Brookline, MA; The St. Joseph College of Maine Monks defeated the Newbury College Nighthawks by a score of 68-56 in men’s basketball action tonight in Brookline. Despite leading 28-24 at the intermission, Newbury was unable to seal the victory in their final regular season game as the scratched back at the beginning of the second half to take a commanding 10point lead.
Newbury was led by freshman Arch Mitchell (Sudbury, MA/Framingham) with a solid 20 points on 9 of 22 shooting. Also chipping in were juniors Matt Stanton (Lynnfield, MA/Lynnfield) and Kyle O’Connor (Georgetown, MA/Georgetown). Stanton had 5 points, 6 rebounds, and a game-high 9 assists, while O’Connor had a game high 11 rebounds.
St. Joseph’s was led by senior Jon Pratt (Gloucester, MA/Gloucester) with a game high 25 points and 10 rebounds, ably assisted by Steve Monteiro (Ipswich, MA/Ipswich) who tallied 23 points.
With the loss Newbury finishes the regular season with a 4-21 record, while the Monks improve to 14-11.
Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS
St. Joseph's College (ME) vs Newbury College
2 22 205 7:00 at Brookline, MA
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VISITORS: St. Joseph's College (ME) 14-10
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
12 Chad Pulkkinen...... * 1-6 0-2 3-4 0 2 2 2 5 7 2 0 2 30
24 Jon Pratt........... * 7-11 2-3 9-13 5 5 10 2 25 2 1 0 2 37
25 Marcus Alexander.... * 1-7 1-1 0-0 1 2 3 0 3 3 2 0 1 27
33 Pat Mileski......... * 1-1 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 3 3 2 2 0 1 15
35 Bernard Castor...... * 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
01 Noah LaRoche........ 1-3 0-1 1-2 1 2 3 3 3 0 0 1 0 16
22 Matt Cogswell....... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5
23 Joe Schacht......... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
34 Matt Plummer........ 2-2 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 1 4 1 2 1 0 22
44 Colby Emmons........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
45 Steve Monteiro...... 9-16 2-5 3-5 1 6 7 2 23 3 1 1 3 38
TEAM................ 3 1 4
Totals.............. 23-48 5-14 17-26 12 21 33 14 68 18 10 3 9 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 8-21 38.1% 2nd Half: 15-27 55.6% Game: 47.9% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-6 33.3% 2nd Half: 3-8 37.5% Game: 35.7% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 6-9 66.7% 2nd Half: 11-17 64.7% Game: 65.4% 2
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HOME TEAM: Newbury College 4-21
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
21 Sonny Abraham....... * 3-5 0-0 3-3 3 2 5 5 9 0 3 1 3 24
30 Kyle O'Connor....... * 1-4 0-4 0-0 2 9 11 2 2 3 2 2 1 35
33 Arch Mitchell....... * 9-22 2-7 0-0 1 1 2 0 20 4 4 0 1 38
42 Matthew Stanton..... * 2-4 0-1 1-2 1 5 6 1 5 9 5 1 3 38
51 Walky Magliore...... * 3-10 0-1 4-5 1 1 2 4 10 0 3 1 0 25
22 Marlon Francois..... 1-3 0-0 2-2 1 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 13
32 Adam Smith.......... 2-3 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 2 6 1 1 2 2 17
4 Ivan DaSilva........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 10
TEAM................ 1 2 3
Totals.............. 21-51 2-13 12-14 10 20 30 18 56 18 18 7 11 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 9-25 36.0% 2nd Half: 12-26 46.2% Game: 41.2% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-5 20.0% 2nd Half: 1-8 12.5% Game: 15.4% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 9-11 81.8% 2nd Half: 3-3 100 % Game: 85.7% 1
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Officials:
Technical fouls: St. Joseph's College (ME)-None. Newbury College-Sonny
Abraham.
Attendance: 118
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
St. Joseph's College (ME)..... 24 44 - 68
Newbury College............... 28 28 - 56