Eagle Times Staff
NEW LONDON, NH — The Colby-Sawyer men’s basketball team picked up their fourth win of the 2023-24 campaign on Tuesday, Nov. 28, defeating Vermont State University-Castleton by a 78-64 final.
The Chargers jumped ahead 5-2 after a junior Bullen Taban layup and a trifecta by junior Jaquan Mosley. Colby-Sawyer continued to control the game as five-straight by Mosley pushed the lead to 10-5, before another finish by junior Chaz Cullum got the lead to 7 points. After a flurry by the Spartans the Chargers fought back with an 8-0 run sparked by 4 points and an assist by junior Cha’Mar Martin. Mosley’s fourth triple of the first half extended the lead to 26-14 with 8:27 in the first half. Castleton battled back using a 17-13 run over the final 8 minutes to cut the lead to 39-31 headed into halftime.
Junior Mike Joanou started off the second half with a jumper, followed by a 3-pointer by junior Nick Grant to extend the lead back to 44-33. A triple by Scott Lampron kept the Spartans in it cutting the lead to 46-38, but another finish by Mosley kept the lead in double-digits. The Spartans hung around with the game at 49-40 with 15:13 to play, but a 7-0 spurt by the Chargers led by Joanou pushed the lead to 16 points with 11 minutes to play.
A key steal and flush by sophomore Sadiq Abdullahi sparked some offense for the Chargers followed by a Cullum and-one for a 63-47 lead with just over 9 minutes to play. The Spartans tried to stay in the game with 7-straight points of their own, but another old fashioned 3-point play for Cullum, followed by 6-consecutive Charger points by Taban pushed the lead to 72-58 with 3:45 left. Taban and Mosley tallied back-to-back layups to stop the Spartans comeback hopes and put the game away.
“It feels wonderful to pick up this win,” said junior Bullen Taban. “We were 3-3 headed into tonight and we needed another win to get back on track. I am going to continue to do whatever I can to help the team whether that’s rebounding, defending, finishing.”
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