Albany, N.Y. (February 7) -- Saint Anselm
rallied to within four points late in the game before Saint Rose
iced the game from the free throw line in a 96-88 victory over the
Hawks on Saturday afternoon at Nolan Gymnasium.
In the opening 14 minutes, neither team held a lead of more than
six points before the Golden Knights pushed out to a nine-point
advantage at 34-25 after a three-point play by Shea
Bromirski. Two baskets by John Tello (Ridgefield
Park, N.J.) and a jumper from Thomas Baudinet
(Watertown, Conn.) pulled the Haws to within three points
with under two minutes left in the half before Saint Rose went into
the break leading by a 40-36 margin.
The hosts regained the momentum early in the second half behind
an 8-2 scoring run to push the lead up to 10 at 48-38. The Hawks
chipped away slowly at the lead though and pulled within two points
at 54-52 with 11:10 remaining. Saint Rose didn't let the Hawks keep
the momentum though and again pushed the lead into double digits at
81-71 with 1:56 left.
The Hawks got into a free throw shooting contest with the Golden
Knights in the final minutes and got within four points on four
occasions. Saint Rose hit 15 free throws in the last two minutes
though to come away with the win. The Golden Knights hit
29-of-34 free throws for the game, while the Hawks were also solid
with 23 free throws made, including 16 in the second half
alone.
Baudinet finished the game with a team-high 22 points, his
eighth 20+ point game of the year and his fifth in the last six
games. Tello and Greg Vetrano (Andover, Mass.)
each had 17 points, along with 16 points from Pat Luptowski
(Keene, N.H.). Jermaine Clark led all
scorers with 25 points for Saint Rose, including 11-for-12 at the
free throw line.
With the loss, Saint Anselm drops to 13-9 overall and 8-9 in the
Northeast-10, while Saint Rose jumps over the Hawks and now stands
at 14-10 overall and 10-9 in the league. Saint Anselm is back in
action on Tuesday night as the Hawks travel to Pace for a 7:30 p.m.
start. That game is slated to take place at Pace's New York City
campus. For more information and directions, please visit
www.pace.edu.
