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Colby-Sawyer drops JSC in men's & women's hoops

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Created on Sunday, 04 December 2011 05:03

Written by Michael Osborne, Johnson State SID

Johnson State College trailed by eight at the half but saw visiting Colby-Sawyer College roll in the second half and pick up a 90-57 North Atlantic Conference (NAC) victory on Saturday at Carter Gym.  The Chargers held Johnson to 29% shooting in the second half while shooting 55% from the floor themselves en route to the win.

 

Freshman Koang Thok (Portland, Maine/Lee Academy) scored a game-high 25 points on 8-15 shooting including three 3-point field goals to pace the Chargers.  Senior sniper Will Bardaglio (Wayne, Maine/Maranacook) canned five 3-pointers and finished with 17 points while classmate James Tobin (Brookline, Mass./Hollis-Brookline) added 16 points.

 

Johnson was led by junior point guard Andy Bousono (Philadelphia, Penn./Nueva Esperanza) and his 13 points.  Freshman forward Cory Chase (Milton, Vt./Milton) added 12 points and six rebounds while sophomore guard Scott Moran (Orange, Conn./Amity) scored 10 points and dealt out five assists.

 

Colby-Sawyer led wire-to-wire but saw the Badgers trail by just a point at 29-28 with 4:25 left in the first half following a Moran jumper.  But a pair of Bardaglio 3-pointers before half keyed a surge that provided the eight-point margin at the break.

 

The Chargers came out of the half and took control immediately opening the half on a 9-2 spurt and they did not look back.  C-SC finished the game with a 36-23 rebound advantage while shooting 10-19 (53%) from 3-point land.

 

Johnson will step outside of conference play with a contest at the College of St. Joseph (Vt.) on Thursday at 7:30 pm.  Colby-Sawyer moves on to host WPI on Tuesday at 7:00 pm.

 

WOMEN'S RECAP

 

Johnson State College was defeated on Saturday afternoon by visiting Colby-Sawyer College in women’s basketball by the count of 88-70.  The Chargers knocked down 10 of 21 3-point field goals on the day to pick up the North Atlantic Conference (NAC) to move to 6-1, 2-0 NAC while Johnson falls to 1-5, 0-2 NAC.

 

Ashley Fruzzetti (Raynham, Mass./Carver) led Colby-Sawyer with a 23-point effort that included five 3-pointers while Taylor DeSanty (North Adams, Mass./Drury) went for 21 points. Cailin Bullett (Millsbury, Mass./Millbury) recorded a double-double with 14 points and 13 rebounds and Sammi Lehr (Cohasset, Mass./Cohasset) added 10 points.

 

Johnson first-year guard Brittany Robertson (Burlington, Vt./Burlington) canned six 3-point field goals on her way to 23 points while senior guard Andrea Deuell (Milton, Vt./Milton) tossed in 13 points.  Freshman guard Kassidee Keefe (Derby Line, Vt./North Country) chipped in with 10 points and seven rebounds.

 

The Chargers jumped out to an 18-4 lead before Johnson found their legs but indeed then did and the Badgers were competitive the rest of the way.  Johnson would trail 48-31 at the half with Robertson scoring 16 in the first 20 minutes.

 

After falling behind 81-52 with 7:23 remaining Johnson State was able to close the game on 18-7 run to provide the final 18-point margin.

 

Johnson will now host Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) on Monday at 5:30 pm, a non-conference tilt, while Colby-Sawyer moves on to play at Suffolk University on Wednesday at 7:00 pm.