News Release

PAXTON, MA — The Anna Maria men’s basketball team lost a conference game tonight against visiting Nichols College by the score of 94-68. The game featured a remarkable shooting performance by the visiting Bison. As a team they shot an impressive 58% from the floor in the first half, and then an unconscious 70% in the second. A nine point halftime lead turned into a 26 point run away victory.

The hottest Bison was sophomore Justin Lewis (Hopedale, MA) who finished with a game high 23 points on 10 for 14 shooting. Most of his 23 points seemed to come just when the visitors needed a basket to keep the game out of Anna Maria’s reach. Lewis scored the majority of his points in the paint where the home team just did not have an answer for him.

The Amcats received another strong scoring performance from Sophomore Anthony McDonald who recorded a team high 19 points, while Jim Daigneault regained his scoring touch and added 18.

Nichols had 3 players in double digits in addition to Lewis. Casey Butler, Chris Vallee, and Jermiane Baskerville had 14, 12 and 13 respectively.

Nichols improves to 6-8 and more importantly 3-4 in the CCC while Anna Maria drops to 2-16 (0-10 CCC.)

Newspaper Box Score
NC vs Anna Maria
1/24/06 8:00pm at Anna Maria
At Anna Maria
NC 94, ANNA MARIA 68
NC (6-8   3-4CCC)
Justin Lewis 10-14 3-4 23; Casey Butler 4-6 4-5 14; Jermaine Baskerville 5-7
3-4 13; Chris Vallee 3-7 6-6 12; Jeff Lindgren 2-4 2-2 8; Greg Sturdahl 3-3
0-0 6; Scott LaTorra 1-1 0-0 3; Jah'maine Mercer 1-2 0-0 3; Stephen Van Loan
1-1 0-0 3; Eric Foster 1-2 0-0 3; Ron Powers 1-4 0-0 2; Jon Costello 1-1 0-0
2; Dave Berkland 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 34-53 18-21 94.
ANNA MARIA (2-16  0-10CCC)
Anthony McDonald 7-14 4-5 19; Jim Daigneault 8-14 1-1 18; Dan Sadlowski 3-5
0-2 8; Brandon DiTullio 3-6 0-0 6; Gary Costantino 2-6 0-0 5; Adam O'Malley
1-13 2-2 4; Adam Richards 2-4 0-0 4; Mike Chamblain 2-6 0-0 4; Eric England
0-1 0-0 0. Totals 28-69 7-10 68.
NC............................   35   59  -   94
Anna Maria....................   24   44  -   68
3-point goals-NC 8-15 (Casey Butler 2-3; Jeff Lindgren 2-4; Jah'maine Mercer
1-1; Scott LaTorra 1-1; Eric Foster 1-2; Stephen Van Loan 1-1; Chris Vallee
0-2; Justin Lewis 0-1), Anna Maria 5-21 (Dan Sadlowski 2-3; Jim Daigneault
1-4; Anthony McDonald 1-3; Gary Costantino 1-2; Mike Chamblain 0-3; Adam
O'Malley 0-5; Brandon DiTullio 0-1). Fouled out--NC-None, Anna Maria-None.
Rebounds-NC 40 (Casey Butler 7; Chris Vallee 7; Jah'maine Mercer 7), Anna
Maria 24 (Jim Daigneault 6; Anthony McDonald 6). Assists-NC 17 (Casey Butler
4), Anna Maria 12 (Dan Sadlowski 7). Total fouls-NC 13, Anna Maria 19.