AMCATS Downed by #22 Amherst, 94-67
| 2nd - 00:00 | 1 | 2 | T | |
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Amherst (8-2) | 43 | 51 | 94 |
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Anna Maria (3-6) | 29 | 38 | 67 |
PAXTON, Mass. –The Anna Maria College men's basketball team fell to the 22nd ranked Lord Jeffs of Amherst College by a score of 94-67 at The Fuller Activities Center on Tuesday evening. The win improves the Lord Jeffs to 8-2 to begin the year, while the AMCATS fall to 3-6 overall.
AMCAT senior Anthony Click (Springfield, Mass) had a team-best 22 points and game-high 13 rebounds to finish the night with the games only double-double. Classmate Javier Bristol (Haverhill, Mass.) collected 10 points, 4 rebounds and dished out 3 assists while Brad Peterson (North Kingstown, RI) added 9 points and 7 rebounds in the loss.
The Lord Jeffs had four players finish in doubles figures, including freshman Connor Green (Bedford, NH), senior Peter Kaasila (Plaistow, NH), senior Allen Williamson (Saugus, Mass.) and junior David Kalema (Burke, VA). Green had a game-high 24 points on 9-of-13 shooting from the floor, while Kalema compiled 20 points, 4 steals and two assists. Williamson was an efficient 6-for-10 for 13 points while Kaasila contributed 13 points in the win.
The AMCATS built an early 10-9 lead after freshman Tyler Delorey (Worcester, Mass.) converted a free throw to complete a three-point play. However the Lord Jeffs rolled off a 14-0 run to take a 23-10 advantage at the 11:00 minute mark and never looked back. Amherst took an 43-29 advantage over the opening 20 minutes after shooting a blistering 58.6% from the field, while Anna Maria struggled connecting on just 36.7% of their attempts in the first half.
Anna Maria kept the game close to begin the second half, Brad Peterson's trey at 17:38 kept it to a 12 point game, 50-38 and when freshman Jaylen Dottin (Southbridge, Mass.) put back an Anthony Click miss, the deficit was just 61-50 with 12 minutes to play. However, the Lord Jeffs proved to powerful down the stretch and pulled away for the 94-67 win.
Amherst College finished the game shooting 55% from the field to their counterparts 38.5%, while Anna Maria held the slight rebounding edge 41-39.
Anna Maria is now off for winter break, the AMCATS will return in 2013 when they will travel to Fitchburg State to visit the Falcons at 7:30 pm on January 3rd.
