, making 7-8 free-throw bids, in the next three minutes to take a thirteen-point lead. The Monks went on to maintain at least a seven-point edge for the remainder of the contest and went on to earn a 73-65 conference win.

For the Monks, Chris Davis ‘11 (New York, NY) scored 11 points and Elbie Murphy ‘09 (Loudonville, NY) tallied nine points and five assists. Tyler Kelley ‘11 (Saco, ME) and Chris Petzy ‘12 (East Kingston, NH) added eight points apiece and Scot Vachon ‘09 (Schenectady, NY) recorded five assists in the win.

As a team, Saint Joseph's recorded 17 assists on 23 baskets and shot 74.2% (23-31) from the line in the triumph. Emmanuel shot just 40% (8-20) from the line posted 10 assists on 27 field goals. Neither team fared well from beyond the arc, as the Monks shot 30.8% (4-13) against just 15.8% (3-19) by the Saints.

For the Saints, Mack Spellman ‘09 (Clinton, NY) scored 14 points and Eric Spanbauer ‘12 (Niagara Falls, NY) contributed nine points and seven rebounds in the loss.

Saint Joseph's will host GNAC rival Albertus Magnus on Saturday, January 24th at 3:00 PM while Emmanuel is set to host Suffolk University at 5:30 PM on Wednesday, January 21st at 5:30 PM.


Newspaper Box Score
Emmanuel College vs St. Joseph's (Me.)
01/19/09 3:00 PM at Standish, Maine
At Standish, Maine
ST. JOSEPH'S (ME.) 73, EMMANUEL COLLEGE 65
EMMANUEL COLLEGE (6-8, 3-4 GNAC)
Mike Jackson 8-14 4-4 20; Mack Spellman 5-10 3-6 14; Eric Spanbauer 4-4 1-4
9; Isaiah Duke 3-3 0-2 7; Rob Williams-Hinton 3-11 0-0 7; Tyrone Buchanan
3-7 0-2 6; Chris Puzacke 1-1 0-2 2; Andre Fuller 0-2 0-0 0; Andres
Bustamante 0-1 0-0 0; Torrey Joyner 0-0 0-0 0; Tony Carter-Hill 0-4 0-0 0;
J.P. Ventura 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-58 8-20 65.
ST. JOSEPH'S (ME.) (11-4, 5-3 GNAC)
Zach O'Brien 4-9 6-8 15; Chris Davis 4-8 3-3 11; Ray Eatmon 4-9 3-4 11;
Elbie Murphy 2-4 4-5 9; Chris Petzy 3-8 0-0 8; Tyler Kelley 2-6 4-5 8; Scot
Vachon 2-7 0-0 4; Alonso Davis 1-3 2-2 4; Mitch Ouellet 1-2 0-0 2; Anthony
Savino 0-0 1-4 1. Totals 23-56 23-31 73.
Emmanuel College.............. 29 36 - 65
St. Joseph's (Me.)............ 33 40 - 73
3-point goals--Emmanuel College 3-19 (Rob Williams-Hinton 1-5; Mack Spellman
1-6; Isaiah Duke 1-1; Tony Carter-Hill 0-3; Tyrone Buchanan 0-2; Mike
Jackson 0-2), St. Joseph's (Me.) 4-13 (Chris Petzy 2-5; Elbie Murphy 1-3;
Zach O'Brien 1-2; Tyler Kelley 0-2; Mitch Ouellet 0-1). Fouled out--Emmanuel
College-None, St. Joseph's (Me.)-None. Rebounds--Emmanuel College 33 (Eric
Spanbauer 7), St. Joseph's (Me.) 41 (Ray Eatmon 10). Assists--Emmanuel
College 10 (Eric Spanbauer 2; Mack Spellman 2; Mike Jackson 2), St. Joseph's
(Me.) 17 (Scot Vachon 5; Elbie Murphy 5). Total fouls--Emmanuel College 23,
St. Joseph's (Me.) 14. Technical fouls--Emmanuel College-None, St. Joseph's
(Me.)-None. A-220