The Bears, winners of three straight, improve to 13-9 on the season, while Mitchell falls to 4-12.
Rukstalis connected on 9 of 13 field goals in the game, and 4 of his team high 7 rebounds came off the offensive glass. He also closed the gap on the heralded 1,000 point milestone as he now has 988 points in his career.
Senior point guard Brian Adamczyck (Chicopee, Ma) had a terrific all around game as he scored 8 points, dished out 8, assists (seven of which came in the first half), and also registered 5 steals. Fellow senior Peter Santos (Fairhaven, Ma) finished in double figures for the Bears with 11 points. He is now tenth on the Bears all time scoring list with 1,244 points.
Bridgewater led 35-22 at the half and were never seriously threatened the rest of the way as they played solid defense throughout, forcing 23 turnovers. The Bears registered 14 steals led by Admaczyck’s 5, while also blocking 3 shots.
Mitchell College freshman Foster Jamale led all scorers with 26 points. Jamale connected on 11 of 20 field goals, and recorded 4 assists and 4 steals.
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The Bears will return to action next Tuesday, February 15th, as they travel to Worcester State College for a key Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference (MASCAC) game with the Lancers. Bridgewater is currently 6-3 in the MASCAC and tied for second in the conference standings.
Newspaper Box Score Bridgewater State vs Mitchell College 02/12/05 1:00 PM at New London, CT BRIDGEWATER STATE 72, MITCHELL COLLEGE 57 BRIDGEWATER STATE (13-9) David Rukstalis 9-13 2-2 22; Peter Santos 5-11 1-2 11; Matt Badiali 3-9 2-2 10; Brian Adamczyk 3-4 1-2 8; Mike Rondeau 2-6 2-2 6; Ryan Devereaux 2-3 0-0 4; Tom Cuddihy 1-5 0-0 3; Cliff Furtado 1-4 0-0 2; Tim Ryan 1-2 0-0 2; Chris Hayes 1-4 0-0 2; Dwayne Wilkerson 0-0 1-2 1; Matt Schnider 0-0 1-3 1; Matt Stevens 0-0 0-0 0 Totals 28-61 10-15 72 MITCHELL COLLEGE (4-12) Foster Jamale 11-20 3-3 26; James Dunleavy 3-5 2-2 8; Thaddeus Smith 2-9 2-2 7; Marc Wesoly 3-4 0-0 6; Christopher Brown 1-5 3-4 5; David Andrade 1-5 0-0 3; Antonio Santos 1-3 0-0 2; Tyrone Richardson 0-0 0-0 0 Totals 22-51 10-11 57 Bridgewater State........ 35 37 - 72 Mitchell College.......... 22 35 - 57 3-point goals- Bridgewater State 6-19 (Matt Badiali 2-7; David Rukstalis 2-2; Tom Cuddihy 1-2; Brian Adamczyk 1-1; Cliff Furtado 0-3; Ryan Devereaux 0-1; Peter Santos 0-3) Mitchell College 3-13 (David Andrade 1-2; Thaddeus Smith 1-4; Foster Jamale 1-5; Marc Wesoly 0-1; James Dunleavy 0-1) Fouled out-- Bridgewater State-None Mitchell College-None Rebounds- Bridgewater State 33 (David Rukstalis 7) Mitchell College 30 (David Andrade 7) Assists- Bridgewater State 21 (Brian Adamczyk 8) Mitchell College 13 (David Andrade 5) Total fouls- Bridgewater State 11 Mitchell College 8 A-100