O’Brien scored a game-high 27 points on 9-of-13 shooting to go along with five assists. He also drilled 5-of-7 three-point attempts as St. John Fisher (8-0) converted 13-of-25 (52 percent) from beyond the arc. The Cardinals’ 13 three-pointers was one shy of the Classic record of 14 set by Kutztown (Pa.) in 1995. Junior guard Mike McGee (Batavia, N.Y.) scored 12 points for the second-straight contest and was named to the all-tournament team.
SC (9-2) saw its eight-game winning streak snapped. Junior guard Derek Yvon (East Longmeadow, Mass.) scored 21 points and climbed into 19th place on SC’s career-scoring list with 1,189 points. Senior center Kyle Marian (Darien, Conn.) added 10 points (4-5 FG) and seven boards. Yvon and Marian were both all-tournament selections.
Consolation Game: Rutgers-Newark 64, Emmanuel (Mass.) 52
Senior guard Manny Rios (Newark, N.J.) scored a team-leading 16 points and earned all-tournament team honors as Rutgers-Newark improved to 8-2 with a 64-52 victory over Emmanuel in the consolation game of the Holiday Inn-Naismith Classic at Springfield College.
Junior forward Chinedu Ibeh (Colonia, N.J.) came off the bench to score 11 points (5-7 FG) and gather 10 rebounds, and junior forward Justin Carter (Paterson, N.J.) added 10 points and nine rebounds in the victory.
The Scarlet Raiders broke open a four-point game (41-37) with a 9-1 run midway through the second half to take a 50-38 lead with 7:49 left. Ibeh accounted for six of the nine points in the run.
For the Saints (4-4), senior guard Keven James (Indianapolis, Ind.) scored 11 points and was voted to the all-tournament team.
Holiday Inn-Naismith Classic (Blake Arena, Springfield College, Mass.)
Sunday, Jan. 2
Springfield College 89, Emmanuel 66
No. 18 St. John Fisher 68, Rutgers-Newark 50
Monday, Jan. 3
Consolation game: Rutgers-Newark 64, Emmanuel 52
Championship game: No. 18 St. John Fisher 79, No. 19 Springfield College 67
All-tournament team
Keven James, Emmanuel
Manny Rios, Rutgers-Newark
Derek Yvon, Springfield
Kyle Marian, Springfield
Mike McGee, St. John Fisher
Most Valuable Player: Sean O’Brien, St. John Fisher