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NEC knocks off Hornets

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Created on Sunday, 04 December 2011 05:05

Written by Bill Johnson, LSC SID

Pilgrims rally past Hornets

LYNDON CENTER, Vt. — New England College erased a 20-point, first-half deficit and rallied to an 85-80 victory over Lyndon Saturday in North Atlantic Conference men’s basketball action.

The Hornets, behind a salvo of three-pointers, built a 33-13 lead early in the first half only to see the Pilgrims chip away at the advantage and trail by nine at intermission. New England’s depth and athleticism took over in the second half and wore down the short-handed Lyndon squad which dressed only nine players for the game.

Robin Wilson led the Pilgrims (2-5, 2-0) with 20 points and 10 rebounds and Ryan Schmitz chipped in 16 points and six steals. Troy Prather tossed in 14 points for the winners and the tandem of Spencer Marzouk and Abdirahman Mohamed added 13 and 10 points, respectively.

Ben Sackett had a game-high 31 points for the Hornets (0-7, 0-2), including a 7-for-10 performance from the beyond the three-point arc. Jason Gray had 21 points and eight rebounds in the loss and Richie Hackett had 12 points.

Asa Smith had a team-high six assists and four blocks for Lyndon and John Williams contributed three steals.

Williams leads New England past Lyndon

LYNDON CENTER, Vt. — Rachel Williams shook off early foul trouble to propel New England to a 59-48 North Atlantic Conference women’s basketball win over Lyndon Saturday.

Williams poured in 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds after intermission en route to an 18-point, 12-rebound effort that allowed the Pilgrims (7-0, 2-0) to remain unbeaten on the season. Jessie Ledy chipped in 10 points in the win and Katarina Muska came off the bench to collected six rebounds.

Donna Lawson had 11 points, 16 rebounds six blocked shots and three steals in the contest for Lyndon (1-2, 0-2) and teammate Naomi White added 16 points and three steals.