Brookline, MA: The Newbury College men’s basketball team was able to hold on for an overtime victory against the Becker College Hawks on Wednesday evening at Hellenic College. The final score was 77-74.
Newbury was down the entire first half and most of the second half. It was not until the 1:45 mark of the second half that a Matt Stanton (SO, Lynnfield, MA) three point basket put the Nighthawks up by two points. The last minute of action saw both teams’ trade baskets and with 19.3 seconds left on the clock, Matt Friello (FR, North Haven, CT) hit a lay-up to put Becker ahead 64-63. Unfortunately for the Hawks, Stanton came to the rescue for Newbury sinking 1-2 from the line with eight seconds remaining to send the game into the extra session.
In overtime, the Nighthawks were able to drive to the basket and force Becker to foul. In the end the Hawks were left with only four eligible players for the final two minutes of overtime. The Nighthawk five were to much for the Hawk four and Newbury was able to hang on down the stretch.
Newbury will play host to Hampshire College on Saturday at 3 o’clock.
Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS Becker College vs Newbury College 1/28/04 5:00 pm at Brookline, MA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Becker College 3-11 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 15 David Bostik........ * 9-20 4-7 2-2 2 5 7 5 24 3 2 0 0 40 22 Samuel Fernandez.... * 4-9 1-4 4-4 2 3 5 5 13 3 0 0 0 35 42 Richard Fazzi....... * 5-10 2-2 8-9 1 5 6 5 20 2 2 0 3 39 45 Jeff Kotkowski...... * 3-8 1-3 0-0 2 4 6 5 7 3 0 0 0 40 50 Brandon Davock...... * 0-2 0-0 0-2 3 4 7 2 0 2 1 0 1 45 20 Matt Friello........ 3-7 1-6 3-3 0 3 3 3 10 1 2 0 0 14 3 Paul Capodanno...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 TEAM................ 1 1 2 1 Totals.............. 24-56 9-22 17-20 11 25 36 25 74 15 8 0 4 218 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-26 50.0% 2nd Half: 8-25 32.0% OT: 3-5 60.0% Game: 42.9% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-9 44.4% 2nd Half: 3-9 33.3% OT: 2-4 50.0% Game: 40.9% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 2-2 100 % 2nd Half: 12-13 92.3% OT: 3-5 60.0% Game: 85.0% 1,2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Newbury College 9-10 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 22 Billy Penn.......... * 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 11 30 Kyle O'Connor....... * 2-3 0-1 0-2 2 3 5 3 4 0 1 0 0 40 33 Matthew Stanton..... * 5-9 2-3 3-7 2 6 8 4 15 4 3 1 1 45 42 Jarred King......... * 4-8 0-1 2-4 2 6 8 4 10 2 1 1 0 41 51 Julius Hobert....... * 5-13 0-0 5-9 4 8 12 1 15 2 3 4 1 42 15 Willie Jones........ 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 40 Loren Green......... 9-23 6-12 7-12 2 5 7 2 31 1 8 0 1 38 TEAM................ 2 1 3 1 Totals.............. 26-59 8-17 17-34 14 29 43 18 77 10 19 6 3 225 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-28 42.9% 2nd Half: 10-21 47.6% OT: 4-10 40.0% Game: 44.1% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-5 60.0% 2nd Half: 4-8 50.0% OT: 1-4 25.0% Game: 47.1% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 3-6 50.0% 2nd Half: 10-20 50.0% OT: 4-8 50.0% Game: 50.0% 1,2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: James Reinertson, Jim Rourke Technical fouls: Becker College-Richard Fazzi; TEAM. Newbury College-None. Attendance: Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Total Becker College................ 32 32 10 - 74 Newbury College............... 30 34 13 - 77