NORTHFIELD, VT - The Monks extended their GNAC winning streak to four games and improved to 13-4 overall, 7-3 in conference play, with a victory over Norwich University (5-12, 3-7 GNAC) on the road on Thursday evening. Tyler Kelley '11 (Saco, ME) scored a game-high 16 points and Ray Eatmon '10 (Huntington, NY) notched his fifth-consecutive double-double with 14 points and 11 boards in the triumph.

Chris Davis '11 (New York, NY) also scored 14 points and Chris Petzy '12 (East Kingston, NH) came off the bench and added nine points on three three-pointers.

Darell Marshall 12 (Dallas, TX) and Joshua Cabrera '12 (Providence, RI) led Norwich with 10 points apiece. Israel Guardado '10 (El Centro, CA) chipped in a career-high eight points to go along with a career-best eight rebounds. Antonio Davis '12 (Albany, NY) added eight points and six rebounds for Norwich.

Saint Joseph's got off to a quick start, outscoring Norwich 8-0 to start the game. A 4-2 spurt by the Cadets closed the gap to 10-4 moments later, but the Monks used an 11-4 run to establish a 21-8 lead at the 10:53 mark. Four straight points by Norwich made it 21-12, but a 9-2 burst by the Monks gave the visitors a 30-14 lead with 6:08 left to play before halftime. The Royal Blue kept their lead in excess of 12 points throughout the remainder of the opening stanza, and they took a 39-25 lead into the intermission.

Eatmon led all scorers in the first half with 10 points. Petzy provided a spark off the bench, scoring all nine of his points in the opening frame. Guardado paced the Cadets in the first half with six points and five rebounds.

Saint Joseph's started the second half on a 12-4 run to take a 51-29 lead at the 15:03 mark, and Norwich got no closer than 14 points the rest of the way. The Monks, who never trailed in the game, extended their lead to as many as 24 points in the second half en route to the victory.

The Monks shot a blistering 68.0 percent (17-of-25) from the field in the second half. For the game, the Monks hit 51.5 percent (34-of-66) of their shots. SJC connected on 9-of-19 three-pointers (47.4 percent). Norwich, meanwhile, shot 36.4 percent (24-of-66) from the floor in the game and hit only 16.7 percent (4-of-24) of its three-point attempts. The Monks held a slim 37-36 rebounding edge and converted 17 Norwich turnovers into 27 points.

Norwich will return to action on Saturday, January 31st, when the Cadets travel to Providence, RI, to take on GNAC foe Johnson & Wales at 2:00 PM. St. Joe's will host Emerson College on Saturday at 3:00 PM.


Newspaper Box Score
St. Joseph's (Me.) vs NORWICH CADETS
01/29/09 7:30 pm at Northfield, Vt. (Andrews Hall)
At Northfield, Vt. (Andrews Hall)
ST. JOSEPH'S (ME.) 77, NORWICH CADETS 55
ST. JOSEPH'S (ME.) (13-4, 7-3 GNAC)
Tyler Kelley 6-11 0-0 16; Chris Davis 7-11 0-0 14; Ray Eatmon 7-12 0-0 14;
Chris Petzy 3-6 0-0 9; Zach O'Brien 3-6 0-0 6; Elbie Murphy 2-4 0-2 5; Mitch
Ouellet 2-6 0-0 5; R. J. Mattison 2-2 0-0 4; Anthony Savino 1-2 0-0 2; Scot
Vachon 1-5 0-0 2; T. J. Tandberg 0-0 0-0 0; Eric Friend 0-0 0-0 0; Alonso
Davis 0-1 0-0 0; Alberto Rue 0-0 0-0 0; Tom Ray 0-0 0-0 0; Bobby Russo 0-0
0-0 0; Ben Baudanza-Sturks 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-66 0-2 77.
NORWICH CADETS (5-12, 3-7 GNAC)
Cabrera, Joshua 4-11 0-0 10; Marshall, Darell 5-13 0-0 10; Davis, Antonio
3-10 1-1 8; Guardado, Israel 4-9 0-0 8; Jeffcoat, Jaren 1-7 2-2 5; Fico, Tim
2-5 0-0 4; Filipek, Mike 2-5 0-0 4; Thurman, Robert 2-4 0-0 4; Rowett, Jeff
1-1 0-0 2; Williams, Eric 0-0 0-0 0; Bishop, Kevin 0-1 0-0 0; Brunswick,
Leland 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-66 3-3 55.
St. Joseph's (Me.)............ 39 38 - 77
NORWICH CADETS................ 25 30 - 55
3-point goals--St. Joseph's (Me.) 9-19 (Tyler Kelley 4-7; Chris Petzy 3-6;
Mitch Ouellet 1-2; Elbie Murphy 1-3; Zach O'Brien 0-1), NORWICH CADETS 4-24
(Cabrera, Joshua 2-6; Jeffcoat, Jaren 1-6; Davis, Antonio 1-3; Fico, Tim
0-2; Thurman, Robert 0-1; Bishop, Kevin 0-1; Marshall, Darell 0-5). Fouled
out--St. Joseph's (Me.)-None, NORWICH CADETS-None. Rebounds--St. Joseph's
(Me.) 37 (Ray Eatmon 11), NORWICH CADETS 36 (Guardado, Israel 8).
Assists--St. Joseph's (Me.) 19 (Elbie Murphy 4; Ray Eatmon 4), NORWICH
CADETS 13 (Marshall, Darell 6). Total fouls--St. Joseph's (Me.) 8, NORWICH
CADETS 8. Technical fouls--St. Joseph's (Me.)-None, NORWICH CADETS-None.
A-395

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