NEWTON, MA - Lasell College (5-4, 3-0 GNAC) doubled up Saint
Joseph's (6-2, 2-1), 40-20, in the second half en route to earning
a 80-60 GNAC victory over the visiting Monks on Saturday afternoon.
St. Joe's shot just 28% from the floor in the second stanza after
playing the Lasers to a 40-40 stalemate in the first half behind a
53.1% effort from the field. Elbie
Murphy '09 (Loudonville, NY) scored 14 points and
Ray Eatmon '10 (Huntington, NY)
gathered 12 rebounds in the Monks' first conference loss of the
season.
Lasell was led by Jose Guitian '09 (Miami, FL), who posted a
double-double effort with 29 points, off an 11-16 effort from the
field, and 12 boards. Brad Caravoulias '09 (Dracut, MA), sank five
of nine three-point bids and scored 17 points while Corey Godfrey
'11 (Cambridge, MA) scored 11 points, all in the second half, for
the Lasers.
The game started off well for the Monks, who mounted an 11-2 lead
after converting four straight trips down the court in the first
two minutes. Tyler Kelley '11
(Saco, ME) led the charge with a pair of treys and eight points in
the SJC offensive surge.
It was certain, however, that Lasell, the 2008 GNAC Champs, would
not go down without a battle. This was evident when the Lasers
bounced back to make it a one-point game just four minutes later
with a 9-2 run led by five points from Guitian.
St. Joe's led nearly the entire first half and relinquished the
lead for the first time with 1:17 to go before the break.
Caravoulias grabbed a steal to set up Kevin Richard '12 (New
Orleans, LA) for the go-ahead layup. Eatmon and
Richard swapped layups in the final 10 seconds and
Scot Vachon '09 (Schenectady, NY)
made a free throw to cap the first half scoring with the GNAC
rivals in a 40-40 stalemate.
Guitian carried the Lasers in the first six minutes of the second
stanza, when he led a 15-6 run to put his team up by nine, 55-46,
with 10 points of his own.
Murphy hit two freebies to cut the Lasell lead to
seven, but the Lasers poured in 24 points against just from St.
Joe's in the next seven minutes to gain an insurmountable 27 point
lead, 79-52, with 5:54 to play. Godfrey netted all 11 of his points
in the Lasell run while the Monks where held to a 1-8 shooting
performance with four turnovers during the same span.
For the Monks, Mitch Ouellet '09
(Fort Kent, ME) had eight points and five boards and
Vachon registered five assists and three steals.
Zach O'Brien '12 (Schenectady,
NY) and Chris Davis '11 (New
York, NY) both chipped in with six points.
Saint Joseph's outworked Lasell on the glass with a 40-32
rebounding edge, but the Monks turned the ball over 22 times
against 13 misques by the Lasers.
Lasell shot an even 50% (30-60) from the floor in the game, while
the Monks posted a 42.1% (24-57) effort in the loss.
In their last 2008 contest , Saint Joseph's will host Bates College
on Tuesday, December 16th at 7:30 PM. Lasell will not hit the
hardcourt again until Saturday, January 10th when they play at
Albertus Magnus College at 3:30 PM in a GNAC contest.
Newspaper Box Score
St. Joseph's (Me.) vs Lasell College
12/13/08 2:00 p.m. at Newton, Mass.
At Newton, Mass.
LASELL COLLEGE 80, ST. JOSEPH'S (ME.) 60
ST. JOSEPH'S (ME.) (6-2)
Elbie Murphy 6-9 2-2 14; Tyler Kelley 3-8 0-0 8; Mitch Ouellet 3-5
1-2 8;
Ray Eatmon 3-8 1-3 7; Zach O'Brien 2-6 2-2 6; Chris Davis 3-6 0-1
6; Scot
Vachon 1-4 1-4 3; Bobby Russo 1-2 0-0 3; Chris Petzy 1-2 0-0 3; Tom
Ray 1-1
0-0 2; Alberto Rue 0-4 0-0 0; Anthony Savino 0-1 0-0 0; Jay
Tutwiler 0-1 0-0
0. Totals 24-57 7-14 60.
LASELL COLLEGE (5-4)
Jose Guitian 11-16 4-7 29; Brad Caravoulias 6-10 0-0 17; Corey
Godfrey 5-6
1-1 11; Charles Horton 3-9 1-2 9; Kevin Richard 3-6 0-0 7; Kevin
Fallon 1-5
1-2 4; Junior Sainval 1-5 0-0 2; Javon Williams 0-0 1-4 1; Hayden
Yeazel 0-1
0-0 0; Jarell Baxter 0-0 0-0 0; Richie King 0-0 0-0 0; Matt Romano
0-2 0-0
0; Joey Vento 0-0 0-0 0; Sean Joynes 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-60 8-16
80.
St. Joseph's (Me.)............ 40 20 - 60
Lasell College................ 40 40 - 80
3-point goals--St. Joseph's (Me.) 5-13 (Tyler Kelley 2-3; Chris
Petzy 1-1;
Mitch Ouellet 1-2; Bobby Russo 1-1; Scot Vachon 0-1; Alberto Rue
0-3; Zach
O'Brien 0-1; Elbie Murphy 0-1), Lasell College 12-31 (Brad
Caravoulias 5-9;
Jose Guitian 3-6; Charles Horton 2-7; Kevin Fallon 1-3; Kevin
Richard 1-1;
Matt Romano 0-1; Junior Sainval 0-4). Fouled out--St. Joseph's
(Me.)-None,
Lasell College-None. Rebounds--St. Joseph's (Me.) 40 (Ray Eatmon
12), Lasell
College 32 (Jose Guitian 12). Assists--St. Joseph's (Me.) 13 (Scot
Vachon
5), Lasell College 17 (Charles Horton 5). Total fouls--St. Joseph's
(Me.)
14, Lasell College 14. Technical fouls--St. Joseph's (Me.)-None,
Lasell
College-None. A-264