St. Clair finished perfect from the floor (10-for-10), but misfired on seven of nine free-throw attempts. His six-foot jumper at the 16:19 mark in the second half gave Colby-Sawyer its first lead (34-33) and the Chargers never trailed after that.
A three-pointer from Nate Truncellito [JR/Manchester, N.H] gave Colby-Sawyer its largest lead (53-44) with 6:42 remaining, but Matt Coute [SR/Somerset, Mass.] scored the next seven points to bring the Seahawks within two (53-51). St. Clair scored the game's final field goal after taking an inbounds pass from Collin Bray [SR/Brookline, Mass.] with 35 seconds left.
Coute finished with 14 points while Andrew Rego [SO/Little Compton, R.I.] and Matt Grendal [JR/Foxboro, Mass.] had 13 and 11 points, respectively, for the Seahawks. Salve Regina (8-8; 2-6 CCC) suffers its fifth straight defeat while Colby-Sawyer (7-8; 5-2 CCC) earns its third straight conference victory to maintain a third-place standing in the league's North Division.
Newspaper Box Score Colby-Sawyer vs Salve Regina 01/21/06 3:00 pm at Newport, R.I. At Newport, R.I. COLBY-SAWYER 58, SALVE REGINA 54 COLBY-SAWYER (9-6; 5-2 CCC) Andrew St. Clair 10-10 2-9 22; Nate Truncellito 3-7 0-0 8; James Thorpe 3-9 0-0 7; Pat Kenny 2-4 1-2 7; Scott Butterworth 2-3 0-0 5; Collin Bray 1-6 0-0 3; Andrew Cousins 1-3 0-0 2; Tyler Fournier 1-8 0-0 2; Duncan Szeliga 1-2 0-0 2; Matt Spanos 0-3 0-0 0; Josh Carter 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-56 3-11 58. SALVE REGINA (8-8; 2-6 CCC) Matt Coute 6-18 0-1 14; Andrew Rego 5-7 1-2 13; Matt Grendal 4-10 3-4 11; Chris Goodridge 2-4 0-0 4; Jay Pallotti 0-1 3-6 3; Joe DeSantis 0-4 3-4 3; Matt Smolensky 1-1 0-0 2; Jon Hazzard 1-4 0-0 2; Quinn O'Brien 1-1 0-0 2; Justin Woodworth 0-2 0-0 0; Steve Walsh 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 20-53 10-17 54. Colby-Sawyer 27 31 58 Salve Regina 29 25 54 3-point goals-Colby-Sawyer 7-22 (Pat Kenny 2-2; Nate Truncellito 2-4; Collin Bray 1-2; James Thorpe 1-6; Scott Butterworth 1-2; Matt Spanos 0-3; Josh Carter 0-1; Andrew Cousins 0-2), Salve Regina 4-15 (Matt Coute 2-7; Andrew Rego 2-3; Joe DeSantis 0-3; Justin Woodworth 0-2). Fouled out--Colby-Sawyer-None, Salve Regina-Chris Goodridge. Rebounds-Colby-Sawyer 36 (Andrew St. Clair 6), Salve Regina 37 (Matt Grendal 8). Assists-Colby-Sawyer 13 (James Thorpe 4), Salve Regina 7 (Andrew Rego 2; Chris Goodridge 2). Total fouls-Colby-Sawyer 14, Salve Regina 15.