With the win, the Blazers won their fourth straight conference game to improve to 10-6 overall, 6-2 NAC. Castleton State fell to 8-10 overall, 3-5 NAC.
For the second straight year, Seyboth scorched the Spartans on their home court. In 2004, he scored a collegiate career-high 30 points that included 10 three-pointers.
The Blazers, who shot just 27.8-percent and trailed 36-25 at intermission, netted 58 second-half points on 51.4-percent shooting from the field.
Junior forward Lonnie Branyon III (West Haven, CT) had a monster game for the Blazers as he recorded a double-double with a season-high 18 points and 14 rebounds. Freshman forward Renato Lindmets (Springfield, MA) notched his fourth double-double of the year with 13 points and 11 rebounds, and sophomore guard John Ancrum (Harlem, NY) added 12 points and a game-high nine assists for the Blazers in the victory.
Elms College returns to non-conference play on Thursday, January 27 against Nichols College. Game time is 7:00 p.m. at the Maguire Center.
Newspaper Box Score Elms College vs Castleton State College 1/23/05 3:00 p.m. at Castleton, VT At Castleton, VT ELMS COLLEGE 83, CASTLETON STATE COLLEGE 77 ELMS COLLEGE (10-6, 6-2 NAC) Kyle Seyboth 10-20 0-0 29; Lonnie Branyon III 6-13 6-8 18; Renato Lindmets 5-12 3-3 13; John Ancrum 3-13 5-8 12; Anthony Bernard 2-3 1-4 5; Randall Hite 2-3 0-0 4; Nathan Hawes 0-3 2-2 2; Justin Davis 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 28-71 17-25 83. CASTLETON STATE COLLEGE (8-10, 5-3 NAC) REILLY, Richard 12-23 2-4 28; GALARNEAU, John 6-12 2-2 18; JORGENSEN, Jeremy 5-9 4-4 14; DALEY, Ray 2-4 2-3 6; YOUNG, Chris 1-3 3-3 5; BOTTIGGI, Tj 1-2 1-1 4; GREGORY, Alden 1-4 0-0 2; EVARTS, Eric 0-2 0-0 0; BRADLEY, Brian 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 28-63 14-17 77. Elms College.................. 25 58 - 83 Castleton State College....... 36 41 - 77 3-point goals-Elms College 10-30 (Kyle Seyboth 9-19; John Ancrum 1-6; Renato Lindmets 0-2; Randall Hite 0-1; Justin Davis 0-2), Castleton State College 7-20 (GALARNEAU, John 4-6; REILLY, Richard 2-6; BOTTIGGI, Tj 1-2; EVARTS, Eric 0-2; BRADLEY, Brian 0-3; DALEY, Ray 0-1). Fouled out--Elms College-Nathan Hawes, Castleton State College-JORGENSEN, Jeremy; YOUNG, Chris; DALEY, Ray. Rebounds-Elms College 41 (Lonnie Branyon III 14), Castleton State College 41 (JORGENSEN, Jeremy 8). Assists-Elms College 13 (John Ancrum 9), Castleton State College 14 (GALARNEAU, John 4; DALEY, Ray 4). Total fouls-Elms College 18, Castleton State College 26. A-436