September 20, 2024
COLLEGE ROUNDUP

Pilsbury shot lifts Husson to victory

BABSON PARK, Fla. – Robert Pilsbury hit a 3-pointer with six seconds remaining to lift Husson College of Bangor to a 68-67 victory over Greensboro (N.C.) College in the first round of the Webber College Tournament.

Husson takes on Webber for the championship at 5 p.m. today. Webber defeated Rhode Island College 69-68.

Pilsbury finished with six 3-pointers and a game-high 24 points for the Braves, who led by 17 with 15 minutes remaining before the Pride rallied.

Randy Fletcher contributed 16 points and 12 rebounds, and Scott Griffin added 11 points.

Greensboro led by Patrick Small, Trey Williams and Daron Williams with 11 points apiece and Lamont Sides with 10.

Greensboro (3-5) 67

Linzy 3-2-8, Sides 4-0-10, Tucker 3-1-7, T. Williams 4-1-11, D. Williams 5-0-11, Joyner 0-1-1, Pensley 1-1-4, Greenaway 1-0-2, Parrish, Small 4-3-11, McKee 1-0-2

Husson (8-2) 68

Armenakis, Fletcher 7-1-16, Rivera 1-0-2, Lancaster 2-1-5, Russo 1-1-3, Brown, Pilsbury 9-0-24, Robb 2-0-5, Breen 1-0-2, Griffin 4-3-11

3-pt. goals: Sides 2, T. Williams 2, D. Williams, Pensley; Pilsbury 6, Fletcher, Robb

Halftime: Husson 39-28

Chris. Newport 68, Colby 57

At Newport News, Va., the Captains held the White Mules to 30 percent shooting in the second half to take the victory.

Antoine Sinclair paced Christopher Newport with a game-high 27 points and 12 rebounds. Albert Haskins, Julian Sumpter and Roderic Carey added 10 points apiece for the winners, who outrebounded the Mules 47-31.

Sam Clark poured in 26 points and grabbed eight rebounds for Colby of Waterville. Damien Strahorn netted 12 points.

Colby (7-2) 57

Forsyth, Strahorn 4-2-12, Davis 3-0-9, Civiello 1-0-2, Clark 9-7-26, Moro, Loukes, Allen, Crossman 3-1-8, Flood

Christopher Newport (10-0) 68

Sinclair 12-3-27, Haskins 3-1-10, Heard 2-0-5, Sumpter 4-1-10, Gray 2-0-4, Boykins 1-0-2, Woods , Morris, Carey 4-2-10

3-pt. goals: Strahorn 2, Davis 3, Clark, Crossman; Haskins 3, Heard, Sumpter

Halftime: Christopher Newport 35-29

St. Joe’s 91, Palm Beach Atl. 83

At West Palm Beach, Fla., C. J. Vose scored 26 points and Leroy Gore posted 25 points and 11 rebounds to pace the Monks of Standish.

Mike Ifill added 11 points for St. Joseph’s.

Tony Ross topped the Sailfish with 26 points and 12 rebounds, and Mark Skupeika contributed 24 points.

St. Joseph’s (7-4) 91

Willer, Underwood 2-2-6, McPherson 2-2-6, Gore 11-1-25, Vose 8-9-26, Ifill 4-3-11, Seaver 2-0-5, Ventry 1-0-2, Pelletier 2-0-4, Drayer 3-0-6

Palm Beach Atlantic (8-8) 83

French 0-2-2, Morrison 0-1-1, Schweitzer, Coats 1-2-4, Troupe 4-1-9, Ross 7-12-26, Davis, Skupeika 10-3-24, Banks, Gibson 3-0-8, Hoffar 1-0-2, Robbins

3-pt. goals: Gore 2, Vose, Seaver; Skupeika, Gibson 2

Halftime: St. Joseph’s 48-44

New Hampshire 62, BU 59

At Durham, N.H., Marcus Bullock hit a 3-pointer with 2.3 seconds left Tuesday to give New Hampshire a win over Boston University, breaking a 10-game losing streak to the Terriers.

Trailing, 59-56, BU’s Stijin Dhondt turned a layup into a 3-point play when he was fouled by Austin Ganly with 32 seconds to go. Dhondt connected on his free throw to tie, setting up Bullock for his game-winner 30 seconds later.

UNH (3-8, 2-2 America East) had five players in double figures, including Bullock who had 12. Ganly and Allen Gould each had 12 and Chris Brown and Colin Donahue had 10 apiece.


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