NASHUA, N.H. - November 21, 2014 - The Colby-Sawyer men's basketball team fell to the Fitchburg State Falcons, 83-72 on the first day of the Rivier University Tip-Off tournament. 

Colby-Sawyer drops to 1-2 and will play in the tournament's consolation game at noon on Sunday against Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Services. Fitchburg State improves to 4-0 and will play Rivier at 2:00 p.m.

The game was evenly matched as the Falcons held a slim 38-35 lead at halftime. However Fitchburg State would use a 45 point second half surge to pull away with the 83-72 win.
 
Juniors Keyon Armstrong (Brockton, Mass.) and Kwame Lee (Holyoke, Mass.) led the offensive attack for Fitchburg State as they scored 15 and 14 points, respectively. Two other Falcons were able to reach the double-digit point plateau as junior Givaughn Jones (Dorchester, Mass.) added 13 points and classmate Anthony Muccioli (Nashua, N.H.) had 12 points off the bench.
 
Colby-Sawyer was led by senior Mike Dias (Carver, Mass.) who had 20 points and 8 rebounds. Dias also shot 8-for-12 in a reserve effort to keep the Chargers in the hunt for most of the game. Senior Zach Bean (Scarborough, Maine) knocked down three 3-pointers as he finished with 13 points and junior Peter Donato (Portland, Maine) was 5-for-9 from the floor, finishing with 12 points.