Men's Basketball

Late Surge Not Enough, Monks Fall at Emmanuel

Late Surge Not Enough, Monks Fall at Emmanuel

Game Leaders

Saint Joseph's (Me.)
Pts: Nicholas Curtis - 20
Reb: Camryn Yorke - 7
Ast: Griffin Foley - 6
Emmanuel (Mass.)
Pts: Zaire Baines - 16
Reb: Kendrick Jean-Francois - 10
Ast: Bryant Ciccio - 4

Team Stats

Saint Joseph's (Me.)
Emmanuel (Mass.)

Field Goals

(28-61)
(28-51)

Field Goal %

45.9%
54.9%

Rebounds

27
38

Assists

16
13

Turnovers

13
18

Pts off Turnovers

17
13

2nd Chance Pts

2
7

Pts in the Paint

30
36

Fastbreak Pts

15
10

Bench Pts

22
30
full stats
Posted: Feb 11, 2023

BOSTON, Mass. – Emmanuel College (16-7, 12-3 GNAC) defeated Saint Joseph's College (12-11, 8-7 GNAC), 82-74, in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) men's basketball action on Saturday afternoon.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

Saint Joseph's stumbled out of the gates and, after making 7-of-26 shots from the floor in the first frame, faced a 41-22 deficit going into intermission.

The Saints maintained at least a 16-point lead – including a game-high 29-point (67-38) margin with 8:07 left in the second stanza – until the Monks cut the hosts' lead to single digits with a late run. Trailing 74-49 with five minutes remaining, the St. Joe's offense finally started to click to the tune of a 22-4 surge, which was capped with a Nicholas Curtis (Windham, Maine) three-pointer at the 1:08 mark.

Unfortunately for Saint Joseph's, the closing-minutes outbreak proved to be too little, too late as Emmanuel went 4-for-4 from the line in the last 21 seconds to secure the conference victory.

STATS OF THE GAME:

Emmanuel made nearly three times as many free throws as Saint Joseph's (20-7) and held a 30-22 advantage in bench points on the afternoon.

LEADERS – SAINT JOSEPH'S:

  • Curtis netted a game-high 20 points on 5-of-9 three-point shooting
  • Graduate guard Griffin Foley (Portland, Maine) scored 16 points with six assists and two steals
  • Senior guard Bryton Early (Rollinsford, N.H.) netted 12 points and was 3-for-3 from downtown in just 11 minutes off the bench
  • Senior forward Ashtyn Abbott (Farmingdale, Maine) chipped in with 10 points and six rebounds

LEADERS – EMMANUEL:

  • Zaire Baines paced the Saints with 16 points after making 10-of-16 FT attempts
  • Ted Weber was 5-for-5 from the floor with 15 points and five rebounds
  • Ricky Martin netted 12 points with two assists
  • Bryant Ciccio contributed 11 points and four assists
  • Donte Pope scored 10 points and pulled down eight rebounds

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING:

With the result, Saint Joseph's falls to 21-10 in the history of the series with Emmanuel College.

NEXT!

Saint Joseph's will host Regis College on Tuesday in a GNAC matchup set to start at 7:30 PM.

 

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.

 

 

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