The Brewers (10-5, 3-2 Liberty League) were led by ECAC Upstate and Liberty League guard-of-the-week Lawrence Avitabile (Southington, CT/Southington), who, in just 18 minutes of play, scored 18 points, 14 in the second half, on 9 of 12 shooting. Junior Will Byrne (Chelmsford, MA/Concord Academy) was 3 for 7 from downtown and registered 13 points. Senior Aldis Butler (Larkspur, CA/University) added 8 points and 8 rebounds (both career highs) and had one thundering block that drew the Brewer faithful to their feet.
Hartwick (2-12, 0-5 Empire 8) was led by John Montana with 8 points, and Eddie McAdoo and Sterling Green with 7. Tim Kindlon added 6 points and 6 rebounds.
It was a great opportunity for the Brewers’ bench to play, with all 15 players getting into the game. Vassar shot 45.6% from the field and committed just 10 turnovers on the game. Hartwick shot 44.7%, but committed 18 turnovers, and the Brewers out-rebounded the Hawks 33-28.
Vassar (currently third place in the Liberty League) will look to extend their season-high winning streak of four games this weekend, with crucial conference contests against co-leaders Hobart and Hamilton. Tip off on Friday is at 8pm and on Saturday is at 4pm.
Hartwick College vs Vassar 1/25/05 7:00 p.m. at Poughkeepsie, NY VASSAR 70, HARTWICK COLLEGE 49 HARTWICK COLLEGE (2-12, 0-5) John Montana 3-3 0-0 8; Eddie McAdoo 3-8 0-0 7; Sterling Green 3-4 1-2 7; Tim Kindlon 3-11 0-0 6; Christopher Ward 3-5 0-2 6; Mike Wawrzonek 2-3 0-0 5; Bill Lanchantin 2-6 0-0 4; Josh Mackenzie 1-3 0-0 2; Greg Betancourt 1-3 0-1 2; Matt Simoneschi 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 21-47 3-7 49. VASSAR (10-5, 3-2) Lawrence Avitabile 9-12 0-0 18; Will Byrne 5-11 0-0 13; Aldis Butler 4-4 0-0 8; Judson Winton 3-10 0-0 7; Seth Taft 2-5 0-0 6; William Kieffer 2-3 1-2 5; Evan Hannay 2-3 0-0 4; Tyson Brazell 2-4 0-0 4; Daniel Forcella 1-7 0-0 3; Jonathan Swartz 1-1 0-0 2; Kyle Magnus 0-2 0-0 0; Joe Ward 0-3 0-0 0; Rob Dauster 0-2 0-0 0; Ross Weingarten 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 31-68 1-2 70. Hartwick College.............. 20 31 - 51 Vassar........................ 34 36 - 70 3-point goals-Hartwick College 4-10 (John Montana 2-2; Eddie McAdoo 1-3; Mike Wawrzonek 1-1; Greg Betancourt 0-1; Tim Kindlon 0-3), Vassar 7-27 (Will Byrne 3-7; Seth Taft 2-5; Daniel Forcella 1-5; Judson Winton 1-4; Tyson Brazell 0-2; Joe Ward 0-1; Rob Dauster 0-2; Ross Weingarten 0-1). Fouled out--Hartwick College-None, Vassar-None. Rebounds-Hartwick College 28 (Tim Kindlon 6), Vassar 33 (William Kieffer 8; Aldis Butler 8). Assists-Hartwick College 8 (Matt Simoneschi 2), Vassar 20 (Tyson Brazell 5; Judson Winton 5). Total fouls-Hartwick College 5, Vassar 11. A-75