SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Senior Dana Bean (Franklin, N.H.) moved into ninth on the Colby-Sawyer all-time scoring list with a team best 20 points in Sdaturday’s 87-71 Hampton Inn West Springfield Naismith Classic consolation game loss to Bridgewater State.
Colby-Sawyer falls to 5-5.
Bean led three Colby-Sawyer players in double figures. He was an All-Tournament team selection after shooting 9-of-13 Saturday. Bean climbed into ninth on the all-time list with 1,403 career points. Senior Patrick Coffey (Westford, Mass.) added 14 points to move up three spots into a tie for 12th on the scoring list with 1,331 points. First-year Omar Boone (Colorado City, Texas) pitched in 12 points. Colby-Sawyer edged the Bears on the glass, 32-31.
Ryan Carney led the Bears with 28 points and seven assists on the day. Dimitri St. Louis put together a line of 22 points, 11 rebounds, four assists, and two steals while Rayshon Ward added 19 points, seven rebounds, and three blocks. St. Louis was named to the All-Tournament team for Bridgewater. The Bears assisted on 23 of their 32 made field goals and finished the game shooting 32-of-58 (55%).
Bridgewater used a fast start to seize control of the game, racing out to a 16-2 advantage at the 15:37 mark following a jumper by St. Louis. Colby-Sawyer would battle back to within 20-13 on an inside score from Bean, only to have St. Louis convert in transition to force the Chargers into a timeout with 9:01 left in the half as the Bears lead grew to 27-15.
A tip-in by Bean with 4:20 on the clock capped off an 8-0 burst by Colby-Sawyer to pull within 32-26 as Bridgewater State burned a timeout. Out of the break, the Bears answered with an 11-2 surge of their own, as Kearney cashed in on a triple with 1:00 remaining to expand to a 43-28 cushion. The Bears, who shot 55 percent in the first half, owned a 43-30 advantage in the break, led by 16 points from St. Louis.
A Coffey three-pointer brought Colby-Sawyer within 49-42 just over three minutes into the second half, and a baseline jumper from Omar Boone at 12:23 made it a 55-50 contest. Colby-Sawyer would get as close as 59-56 on a pull up by Coffey, but a 18-9 run fueled by nine points from Carney allowed the Bears to regain control at 77-65 as the Chargers whistled for another timeout. The lead would balloon back to 82-65 when Ward stepped back for a trifecta with 2:36 to play as the Bears would hold on for the 87-71 victory.
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