NEW HAVEN, CT -  JR Elbie Murphy (Loudonville, NY) had a game-high 30 points in Saturday's 85-71 victory at GNAC foe Albertus Magnus College - giving him 1,003 points for his career. Murphy is the 29th player in Monks history to reach the milestone. With the win, the Monks are now 6-3 in GNAC play and 8-7 overall while Albertus Magnus falls to 1-8 in the GNAC and 1-15 overall.

The AMC Falcons led the Monks until JR Scot Vachon (Schenectady, NY) hit a jump shot to put the Royal Blue up by one point at the 10 minute mark of the first half. Three-pointers by both Murphy and FY Eric Friend (Portland, ME) and a 5-6 free-throw shooting performance in the final 2 minutes of the half increased the Monk lead to 10 points going into the break, 48-38.

The Falcons clawed their way back into the game and tied the Monks, 66-66, with 8 minutes left to play. St. Joe's went on to outscore the host team 19-5 the rest of the game to secure the 85-71 victory. Elbie Murphy scored 10 points during the SJC run and sank a three-pointer from the top of the key at the two minute mark to pass the 1,000 point barrier.

For St. Joe's, SO Ray Eatmon (Huntington, NY) netted 10 points, 10 boards, 4 assists, 3 blocked shots and 2 steals and Murphy added 9 rebounds, 4 steals and 3 blocked shots to cap his memorable achievement in the Monks victory. Murphy made 10 of 17 field goal attempts in the game, including a 4-5 effort from beyond the arc. FY Chris Davis (New York, NY) came off the bench to add 9 points.

Four AMC players reached double figures with JR Bobby Leonzo (East Haven, CT) and JR Adam Hovan (Ansonia, CT) each posting double-doubles in the game.

The Monks outshot the Falcons at the charity stripe, 74% (17-23) to 55% (6-11) in the contest.

St. Joe's will travel to Lewiston, ME to take on the Bates College Bobcats on Tuesday, 1/29, at 7:00 PM.



St. Joseph's (Me.) vs Albertus Magnus College
01/26/08 3:00 PM at Albertus Magnus College "The Nest"

ST. JOSEPH'S (ME.) 85, ALBERTUS MAGNUS COLLEGE 71
ST. JOSEPH'S (ME.) (8-7, 6-3 GNAC)
Elbie Murphy 10-17 6-9 30; Raymond Eatmon 5-12 0-0 10; Scot Vachon 3-8 2-4
9; Chris Davis 3-4 3-4 9; Eric Friend 2-7 2-2 8; Alberto Rue 3-6 0-0 7;
Mitch Ouellet 1-3 2-2 5; R.J. Mattison 1-4 2-2 4; Bobby Russo 1-5 0-0 3;
Alonso Davis 0-0 0-0 0; Rashon Jones 0-0 0-0 0; Tyler Kelley 0-0 0-0 0;
Anthony Savino 0-1 0-0 0; Jay Tutwiler 0-0 0-0 0; T.J. Tandberg 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 29-67 17-23 85.

ALBERTUS MAGNUS COLLEGE (1-15, 1-8 GNAC)
Walden St. Juste 7-14 0-1 15; Bobby Leonzo 5-11 0-0 13; Sha'Ron Young 4-11
4-6 13; Adam Hovan 5-11 0-0 11; Thomas Eckert 3-5 0-0 9; Shawn Mendenhall
2-6 0-0 5; John Donahue 1-2 0-0 3; Francisco Cordova 0-5 2-4 2; Mike Barber
0-2 0-0 0; Cullen Burnell 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-67 6-11 71.

St. Joseph's (Me.)............ 48 37 - 85
Albertus Magnus College....... 38 33 - 71

3-point goals-
St. Joseph's (Me.) 10-23 (Elbie Murphy 4-5; Eric Friend 2-4;
Bobby Russo 1-5; Scot Vachon 1-2; Alberto Rue 1-4; Mitch Ouellet 1-1; R.J.
Mattison 0-2)

Albertus Magnus College 11-22 (Bobby Leonzo 3-7; Thomas
Eckert 3-4; John Donahue 1-2; Shawn Mendenhall 1-3; Adam Hovan 1-1; Sha'Ron
Young 1-2; Walden St. Juste 1-3)

Fouled out--St. Joseph's (Me.)-None, Albertus Magnus College-None

Rebounds-
St. Joseph's (Me.) 45 (Raymond Eatmon 10)

Albertus Magnus College 44 (Bobby Leonzo 11)

Assists-
St. Joseph's (Me.) 13 (Raymond Eatmon 4; Scot Vachon 4)

Albertus Magnus College 12 (Mike Barber 3)

Total fouls-
St. Joseph's (Me.) 15
Albertus Magnus College 21.
A-134