BANGOR, ME - Ray Eatmon '10 (Huntington, NY) scored 18 points to lead five St. Joe's players with double-digit point totals in a 90-65 victory over Husson University on Tuesday evening. Chris Davis '11 (New York, NY) netted 16 points and Chris Petzy '12 (East Kingston, NH) added 14 points to help the Monks win their fourth straight game and improve to 6-1 on the season. With two steals in the game, Elbie Murphy '09 (Loudonville, NY) surpassed Jamie Header '93 for the program steals record with 288 grabs in three-plus seasons.

Tyler Kelley '11 (Saco, ME) and Zach O'Brien '12 (Schenectady, NY) both scored 13 points and Alberto Rue '10 (Jamaica Plain, MA) shot 3-6 from long distance to tally nine points in the victory. Scot Vachon '09 (Schenectady, NY) had five assists and five steals and Eatmon and O'Brien both grabbed eight boards to lead the Monks, who outrebounded the Eagles 44-30, on the glass.

Nick Perras '09 (Lancaster, NH) scored 12 points for Husson while Blaine Meehan '09 (Winterport, ME) and Jay Uhrin '11 (Winterport, ME) both recorded 11 points in the losing effort. Scott Kissinger '09 (Islip Terrace, NY) had seven caroms to lead his team.

Husson's only lead of the contest came on their first possession when Kissinger hit a jumper off a Brock Bradford ‘10 (Kenduskeag, ME) pass thirty seconds into the game. Zach O'Brien netted five points and the Monks recorded a 10-2 run in the subsequent four minutes to establish a 10-4 lead. The Eagles trailed by two, 10-8, thirty seconds later when Bradford stole the ball from Eatmon and converted a layup.

The two-point deficit was as close as Husson would come to overtaking the Monks, as St. Joe's went on to shoot 53.1% (17-32), while the Eagles shot just 28.1% (9-32), from the field in the first half en route to posting a 43-20 halftime lead.

Three minutes into the second stanza the Monks rattled off a 15-0 run to take a establish their largest advantage, 33 points, to effectively close the door on any hopes the home team might have of making a comeback.

The final basket of the run, a three-pointer by Rue, was set up by an Elbie Murphy pass after he grabbed his record breaking 288th career steal, which came off a mishandled ball by Husson guard Brock Bradford at the 14:06 mark of the second period.

Murphy's 288 grabs in 87 games gives him a 3.31 steals per game average, which ranks second behind Allen Fields ‘92, who recorded 237 steals in 70 games for a 3.39 pilfering average. Murphy set the Monks basketball single season records when he collected 126 steals and posted a 4.2 steals per game average in 2007. Murphy's steals per game average that season led all of NCAA Men's Basketball.

Saint Joseph's shot an even 50% (33-66) from the floor, 7-15 (46.7%) from beyond the arc, and converted 17 of 24 (70.8%) from the charity stripe in the win.

Husson countered with a 35.9% (23-64) effort from the field, just 7 of 32 from three-point land (21.9%), and connected on 12 of their 16 (75%) trips to the line in the losing effort.

The Monks will travel to Newton, MA on Saturday December 13th to take on GNAC foe Lasell College at 2:00 PM. The Eagles will play at Bates College on December 19th at 7:00 PM.

Newspaper Box Score
Saint Joseph's College (Me.) vs Husson Univ
12/9/08 5:30 at Newman Gymnasium
At Newman Gymnasium
SAINT JOSEPH'S COLLEGE (ME.) 90, HUSSON UNIV 65
SAINT JOSEPH'S COLLEGE (ME.) (6-1)
Ray Eatmon 6-11 6-10 18; Chris Davis 5-11 6-7 16; Chris Petzy 5-8 2-3 14;
Tyler Kelley 6-14 0-0 13; Zach O'Brien 5-8 2-2 13; Alberto Rue 3-6 0-0 9;
Elbie Murphy 1-1 1-2 3; Tom Ray 1-1 0-0 2; Mitch Ouellet 1-2 0-0 2; Ben
Baudanza-Sturks 0-0 0-0 0; Eric Friend 0-0 0-0 0; Anthony Savino 0-1 0-0 0;
T. J. Tandberg 0-0 0-0 0; Bobby Russo 0-1 0-0 0; Scot Vachon 0-2 0-0 0.
Totals 33-66 17-24 90.
HUSSON UNIV (1-5)
Nick Perras 5-9 0-2 12; Jay Urhin 4-9 1-2 11; Blaine Meehan 4-7 2-2 11; Matt
Mckenzie 4-5 1-1 9; Scott Kissinger 2-10 2-3 7; James Ockimey 1-4 2-2 5;
Joey Kane 1-3 2-2 4; Cam Puls 0-0 2-2 2; Fabian Figueroa 1-3 0-0 2; Brock
Bradford 1-8 0-0 2; Deashawn McMorin 0-2 0-0 0; Matt Cummings 0-2 0-0 0; CJ
Hodges 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 23-64 12-16 65.
Saint Joseph's College (Me.).. 43 47 - 90
Husson Univ................... 20 45 - 65
3-point goals--Saint Joseph's College (Me.) 7-15 (Alberto Rue 3-6; Chris
Petzy 2-3; Zach O'Brien 1-1; Tyler Kelley 1-3; Bobby Russo 0-1; Scot Vachon
0-1), Husson Univ 7-32 (Nick Perras 2-6; Jay Urhin 2-4; Scott Kissinger 1-7;
James Ockimey 1-3; Blaine Meehan 1-2; Brock Bradford 0-4; Deashawn McMorin
0-2; CJ Hodges 0-1; Fabian Figueroa 0-2; Joey Kane 0-1). Fouled out--Saint
Joseph's College (Me.)-None, Husson Univ-Nick Perras. Rebounds--Saint
Joseph's College (Me.) 44 (Ray Eatmon 8; Zach O'Brien 8), Husson Univ 30
(Scott Kissinger 7). Assists--Saint Joseph's College (Me.) 19 (Scot Vachon
5), Husson Univ 13 (Brock Bradford 5). Total fouls--Saint Joseph's College
(Me.) 12, Husson Univ 18. Technical fouls--Saint Joseph's College
(Me.)-None, Husson Univ-None.