News Release

Worcester, MA — Dominique Beck (Brockton, MA) drained all five of his first half field goal attempts in Clark’s convincing 83-50 non-conference win Thursday evening over visiting Fitchburg State. Tim Dutille (Sunapee, NH/Lebanon) paced all scorers with 15 points and in the process became the 23rd player in Clark history to reach the 1,000 point milestone.

Fitchburg State held an 18-15 advantage midway through the first half before the Cougars embarked on an impressive 26-0 run highlighted by an electrifying Beck dunk. Beck and Cory Szklarz (Worcester/St. Peter Marian) each ended the evening with 14 points while Pat Landers (Worcester/St. John’s) added 11. Beck and Dutille both registered double-doubles as Dutille hauled in 13 rebounds and Beck grabbed 10 boards.

Matt Collins (Southington, CT) paced Fitchburg State with 11 points.

Fitchburg State (4-3) will face St. Joseph’s (LI) on Saturday at 6pm in the opening game of the Hartwick Tournament in Oneonta, NY. Clark (4-2) will travel to Tufts on Saturday for a 2pm match up with the Jumbos.

Newspaper Box Score
Fitchburg State vs Clark
12/8/05 7:00pm at Worcester, MA
At Worcester, MA
CLARK 83, FITCHBURG STATE 50
FITCHBURG STATE (4-3)
Matt Collins 4-9 0-0 10; Andrew Vayo 3-5 2-4 8; Dan Koen 2-7 1-2 7; Nick
Smith 2-7 0-0 6; Carlos Rosado 1-3 3-7 5; Brian Skiffington 2-3 1-1 5; Joe
Sabbagh 1-1 0-0 3; Mike Woods 1-2 0-1 2; Kyle Lussier 1-1 0-1 2; Peter Uzoma
1-4 0-2 2; Kiki Desormes 0-0 0-0 0; Albert Ortiz 0-0 0-0 0; Nate Patterson
0-0 0-2 0; Jeff Kozik 0-4 0-0 0; Terrence Lomax 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 18-48 7-20
50.
CLARK (4-2)
Tim Dutille 5-8 5-8 15; Cory Szklarz 3-6 7-7 14; Dominique Beck 6-10 1-1 14;
Pat Landers 3-4 5-6 11; Asher Cowan 3-5 0-0 9; Bryon Roberts 1-2 3-4 6;
Godfrey Duncan 2-5 2-2 6; Alfred Thomas 2-4 0-0 4; Dominic Clichee 1-1 0-0
2; Barron Perry 0-1 1-2 1; Salvatore DeMarco 0-0 1-2 1; Brian MacDonald 0-0
0-0 0; Nate Savary 0-0 0-0 0; DJ Brinn 0-3 0-0 0; Pat Ochoa 0-2 0-0 0.
Totals 26-51 25-32 83.
Fitchburg State...............   23   27  -   50
Clark.........................   46   37  -   83
3-point goals-Fitchburg State 7-16 (Dan Koen 2-6; Nick Smith 2-3; Matt
Collins 2-4; Joe Sabbagh 1-1; Jeff Kozik 0-1; Terrence Lomax 0-1), Clark
6-17 (Asher Cowan 3-5; Cory Szklarz 1-3; Dominique Beck 1-2; Bryon Roberts
1-2; DJ Brinn 0-1; Pat Ochoa 0-1; Alfred Thomas 0-1; Godfrey Duncan 0-2).
Fouled out--Fitchburg State-None, Clark-None. Rebounds-Fitchburg State 15
(Peter Uzoma 5), Clark 51 (Tim Dutille 13). Assists-Fitchburg State 8 (Brian
Skiffington 3), Clark 11 (Pat Ochoa 3; DJ Brinn 3). Total fouls-Fitchburg
State 18, Clark 24. A-400
Tim Dutille 1,000 point