KEENE, N.H.- January 7, 2016 - The Colby-Sawyer men's basketball team fell at Keene State College, 89-53 in non-conference action on Thursday night at Spaulding Gym.

Keene State improves to 8-3, while Colby-Sawyer drops to 7-4.

Tale of the Tape

Nate Howard finished with 16 points, 17 rebounds, six blocked shots, and four steals. Ty Nichols added 16 points and four assists, while Nate Stitchell finished with 12 points and Jimmy Layman tied his career high with 10 points. Layman also added five rebounds and blocked three shots.

The Chargers were led by Peter Donato, who finished with 23 points on 11-for-18 shooting. Donato had three blocks to move into a tie for fourth with Chris Condon '05 on the career list. Wol Majong added nine points.   

First Half Highlights

Consecutive layups from Majong and Donato gave the Chargers a 7-6 lead, but the Owls went on an 11-2 run as Tre' Tipton fed Jaquel Edwards for a three pointer and Stitchell fed Nichols for a fast break layup off a turnover.

The Owls stretched the lead to 30-18 with Carlos Ovalle's three pointer with 8:28 left in the first half.

Colby-Sawyer cut the lead to 48-26 at half on two free throws from Jake Maynard.

Second Half Highlights

Keene State picked up where they left off in the second half, as Howard had an offensive rebound and slam dunk for a 57-32 lead.

Ovalle's long two with 8:12 to play gave the Owls a 74-44 lead as the home team went on for the 89-53 triumph. 

Up Next

Keene State returns to Little East Conference play with a 3 p.m. matchup on Saturday at the University of Southern Maine.

Colby-Sawyer does not play again until January 14, when they will host Castleton University in a North Atlantic Conference contest slated to tip-off at 7:30 pm.

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