BANGOR, Maine – February 7, 2015 - The Colby-Sawyer men's basketball team held the conference's leading offense to 46 points and 36.4 percent shooing in Saturday's 65-46 North Atlantic Conference road win at Husson.  

The Chargers improve to 14-5 and 12-3 in league play to take over the top spot in the standings. The Eagles drop to 15-5 overall and 11-3 in league play. 

Colby-Sawyer opened the game on a 17-to-9 run in the first eight minutes, and was ahead 34-27 with 1:20 left in the first stanza, but back-to-back buckets by Trevon Butler and Jacob Moore brought the Eagles to within 34-31 at halftime. 

Husson shot 55% (11-22) from the field in the first half while the Chargers shot 41.9% (13-31).  Butler led the Husson attack with 10 points while Moore added nine. Peter Donato led the Chargers with 12 points.

Colby-Sawyer started the second with back-to-back scores, but Husson answered with a pair of three-pointers to close the gap to 38-37 with 17:50 left. 
 
The Chargers answered with a 17-to-2 run in the next 10 minutes to take a 55-39 lead and push the game out of reach of the Eagles. Butler finished with a team-high 12 points to lead Husson.

Donato led Colby-Sawyer with 17 points. Zach Bean added 13 points and eight rebounds, while Wol Majong chipped in 12 points and eight boards. Jake Maynard was the fourth Charger to reach double figures with 10 points. 

Husson shot 36.4 percent (16-44) for the game while Colby-Sawyer shot 41.4 percent (24-58).  The Chargers won the rebounding battle 40-26.