Freshman Jeff Bostic (Geneva/Geneva) set career-highs with 17 points, 12 rebounds and three steals. Senior Jim Bellis (Bloomfield/East Bloomfield) recorded a team-high 18 points and pulled down seven rebounds. Bellis passed Archie McEachern for 10th all-time on the Bombers career scoring list. Sophomore Dominic Scanlon (Oswego/Oswego) scored 13 points and senior Brian Andruskiewicz (Montville/Oakdale, Conn.) added 10 points and nine rebounds. Senior Jonathan Whetstone (Palo Alto/Palo Alto, Calif.) registered a team-high nine assists, passing Dave Wood for fourth all-time with 347 career assists.
Ithaca (12-12, 8-5 Empire 8) scored the first 10 points of the game and never looked back. The Bombers lead grew to as big as 25 points in the second half.
Freshman A.J. Beaulieu scored a team-high 18 points for the Hawks (10-14, 4-9 Empire 8) and senior Tim Kindlon added 17 points off the bench.
The Bombers close out the regular season on Tuesday, hosting Elmira. Game time is set for 8 p.m.
Newspaper Box Score Hartwick College vs Ithaca College 02/18/06 4 p.m. at Ben Light Gymnasium; Ithaca, N.Y. At Ben Light Gymnasium; Ithaca, N.Y. ITHACA COLLEGE 82, HARTWICK COLLEGE 66 HARTWICK COLLEGE (10-14, 4-9 E8) BEAULIEU, A.J. 5-12 5-5 18; KINDLON, Tim 5-15 2-3 17; HULICK, Albe 2-5 7-7 12; LANFEAR, Alex 3-7 2-2 10; MONTANA, John 2-5 0-0 4; DUNNIGAN, Pat 1-7 0-0 3; BANKOWSKI, Greg 1-2 0-0 2; TRACY, Mike 0-1 0-0 0; MacKENZIE, Josh 0-3 0-0 0; RYAN, Kevin 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 19-61 16-19 66. ITHACA COLLEGE (12-12, 8-5 E8) Jim BELLIS 5-12 6-7 18; Jeff BOSTIC 5-7 7-9 17; Dominic SCANLON 5-5 1-2 13; Brian ANDRUSKIEWICZ 4-8 2-4 10; Sean STAHN 3-5 0-1 6; Louis Kail 3-3 0-0 6; Brian JOE 2-7 0-2 5; Jonathan WHETSTONE 2-7 0-2 5; Brad CLEMENTE 1-3 0-2 2. Totals 30-57 16-29 82. Hartwick College.............. 27 39 - 66 Ithaca College................ 45 37 - 82 3-point goals-Hartwick College 12-32 (KINDLON, Tim 5-13; BEAULIEU, A.J. 3-5; LANFEAR, Alex 2-2; DUNNIGAN, Pat 1-3; HULICK, Albe 1-3; MacKENZIE, Josh 0-1; RYAN, Kevin 0-2; MONTANA, John 0-3), Ithaca College 6-15 (Dominic SCANLON 2-2; Jim BELLIS 2-4; Brian JOE 1-5; Jonathan WHETSTONE 1-3; Jeff BOSTIC 0-1). Fouled out--Hartwick College-None, Ithaca College-None. Rebounds-Hartwick College 32 (DUNNIGAN, Pat 6), Ithaca College 46 (Jeff BOSTIC 12). Assists-Hartwick College 8 (RYAN, Kevin 3), Ithaca College 23 (Jonathan WHETSTONE 9). Total fouls-Hartwick College 22, Ithaca College 16. Jeff Bostic sets career-highs with 17 and 12 rebounds. The Bombers host Elmira on Tuesday at 8 p.m.