Box Score

NEW LONDON, NH- The Colby-Sawyer men's basketball team defeated Thomas College, 80-57 in a North Atlantic Conference (NAC) quarterfinal contest Tuesday evening. The Chargers advance to the semifinals to play Husson who defeated Johnson State.

Junior Stanley Greene Jr. (Dorchester, Mass.) led Thomas with 22 points on 6-10 shooting. He added a team best six rebounds. Senior Jarrad DeVaughn (Brockton, Mass.) was the only other Terrier to reach double-figures with 12 points.

Colby-Sawyer was led by a career-high 24 from sophomore Zach Bean (Scarborough, Maine). He was 9-13 from the floor and also added a career-high 10 rebounds for his first double-double of the season. Sophomore Mike Dias (Carver, Mass.) recorded his seventh double-double with 22 points and a career best 16 boards.

The Chargers controlled all facets of the game in the first half and led 42-22 at the break. The Terriers were down just nine with five minutes left before Colby-Sawyer finished the frame on a 14-3 run. Bean was 6-8 from the floor and 4-5 from beyond the arc for a first half high of 16 points. Colby-Sawyer outscored the Terriers 20-6 in the paint and shot 50%, while Thomas was just 27.6% from the floor. Greene Jr. led Thomas with eight points in the first frame.

The strong play by the home team continued into the second half as they saw the lead balloon to 27 on multiple occasions. Thomas shot the ball better in the second, but could not cut the deficit to less than 19 throughout the half. Greene Jr. and Dias each scored 14 points to lead their respective teams.

Both teams took control of the ball throughout the game with 10 and nine turnovers, but Colby-Sawyer held a 56-30 advantage on the glass to help lead to 38 points in the paint.

The loss signals an end to the collegiate careers of DeVaughn and Ray Bernier Jr. (Oakland, Maine), with Devaughn leaving Thomas as a member of the 1,000 point club and sixth all time in scoring for a career.

Courtesy of Colby-Sawyer Sports Information Department