Monks Fall to Beavers, 69-56

Men's College Basketball

November 25, 2008

 

STANDISH, ME - Four Farmington players netted double-digits to help the visiting Beavers (2-1) defeat Saint Joseph's (2-1), 69-56, on Tuesday evening at the Alfond Center. Elbie Murphy '09 (Loudonville, NY) paced the Monks with 17 points in the losing effort and Andrew Dean ’11 (Gorham, ME) led the visitors with 16 points.

 

Trailing 27-20 with four minutes remaining in the opening stanza, the Monks managed to put together a 9-2 run, with seven of the points coming from Alberto Rue ’10 (Jamaica Plain, MA), to knot the game at 29 apiece going into the break.

 

Unfortunately for the Monks, the deadlocked score would be as close as they would come to overcoming the visitors in their home opener. Dean made one of two free throw attempts to cap a 13-4 run that saw Farmington take a 42-33 lead six minutes into the second half. Dean and Ted Neil ‘09 (Strong, ME) made three-pointers on back-to-back UMF possessions during the offensive surge to help the visitors gain momentum.

 

The Monks were able to cut the Beavers’ lead to four points, 42-38, in the following two minutes with a three-pointer from Rue and a pair of free-throws from Murphy , but Farmington quickly regained control of the contest after Shane Tracy ‘11 (Sangerville, ME) scored five points to put his team back on top by seven with 9:40 left to play.

 

The Beavers, with help from a healthy 11-12 effort from the charity stripe down the stretch, would not lead by fewer than seven points for the remainder of the game. UMF increased their advantage to 13 points as Dean sank two freebies with :29 left to cap the game scoring with the Beavers on top, 69-56.

 

For the Monks, Ray Eatmon ‘10 (Huntington, NY) corralled ‘11 rebounds and scored nine points, and Scot Vachon 09 (Schenectady, NY) had five points and five assists in the loss. Elbie Murphy was 5-8 on free-throw attempts and grabbed three steals to give him 286 in his career, which is one shy of the SJC record held by Jamie Header ‘93.

 

For the visiting Beavers, Josh Tanguay ‘10 (Gorham, ME) posted a double-double effort with 12 rebounds and 10 points and Eric Taylor ‘11 (Oakland, ME) scored 14 points in the victory.

Farmington outworked Saint Joseph’s on the glass, 41-28, and shot 88.9% (16-18) from the line.

 

Saint Joseph’s will travel to Gorham on Sunday to take on rival Southern Maine on Sunday, November 30th at 7:00 PM while Farmington will host Colby College on Wednesday, December 3rd at 7:00 PM.

 

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Newspaper Box Score

Me. Farmington vs Saint Joseph's College (Me.)

11-25-08 7:00 PM at Standish, Maine

At Standish, Maine

ME. FARMINGTON 69, SAINT JOSEPH'S COLLEGE (ME.) 56

ME. FARMINGTON (2-1)

Andrew Dean 3-12 7-8 16; Eric Taylor 5-7 4-4 14; Shane Tracy 4-7 0-0 10;

Josh Tanguay 4-7 2-2 10; Pat Howell 3-8 0-0 6; Ted Neil 2-7 0-0 5; Eric

Lelansky 1-10 3-4 5; Kevin Leary 1-3 0-0 3; Roy Burdin 0-0 0-0 0; David

Kerschner 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-61 16-18 69.

SAINT JOSEPH'S COLLEGE (ME.) (2-1)

Elbie Murphy 5-15 5-8 17; Alberto Rue 3-7 4-6 11; Ray Eatmon 4-6 1-4 9;

Tyler Kelley 2-3 2-2 6; Scot Vachon 2-4 1-2 5; Zach O'Brien 2-4 0-0 4;

Anthony Savino 1-2 0-0 2; Chris Davis 1-4 0-0 2; R. J. Mattison 0-0 0-0 0;

Chris Petzy 0-2 0-0 0; Mitch Ouellet 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-47 13-22 56.

Me. Farmington................   29   40  -   69

Saint Joseph's College (Me.)..   29   27  -   56

3-point goals--Me. Farmington 7-21 (Andrew Dean 3-6; Shane Tracy 2-2; Ted

Neil 1-2; Kevin Leary 1-3; Eric Lelansky 0-7; Pat Howell 0-1), Saint

Joseph's College (Me.) 3-13 (Elbie Murphy 2-6; Alberto Rue 1-3; Scot Vachon

0-1; Chris Davis 0-1; Chris Petzy 0-2). Fouled out--Me. Farmington-None,

Saint Joseph's College (Me.)-Scot Vachon. Rebounds--Me. Farmington 41 (Josh

Tanguay 12), Saint Joseph's College (Me.) 28 (Ray Eatmon 11). Assists--Me.

Farmington 17 (Eric Lelansky 7), Saint Joseph's College (Me.) 12 (Scot

Vachon 5). Total fouls--Me. Farmington 13, Saint Joseph's College (Me.) 20.

Technical fouls--Me. Farmington-None, Saint Joseph's College (Me.)-None.

A-350