Box Score WATERVILLE, ME --- Colby College had four players in double-figures and used a 46-32 advantage on the boards to post a 77-61 win over Thomas College on Tuesday in a clash of Elm City rivals.
After Colby's Ryan Jann drained a three-pointer to open the game, the Terriers (2-3) grabbed the lead with six straight points and played from ahead for most of the first half. The Mules (2-1) unable to grab their first sustained lead until Tony Karalekas drained a three-pointer with 5:25 to go to make it 27-24.
Trailing 33-29, Thomas got its final points of the half on a trey by Tyheem Simon with 1:48 to play. A basket by Chris Hudnut with 50 seconds remaining gave the Mules a 35-32 lead headed to intermission.
Carlos Gonzalez made a layup just into the second half to cut the deficit to just one point, but the Mules responded with a 14-2 run to take a 49-36 lead with 16:18 to play. Dayne Savage stopped the run with a three-pointer at the 16:11 mark to make it a 10-point lead, but the Terriers were unable to pull within single-digits.
Simon finished with a game-high 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting but only two points came after halftime. Levi Barnes added 13 points seven rebounds for Thomas, which finished the game shooting 38.7 percent (24-of-62) from the field.
The Mules, who out-rebounded the Terriers 46-32, finished with four playes in double figures, led by 17 from Jann. Patrick Stewart added 12 and nine rebounds.
The Terriers return to the court at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 1 when they open North Atlantic Conference play at Maine Maritime Academy.
COLBY 77, THOMAS 61
THOMAS (2-3)Tyheem Simon 7-10 2-6 18; Levi Barnes 6-15 0-0 13; Salim Warsame 2-9 2-2 8;Dayne Savage 3-7 1-2 8; Carlos Gonzalez 3-6 0-0 6; Adam Carlsen 2-8 0-0 5;Justin Murray 1-3 1-1 3; Nolan Smeeton 0-2 0-0 0; Andrew Middleton 0-0 0-00; Willie Grant 0-0 0-0 0; Mike Akanji 0-2 0-0 0; Ian King 0-0 0-0 0. Totals24-62 6-11 61.
COLBY (2-1)Ryan Jann 6-11 4-8 17; Patrick Stewart 4-9 0-0 12; Sam Willson 3-8 5-6 11;Chris Hudnut 3-8 3-6 10; Luke Westman 4-5 1-2 9; Pat Dickert 1-2 5-5 7; TonyKaralekas 1-1 0-0 3; Joe Connelly 1-4 0-0 3; Maximilian Steiner 1-1 0-2 2;John Gallego 1-5 0-0 2; Michael Loginoff 0-3 1-2 1; CP Majgaard 0-0 0-0 0;Sam Joaquin 0-0 0-0 0; Steven Daley 0-0 0-0 0; Myles Stephenson 0-0 0-0 0.Totals 25-57 19-31 77.
Thomas........................ 32 29 - 61
Colby......................... 35 42 - 77
3-point goals--Thomas 7-18 (Salim Warsame 2-5; Tyheem Simon 2-2; DayneSavage 1-3; Adam Carlsen 1-5; Levi Barnes 1-2; Mike Akanji 0-1), Colby 8-22(Patrick Stewart 4-8; Chris Hudnut 1-1; Joe Connelly 1-4; Ryan Jann 1-4;Tony Karalekas 1-1; John Gallego 0-2; Sam Willson 0-2). Fouledout--Thomas-None, Colby-None. Rebounds--Thomas 32 (Carlos Gonzalez 8), Colby46 (Patrick Stewart 9). Assists--Thomas 11 (Adam Carlsen 4), Colby 20 (LukeWestman 6). Total fouls--Thomas 21, Colby 12. Technical fouls--Thomas-CarlosGonzalez, Colby-Chris Hudnut. A-415
