Salve’s guard Matt Coute had 24 points, while Matt Grendal added 16 in the win. Nichols College (2-7, 0-4 conference) was led by Jermaine Baskerville with 14 points, Anthony Smith with 13 and Casey Butler with eight points, nine rebounds and six assists.
Coute sparked the Seahawks offense in the first half as he was the only player in double figures with 11 points. He continued his assault in the second half as he had eight points in the Salve Regina offensive run to start the half. The Seahawks defense caused Nichols to cough up the ball four times and miss four long jumpers in the run.
By the time Nichols recovered it was too late as Salve Regina continued to control the pace of the game. Baskerville hit a 3-pointer for Nichols with just under a minute to play to cut the lead, 69-65, but hot foul shooting by Salve sealed the win. The Seahawks went 4-for-4 in the final minute of play.
Newspaper Box Score SRUM vs Nichols Men's Basketball 1/13/05 8 p.m. at Dudley, MA At Dudley, MA SRUM 73, NICHOLS MEN'S BASKETBALL 65 SRUM (8-4 (5-0)) Matt Coute 9-16 4-6 24; Matt Grendal 7-9 1-4 16; Chris Goodridge 3-8 4-4 11; Chris Collier 4-9 2-2 10; Jon Hazzard 3-6 0-2 6; Matt Smolensky 1-3 0-0 3; Matthew Cook 0-1 0-0 0; Steve Walsh 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-53 14-21 73. NICHOLS MEN'S BASKETBALL (2-7 (0-4)) Jermaine Baskerville 5-8 2-2 14; Anthony Smith 5-7 0-0 13; Justin Lewis 5-6 0-0 10; Casey Butler 4-12 0-2 8; Chris Vallee 3-5 0-0 6; Ron Powers 0-4 4-4 4; Dave Berkland 2-3 0-0 4; Scott LaTorra 1-1 0-0 3; Jay Romano 1-7 0-3 3. Totals 26-53 6-11 65. SRUM.......................... 28 45 - 73 Nichols Men's Basketball...... 33 32 - 65 3-point goals-SRUM 5-16 (Matt Coute 2-7; Matt Grendal 1-1; Matt Smolensky 1-3; Chris Goodridge 1-3; Matthew Cook 0-1; Jon Hazzard 0-1), Nichols Men's Basketball 7-15 (Anthony Smith 3-3; Jermaine Baskerville 2-2; Jay Romano 1-3; Scott LaTorra 1-1; Ron Powers 0-2; Chris Vallee 0-1; Casey Butler 0-3). Fouled out--SRUM-None, Nichols Men's Basketball-None. Rebounds-SRUM 21 (Chris Goodridge 5), Nichols Men's Basketball 34 (Casey Butler 9). Assists-SRUM 17 (Matt Grendal 5), Nichols Men's Basketball 21 (Casey Butler 6). Total fouls-SRUM 10, Nichols Men's Basketball 18. A-75