Apprentice School will take on Penn State University-Berks at 1 p.m. on Saturday in the consolation game. PSU-Berks lost to the host Alvernia squad 78-66.
After only trailing 36-30 at the half, the Builders fell victim to a 21-5 run by Montclair State over the first seven minutes of the second half. From then, the lead never got lower than 18 points for Montclair State.
Freshman Jonathan Martin topped the rebounding effort tonight for the Builders with 11 and had three blocks, while Spratley added seven rebounds.
MONTCLAIR STATE 82, APPRENTICE SCHOOL 52 APPRENTICE SCHOOL (0-1): Martin 4-10, 0-0 8, Johnson 0-2 0-0 0, Holiday 6-16 0-0 14, Spratley 6-11 1-2 15, Strom 2-8 4-4 8, Cherry 0-1 0-2 0, Bell 0-1 1-2 1, Dunston 0-1 0-0 0, Thompson 0-1 0-2 0, Gilchrist 0-1 2-2 2, Speight 1-2 1-2 3, Evans 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 19-54 10-18 52. MONTCLAIR STATE (1-0): Schafer 2-8 0-0 4, Goinzalez 10-17 11-11 32, Arthur 7-11 1-7 15, Ford 3-8 0-0 7, Aldiero 1-2 2-3 4, Hennessy 0-2 0-0 0, Weikert 0-0 0-0 0, Dickson 1-2 1-2 3, Davenport 0-1 0-0 0, Solop 2-2 0-2 5, Gravalski 0-1 0-0 0, Kosior 1-2 0-0 3, Morales 0-0 0-0 0, Elam 0-2 1-2 1, Mieses 1-2 3-4 5, Hunt 0-1 0-0 0, Sylvester 0-1 3-4 3. Totals 28-62 22-35 82. Halftime: MSU 36-30. 3-point goals: Apprentice 4-22 (Holiday 2-9, Spratley 2-6, Strom 0-4, Cherry 0-1, Bell 0-1, Dunston 0-1, Thompson 0-1); MSU 4-14 (Schafer 0-3, Gonzalez 1-1, Ford 1-5, Aldiero 0-1, Dickson 0-1, Solop 1-1, Kosior 1-2). Rebounds: Apprentice 35 (Martin 11); MSU 45 (Arthur 12). Total fouls: Apprentice 24, MSU 20, Fouled out: none. Assists: NNA 4 (Strom 3); MSU 13 (Ford 4). Att.: 125.