ROBINSON'S DOUBLE-DOUBLE POWERS MEN'S BASKETBALL OVER SUFFOLK, 93-76
Feb. 7, 2012
BOSTON, Mass. - The Emmanuel College Saints (10-12, 9-6 GNAC) dropped the Suffolk University Rams (8-15, 5-11 GNAC) in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Men's Basketball action on Tuesday evening by a 93-76 score.
Junior Matt Pepdjonovic (Quincy, Mass.) finished just shy of a triple-double as he scored 20 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and had a career-high nine blocked shots in the game, but the Saints were just too much for the Rams as they send Suffolk to their fourth straight loss, while Emmanuel College improves to 9-6 in GNAC play and a 10-12 overall season mark.
The Saints finished with four players scoring in double-digits highlighted by a 29 point, 21 rebound effort by sophomore Theo Robinson (Springfield, Mass.). Robinson was 14-for-18 shooting from the field and collected 10 offensive rebounds and another 11 on the defensive side. His 21 boards also set a new single-game rebounding recording, topping the previous mark of 19 which he also held.
Robinson came right out of the gates recording a double-double in the first seven minutes of action scoring 14 points and grabbing 10 boards quick. Emmanuel would take a 41-27 lead into halftime with them, before storming out of the break with a 20-4 run through the first six minutes of the second half to build their largest lead of the evening at thirty points.
The Rams managed to make things interested as they were able to close the gap to ten points with a little over two minutes remaining on a three-pointer by junior Colin Halpin (Melrose, Mass.) to cap a 14-3 run over a two minute span in the closing minutes, but that was as close as the Rams could get.
Emmanuel benefitted from strong shooting as they were 56.3-percent as a team in a 52-point second half, while they held a 52-31 edge on the glass in the contest.
Junior Chris Torres (Brockton, Mass.) scored a team-high 25 points on the night for the Rams, while senior Justin Barall (East Hampton, Conn.) netted 11 points.
Senior Isaiah Duke (Albany, N.Y.) scored all 21 of his points in the contest in the second half as he was 7-for-10 from the field over the final twenty minutes and was a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line.
Junior Xavier Everson (Rochester, N.Y.) scored 17 points, while junior Michael Mailhot (Norwich, Conn.) rounded out the Saints' scoring with 12 points and had a game-high five assists.
Both teams have upcoming GNAC contests as the league finalizes it's 2011-12 season over the next two weeks. Emmanuel will host Norwich University on Saturday afternoon at 1:00pm, while Suffolk is idle until next Tuesday when they host the Mount Ida College Mustangs in their last regular season home contest at 7:30pm at the Regan Gymnasium.
*Release courtesy of Suffolk Sports Information Dept.