New London, N.H. – The Colby-Sawyer men's basketball team played Vermont State Castleton in a non-conference matchup at the Hogan Sports Center on Tuesday evening.
Rapid Recap:
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Tobey Bellows opened the scoring for the Chargers with a three-pointer thirty seconds into the game. Logan Lapierre Caissie (Ontario, Canada) and Elijah Thomas (Fairfax, VA) both added buckets as the Chargers would trail 11-7. Junior Efosa would make a basket, and later a free throw as the deficit stayed at 4. Thomas put up four more points to tie the game up at 21. Bellows made a three, as the Chargers would lead 24-23. Thomas scored a layup in the last minute of the first half, and the Spartans would lead 36-32 at the halftime break.
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Lapierre Caissie scored a basket early in the second half to make it a 36-34 ball game. Emmanuel Adarkwa (Lawrenceville, GA) knocked down a jumper. Moments later, the Spartans would lead 50-40, but the next six points were all Colby-Sawyer as the score became 50-46. Bellows would knock down another three as the score was 52-49. With eight minutes to go, Bellows would score five more points to make it a 60-56 lead for the Spartans. An Adarkwa jumper would give the Chargers a one-point lead with 4:39 left in the game. Efosa scored a layup to give the Chargers a four-point lead with 1:35 left. The teams would be even at 71 at the end of regulation, needing some overtime basketball to decide the game.
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Sean Peterson (Chester, N.H.) made two free throws to give the Chargers a two-point lead early in overtime. About a minute later, two made free throws by Efosa would give the Chargers a one-point lead with 3:47 left in the overtime period. With 32 seconds left on the clock, Peterson made a layup, as the Spartans would lead by two. The Spartans would go on to win the game 86-81.
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Up Next:
The Chargers return to the Hogan Sports Center after Thanksgiving to play Fitchburg State University on Sunday at 3pm.
WRITTEN BY ERIC DESCHNER
