EASTON, Massachusetts-The American International College men's basketball team notched its second straight win, taking down Stonehill College, 72-66, on Wednesday, January 3.
FAST FACTS:
Final score:AIC 72, Stonehill 66
Records:AIC improves to 8-6 overall with a 3-3 record in the Northeast-10 Conference; while Stonehill goes to 7-6 overall and 4-4 in NE10 play.
Location:Merkert Gymnasium, Easton, Massachusetts
STAT LEADERS:
AIC:
Andrew Anderson: 15 points, eight rebounds
Tahlib Swan: 14 points, 10 rebounds, three assists
Adonis Williams: 13 points, six rebounds
Kassim Kaba: 12 points, four rebounds
Stonehill:
Will Moreton: 20 points, seven rebounds
KJ Lee: 18 points
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Just over a minute and a half into the game, senior guard Kassim Kaba knocked down a deep ball to give the Yellow Jackets an early 3-0 lead. The Skyhawks then answered with four straight points that gave them their first lead of the night. AIC then went on an 8-0 run and started to pull away.
- Nine minutes into the game, the Yellow Jackets had a 10-point lead, thanks in part to their outside shooting, as they started 4-for-7. The Yellow Jackets continued to make shots, and also forced the Skyhawks to miss shots, as the Yellow Jackets had a 15-point lead at the half.
- The second half was a much different story for the Skyhawks, though, as they continued to chip away at the Yellow Jacket lead. An 11-2 run from 11:07 to 8:25 brought back life into Stonehill as it made it a seven-point game.
- With just 5:45 left in the game, senior forward Tahlib Swan made it a 12-point game on a layup. Stonehill did not back down, making it a seven-point game with a little over a minute left. Off a Yellow Jacket timeout, the Skyhawks missed a three, but got their own rebound and called a timeout. Out of the timeout, they hit a layup to make it a two-possession game, 68-63. That's as close as they got, though, as AIC went 4-for-4 from the line to close out the win, 72-66.
GAME NOTES:
- Swan recorded his third double-double of the season. This is also the seventh game he has scored in double-digits in this season.
- Freshman guard Adonis Williams has scored in double-digits for a team-high eighth time this season.
- For the fourth time this season, and third time in their last three games, the Yellow Jackets out-rebounded their opponents by 15 boards of more. On Wednesday, they out-boarded the Skyhawks by 19 (45-26), and then on December 29, they out-rebounded the Eagles of Post by 16.
NEXT UP:
- The Yellow Jackets will next travel to Colchester, Vermont to take on the Purple Knights of St. Michael's on Saturday, January 6 at 3:30 p.m.
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