NEW LONDON, N.H. – December 2, 2015 – The Colby-Sawyer College men's basketball team fell to Green Mountain College, 91-81 in a North Atlantic Conference (NAC) opener for both teams.    

Green Mountain improves to 4-1 overall and 1-0 in the NAC. The Eagles will host Thomas on Friday night. The Chargers drop to 4-2 overall and 0-1 in the conference. Colby-Sawyer travels to Lyndon on Saturday.

The Eagles raced out to a 15-4 lead in the first six minutes capped by a Mychal Parker (Washington, N.C.) slam. The Chargers chipped away and trailed 17-11 after another Parker dunk, which resulted in the senior's second technical foul for hanging on the rim after having picked one up on his previous dunk for swatting the ball out of a Colby-Sawyer player's hands. The Green Mountain bench was then issued two more technical fouls (one Class A, one Class B) resulting in four free throws that senior Wol Majong (Manchester, N.H.) connected on to pull within 17-15.  With the Chargers still holding possession, sophomore Nolan Bird (Clarksburg, Mass.) hit a trey to give the home team an 18-17 lead with 12:11 left to play in the first.

The remainder of the frame went back and forth until the Chargers ended on a 10-3 run capped by a buzzer beater trey from sophomore Taylor Grande (Bedford, N.H.) to take a 46-40 lead into the break. The first half ended with four technical fouls (2 class A, 2 class B) and 27 total foul calls.

After deliberation by the refs at the half, Parker was granted to come back and play the second as he was hit with one Class A technical and one Class B technical. A player must get two Class A technical, one Class A and two Class B technicals, or three Class B technicals to be ejected.

He made his time on the court count in the second half scoring 11 of his 15 points in the frame to lead the Green Mountain comeback. The Eagles shot 51.6 percent from the floor in the second and held the Chargers to 35.1 percent. 

Senior Peter Donato (Portland, Maine) had a team best 19 points and 14 rebounds for the Chargers. Majong finished with 16 points and seven assists. Freshman Milani Hicks (Scarborough, Maine) was 6-of-8 for 13 points and added 12 rebounds and four assists.

Green Mountain was led by a game best 26 points from senior Jared Carithers (Washington, D.C.). Junior Thomas Brown (Charlottesville, Va.) had 20 points, six assists and four steals, while senior Cameron Anderson (Charlottesville, Va.) added 14 points and four blocks.  

The Chargers controlled the glass 49-36, but Green Mountain scored 23 points off of 20 Colby-Sawyer turnovers. The game ended with five technical fouls assessed to the Eagles and 53 combined fouls between the two teams. 

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