News Release

Worcester, MA — The Clark University men’s basketball team defeated Springfield College 82-64 in a New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) game. The Cougars led by 11-points heading into the intermission and led by as many 17 points with 15:53 to play in the game. Springfield cut the lead to 10 with 11 minutes to play but the Cougars pushed the lead back to 21 (75-54) with just under five minutes left in regulation. The Cougars hit 12-of-27 long range shots while the Pride made 9-of-26. Clark’s senior Trevor Walker (Milford, MA/Milford) had a solid night shooting pouring a game-high 21 points on 6-for-10 shooting overall including 5-for-9 from long range and 4-for-4 from the line. He added four rebounds and two assists. Classmate Dave McNamara (Worcester, MA/Worcester Academy) added 18 points, two assists and four steals. Sprinfield’s sophomore Derek Yvon (E. Longmeadow, MA/Cathedral) had a team-high 18 points and sophomore Joel Aponte (Windsor, CT/Windsor) added 15 points and seven rebounds. Sprinfifeld fell to 5-11 and 1-3 in the conference. Sophmore Tim Dutille (Lebanon, NH/Lebanon) chipped in 15 points and four rebounds for the Cougars who improved to 9-6 and 4-1 in the conference. Senior Brent Kenneway (Sturbridge, MA/Tantasqua Regional) and first-year Asher Cowan (Petersborough, NH/Cushing Academy) each had nine points for the Cougars. Cowan went 3-for-5 from long range. Clark has won three out of their last four games and will travel to to NEWMAC foe Coast Guard Academy on Thursday, January 29 for a 7:00 pm start.

Newspaper Box Score
Springfield College vs Clark University
01/27/04 7:30 pm at Worcester, MA, Kneller Athletic Center
At Worcester, MA, Kneller Athletic Center
CLARK UNIVERSITY 82, SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE 64
SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE (5-11 1-3 NEWMAC)
YVON, Derek 6-15 1-2 18; APONTE, Joel 7-13 1-1 15; WILDE, Ryan 3-8 0-0 9;
RILEY, Brian 2-6 2-2 6; MACK, Jim 2-2 0-0 5; DECESAR, Mike 2-4 1-3 5;
BARSHEFSKY, Ben 0-1 2-2 2; FARLEY, Damian 1-1 0-0 2; GIAMPETRUZZI, Nick 0-3
2-2 2; O'TASH, Jason 0-3 0-0 0; ZERNERI, Matt 0-4 0-0 0; PAPE, Glenn 0-1 0-0
0; PIZZO, Anthony 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-62 9-12 64.
CLARK UNIVERSITY (9-6, 4-1  NEWMAC)
Trevor Walker 6-10 4-4 21; Dave McNamara 6-14 4-4 18; Tim Dutille 7-8 1-2
15; Brent Kenneway 3-4 2-2 9; Asher Cowan 3-5 0-0 9; Anthony Giampetruzzi
2-2 0-0 4; Justin Kimball 1-2 0-0 3; Mark Stukowski 1-2 1-3 3; James Collins
0-4 0-0 0; Matt Phaneuf 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 29-53 12-15 82.
Springfield College...........   32   32  -   64
Clark University..............   41   41  -   82
3-point goals-Springfield College 9-26 (YVON, Derek 5-10; WILDE, Ryan 3-7;
MACK, Jim 1-1; GIAMPETRUZZI, Nick 0-2; O'TASH, Jason 0-1; ZERNERI, Matt 0-2;
PAPE, Glenn 0-1; PIZZO, Anthony 0-1; APONTE, Joel 0-1), Clark University
12-27 (Trevor Walker 5-9; Asher Cowan 3-5; Dave McNamara 2-8; Brent Kenneway
1-2; Justin Kimball 1-2; Mark Stukowski 0-1). Fouled out--Springfield
College-None, Clark University-None. Rebounds-Springfield College 30
(APONTE, Joel 7), Clark University 36 (James Collins 6). Assists-Springfield
College 11 (PAPE, Glenn 2; WILDE, Ryan 2; YVON, Derek 2), Clark University
15 (Mark Stukowski 4). Total fouls-Springfield College 20, Clark University
14. A-500
NEWMAC Conference Game