Men's Basketball Suffers a 100-80 Loss at CCC Rival Eastern Nazarene
February 12, 2013
QUINCY, Mass. - The Eastern Nazarene men’s basketball team topped league-leading Curry 100-80 at the Lahue Physical Education Center Tuesday evening.
The victory lifts the Lions to 16-7 on the season and 10-6 in the Commonwealth Coast Conference. The Colonels slip to 16-7 overall and 13-3 in league action to remain atop the standings.
Brian Hard, Jaylen Owens and Justin Wagner paced the Lions with 13 points each. Eric Lynch finished with 11 points and seven boards off the bench. Jeremy Wagner and Max Barbosa tallied eight points apiece on the night while Aaron Johnson netted seven.
Senior Sedale Jones and junior A.J. Stephens led the visitors with 19 points each on the night. Junior Lambros Papalambros chipped in with 16 points while classmate Carlos Ribeiro finished with 12.
Following a 7-3 run by the home team to start the game, Curry answered with a 6-2 clip to tie the game at 9-9 with 15:09 left to play.
Eastern Nazarene’s lead skyrocketed to 11 points with 10:16 remaining as Owens tossed in a layup, 24-13.
Alex Jarman tipped in a missed lay-in by Mike McCoy in the waning seconds of the first half.
Eastern Nazarene headed into the halftime intermission sporting a 44-28 lead after shooting 47.1% from the floor and 53.3% from three-point land in the opening 20 minutes.
Hard led the hosts with nine first-half points while Justin Wagner poured in eight and Owens recorded seven.
The Lions stretched their advantage to 21 just three minutes into the second period as Barbosa converted a pair of free throws, 53-32.
The visitors trimmed the margin to 13 with 8:40 left to play as Jones knocked down two free throws, 63-50.
Eastern Nazarene restored its lead to 22 on a lay-up by Lynch with 4:51 to go, 79-57.
The Lions drained 19 free throws in the final five minutes and 13 attempts in the final 3:28 of the contest to secure the win.
Eastern Nazarene connected on half of its field-goal attempts on the night, including 9-of-22 from long range and 26-of-51 from the free throw line. Curry shot 44.3% from the floor and 50% from beyond the arc in the contest. (Game recap courtesy of ENC Sports Information)
The victory lifts the Lions to 16-7 on the season and 10-6 in the Commonwealth Coast Conference. The Colonels slip to 16-7 overall and 13-3 in league action to remain atop the standings.
Brian Hard, Jaylen Owens and Justin Wagner paced the Lions with 13 points each. Eric Lynch finished with 11 points and seven boards off the bench. Jeremy Wagner and Max Barbosa tallied eight points apiece on the night while Aaron Johnson netted seven.
Senior Sedale Jones and junior A.J. Stephens led the visitors with 19 points each on the night. Junior Lambros Papalambros chipped in with 16 points while classmate Carlos Ribeiro finished with 12.
Following a 7-3 run by the home team to start the game, Curry answered with a 6-2 clip to tie the game at 9-9 with 15:09 left to play.
Eastern Nazarene’s lead skyrocketed to 11 points with 10:16 remaining as Owens tossed in a layup, 24-13.
Alex Jarman tipped in a missed lay-in by Mike McCoy in the waning seconds of the first half.
Eastern Nazarene headed into the halftime intermission sporting a 44-28 lead after shooting 47.1% from the floor and 53.3% from three-point land in the opening 20 minutes.
Hard led the hosts with nine first-half points while Justin Wagner poured in eight and Owens recorded seven.
The Lions stretched their advantage to 21 just three minutes into the second period as Barbosa converted a pair of free throws, 53-32.
The visitors trimmed the margin to 13 with 8:40 left to play as Jones knocked down two free throws, 63-50.
Eastern Nazarene restored its lead to 22 on a lay-up by Lynch with 4:51 to go, 79-57.
The Lions drained 19 free throws in the final five minutes and 13 attempts in the final 3:28 of the contest to secure the win.
Eastern Nazarene connected on half of its field-goal attempts on the night, including 9-of-22 from long range and 26-of-51 from the free throw line. Curry shot 44.3% from the floor and 50% from beyond the arc in the contest. (Game recap courtesy of ENC Sports Information)