Castleton men top CSJ 70-64
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Staff Reports - Published: January 8, 2009
CASTLETON – The Castleton State College men's basketball team used a 14-0 run midway through the second half to break away from College of St. Joseph (Vt.) to earn its first victory of the season, 70-64, at the Genbrook Gymnasium on Wednesday.
A Doug Childs lay up with 8:33 remaining in the second half capped a 9-0 St. Joseph run that made the Fighting Saints' lead swell to 53-44.
After a Castleton timeout, the Spartans reeled off 14 unanswered points over the next five minutes to take a 58-53 lead.
Cameron Bodine canned a pair of three-pointers and former U-32 standout Marcus Hass tossed in five points during the run, including a two fisted jam that brought the crowd to its feet.
The Spartans never trailed again, and made 7-of-8 free throws down the stretch to seal the win.
St. Joseph held a slim 34-32 edge at intermission, on the strength of 12 first half points from Brad Drysdale.
The Fighting Saints made 14-of-26 shots from the field, but were unable to pull away as Seth Harrington's 10 first half points kept the Spartans within striking distance. Castleton turned up its defensive pressure in the second half, limiting St. Joseph to just 30.6 percent (11-for-36) from the field and 1-of-10 from beyond the 3-point arc.
Drysdale finished with a game-high 18 points and six rebounds, while Childs added 16 points and six rebounds.
Tyler Herrington added 12 points and six rebounds as St. Joseph falls to 2-8 overall.
Castleton placed four players in double figures, led by Hass, Harrington and Keith Schneider each with 14.
Hass added seven rebounds and Harrington five for the 1-9 Spartans. Bodine finished with 11 points rounding out the Spartans in double figures.
Castleton opens up its North Atlantic Conference schedule on Tuesday when the Spartans play host to Johnson State College at 7:30 p.m.
CSJ will play host to University of Maine-Machias on Friday in Sunrise Conference action.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
UVM men open AE play tonight
The University of Vermont men's basketball team opens America East play today when the Catamounts (9-4, 0-0 America East) travel to Vestal, N.Y. to face Binghamton (9-4, 2-0 America East) at 7 p.m. in a game that will be televised on Time Warner 3 in central New York.
The Cats enter the contest having won eight of their last 10 games overall and defeated the Bearcats three times last season, including on their home court in the America East Quarterfinals.
Junior Marqus Blakely scored 15 points and added nine rebounds to lead Vermont to a 73-47 victory over the visiting New Jersey Institute of Technology on Saturday afternoon at Patrick Gym. NJIT opened the game with an early 4-2 lead before the Cats responded with 14 straight to go on top for good. Vermont started the game hitting 11 of its first 16 shots, while the Highlanders opened 1-for-9.
Vermont would lead by as many as 24 in the first half after Mike Trimboli hit one of two free throws with 2:04 to go, as the Cats would carry a 46-22 lead into the break.
MEN'S HOCKEY
No. 10 Vermont and No. 9 Boston College meet on NESN Friday night
BURLINGTON — The University of Vermont men's hockey game Friday night against Boston College at Gutterson Fieldhouse will air live on New England Sports Network at 7:30 p.m. The game will also re-air on NESN on Monday at 1 p.m.
Vermont (11-4-2, 6-3-1 HEA) won the Sheraton/TD Banknorth Catamount Cup last weekend and has won seven of its last eight contests. Boston College enters the weekend at 9-5-2 (5-4-2 HEA).
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