11/25/08
Men's basketball earns win at St. Joe's
STANDISH -- Four University of Maine at Farmington men's basketball players reached double-figures in scoring as the Beavers defeated St. Joseph's College 69-56 tonight at the Alfond Center.
Andrew Dean (Gorham, ME) scored 16 points to pace the Beavers (2-1), who are off until Dec. 3 when they are scheduled to play host to Colby College. Josh Tanguay (Gorham, ME) posted a double-double effort with 10 points and 12 rebounds, while Eric Taylor (Oakland, ME) pitched in 14 points and Shane Tracy (Sangerville, ME) added 10 points.
The Monks dropped to 2-1.
Trailing 27-20 with four minutes remaining in the opening stanza, the Monks managed to put together a 9-2 run, with seven of the points coming from Alberto Rue (Jamaica Plain, MA), to knot the game at 29 apiece going into the break. The deadlocked score was as close as they came to overcoming the visitors in their home opener. Dean made one of two free throw attempts to cap a 13-4 run that saw Farmington take a 42-33 lead six minutes into the second half. Dean and Ted Neil (Strong, ME) made 3-pointers on back-to-back UMF possessions during the offensive surge to help the visitors gain momentum.
The Monks were able to cut the Beavers’ lead to four points, 42-38, in the following two minutes with a three-pointer from Rue and a pair of free-throws from Murphy , but Farmington quickly regained control of the contest after Tracy scored five points to put his team back on top by seven with 9:40 left to play.
The Beavers, with help from a healthy 11-12 effort from the charity stripe down the stretch, would not lead by fewer than seven points for the remainder of the game. Farmington increased its advantage to 13 points as Dean sank two freebies with :29 left to cap the game scoring with the Beavers on top, 69-56.
For the Monks, Ray Eatmon (Huntington, NY) corralled ‘11 rebounds and scored nine points, and Scot Vachon (Schenectady, NY) had five points and five assists in the loss. Elbie Murphy scored 17 points and was 5-8 on free-throw attempts and grabbed three steals to give him 286 in his career, which is one shy of the SJC record held by Jamie Header.
