SAINTS SPLIT WEEKEND,

FALL TO CONNECTICUT COLLEGE, 70-67

Nov. 17: The St. Lawrence University men’s basketball team lost to Connecticut College in the Babson Tournament championship game on Saturday afternoon, falling to the Camels 70-67 in Babson Park, MA, splitting their first weekend of 2007-2008 to give them a 1-1 overall record thus far in the season.

 

The Saints never led against Connecticut College, who are now 2-0 in the season. In the first half, St. Lawrence was able to nearly close a 10-point gap in the score to bring it within three, but every time the Saints were within reach, the Camels had success from beyond the arc to maintain their advantage over the Saints.

 

In the second half, the Saints found themselves 13-points behind with 11:55 to go, but efforts by the Saints would bring their lead back down into the single digits before the Camels would make it an 11-point game with 7:11 to go. In the last 4:29 of the game, St. Lawrence went on a 13-8 run to close the lead to only three, but were unable to score in the last few seconds of the game. The Camels’ Charles Stone had 17 points, while teammates Jeff Young and Shavar Bernier each had 16 points to lead their team to the tournament title.

 

For the Saints, Sophomore Andy Hoercher had 16 points and was 5-for-10 from the floor, and made 3 out of 4 three pointers to try and give the Saints a push. He was also 3-for-3 from the line, had four rebounds and four assists.

 

Junior forward Richard Williams had a double-double in Saturday’s game, tallying 10 points and 11 rebounds for St. Lawrence. The captain from Kingston, NY also had one assist in his 25 minutes of play.

 

His co-captain, junior guard Tom Wopperer, had 12 points and one assist, while sophomore Josh Sharlow netted 10 points and was 3-for-4 at the line. He also tallied one assist and two steals for St. Lawrence. Junior Bela Vonnak also had 11 points for the Saints in the game.

 

Both Wopperer and Vonnak were named to the 2007 All-Tournament Team for their efforts in both games this weekend. The two Saints players combined for 67 points and 17 rebounds against Bates and the Camels.

 

The Saints, who are now 1-1 overall will travel to Middlebury on Tuesday, November 20 th to play the Panthers. The game is set to begin at 6:00pm.