'Keene State College Men's Basketball Tip-Off Tournament.
Owls race past Lesley University for the championship 109-75.
KEENE, N.H. 11/18/06 - Tournament MVP Nick Drouin (Weare, N.H.)
had a career-high 26 points and 10 rebounds to lead Keene State
College to a 109-75 victory over Lesley (Mass.) University in the
championship game of the Noyes Volkswagen -KSC Tip-Off Tournament
held at Spaulding Gym on Saturday.
A member of All-Tournament team, Tyler Kathan (Ludlow, Vt.)
chipped in with double-double 13 points and a career-tying 15
rebounds. Travon Little (Danbury, Conn.) added 14 points and
seven rebounds and Kevin Ritter (Hopewell Junction, N.Y.) finished
with 13 points for KSC (2-0)
The Owls raced out to a 53-37 lead in a first half that included
a combined 13 three-pointers, and a crowd-pleasing alee-oop hoop
courtesy of the Owls'David Sontag (Mont Vernon, N.H.) and
Travon Little (Danbury, Conn.). Nick Drouin (Weare, N.H.) had
12 first half points and Tyler Kathan (Ludlow, Vt.) pulled down 10
rebounds for the Owls while James Parker (Sandwich, Mass.) topped
Lesley with 12 first half points.
The Owls kept their foot on the accelerator in the second half
taking a 22 point lead (77-55) on a three-pointer by Matt Hickey
(Mahopac, N.Y).
Parker led Lelsey (1-1) with 17 points. Mark Stevens (Las
Vegas, NV) had 16 points and Joseph Chatman (Boston, Mass.) and
former Owl Stanley Chamblain (Everett, Mass.) added 14 points each
for the Lynx.
Both team hit a combined 21 three-pointers in the game.
Keene State has won all seven Tip-off tournaments that it's
hosted since 1999. No tournament was held in 2000.
CONSOLATION GAME:
MARYMOUNT DEFEATS EASTERN NAZARENE 66-55
KEENE, N.H. 11/18/06 - Fred Stanbeck (Springdale, Md.) had 22
points and eight rebounds to lead Marymount (Va.) University to a
66-55 victory over Eastern Nazarene (Mass.) College in the
consolation game of the KSC Tip-Off Tournament at Keene on
Saturday.
Bryant Majors (Alexandria, Va.) added 15 points for Marymount
(1-1). Luc Jasmin (Pawtucket, R.I.) finished with 19 points
and six rebounds for ENC (0-2).
Nursing a 49-44 lead with 4:30 to go, Marymount went on a 9-0
run to take a 55-44 lead on a lay-up by Majors with 2:30 to play.
The Saints hit 30 of 38 shots (79%) from the line while the
Crusaders connected on just 10 of 20 (50%) from the line.
All-Tournament Team
MVP: Nick Drouin - Keene State
Luc Jasmin - Eastern Nazarene
Stanley Chamblain - Lesley
Fred Stanback - Marymount
Tyler Kathan - Keene State
David Sontag - Keene State
