Monks
Capture Comeback Victory over Emmanuel
Basketball - Saint Joseph's College Men's
February 1, 2010
By Corey McCarthy
Ray Eatmon ’10
(Huntington, NY) scored 11 points for Saint Joseph’s
College. Photo courtesy of David Bates of
Fotografixstudio.com
BOSTON, MA – Saint
Joseph’s (14-5, 9-3 GNAC) overcame a 16-point
halftime deficit in a 62-60 victory over Emmanuel
(4-15, 3-9 GNAC) in a conference men’s basketball
contest on Monday evening. Chris Petzy ’12
(Kensington, NH) paced four Monks in double-digits
with 16 points in the victory.
After trailing, 38-22,
at the break, the Monks outscored the Saints, 40-22,
in the second half to come away with the two-point
win. The Monks went 5 for 5 down the stretch en
route to the victory.
Alberto Rue ’10
(Jamaica Plain, MA) netted 12 points with 6 rebounds
and 3 steals and Ray Eatmon ’10 (Huntington, NY)
added 11 points for Saint Joseph’s. Anthony Savino
’11 (Portland, ME/Cheverus) chipped in with 10
points and 5 boards, Zach O’Brien ’12 (Schenectady,
NY) contributed with 8 points and 5 caroms and Julio
Vazquez ’13 (Waterbury, CT) notched career highs of
7 assists and 6 rebounds in his second career start.
For Emmanuel, Xavier
Everson (Rochester, NY) led all scorers with 18
points and Isaiah Duke (Albany, NY) netted 16 in the
losing effort. Eric Spanbauer (Niagara Falls, NY)
grabbed 7 rebounds and Armani Gill (Boston, Mass.)
dealt 5 dimes for the Saints.
The Monks first lead,
not including the opening minutes of the game, was
gained when O’Brien hit a pair of freebies with 40
seconds remaining. Petzy drained his second
three-pointer of the game 10 seconds before to set
the stage for O’Brien’s free-throws and Everson
missed an open layup, and an opportunity to tie the
game, as time expired.
The Monks kicked
things off with a backdoor feed to Eatmon to start
the game with a 2-0 lead. A couple of slashing hoops
from Everson, who scored 8 of Emmanuel’s opening 10
points, put the Saints up 10-6 at the 15-minute
mark. Petzy knocked down a triple and the Monks cut
the gap to 10-9.
A one-and-one by Nate
Jackson (Middleboro, Mass.) and a baseline drive by
Isaiah Duke (Albany, N.Y.) gave EC a 19-13 edge at
the ten-minute mark. Rookie swingman Patrick Ramsey
(Easthampton, Mass.) came off the bench and drained
a three to put the Saints up, 22-13. Rue and
Emmanuel forward Andre Fuller (Troy, N.Y.) traded
buckets at each end, as the Saints led 24-15 with
8:30 left in the half.
After a Monks’
put-back by Savino, the two teams played scoreless
for over three minutes with Emmanuel up, 24-17 at
the 5-minute mark. Another lay-up by Everson and a
deep jumper by Fuller gave the Saints an
eleven-point lead (28-17) with four minutes to go in
the half.
A steal by Gill led to
a fast-break dunk by Duke and Emmanuel was up 32-22
with less than two minutes remaining. Everson
dropped two freebies and laid in a hoop on the break
to stretch the Saints’ lead to fourteen (36-22) with
a minute left in the half. A pair of free throws by
Gill pushed the spread to 38-22 and Emmanuel took a
16-point lead into the break.
Everson led all
scorers at the half with 16 points on 6 for 8
shooting from the floor, to go along with 4 rebounds
and 3 steals. Fuller and Gill each added 6
first-half points for the Saints. Savino was the
high-scorer for the Monks in the opening frame with
6 points.
The Saints shot 45.7%
from the floor (16-35) in the first half and
out-rebounded the Monks, 23-15. Emmanuel forced the
Monks into 9 turnovers and just 30.8% shooting, as
St. Joe’s hit just 8 field goals in the opening
period.
Two hoops by Petzy
were part of a 6-2 Monks’ run to start the second
half and Emmanuel called a thirty with 17:37 on the
clock. The Monks’ run continued after the timeout
and an and-one by Eatmon cut the Saint Joseph’s
deficit to eight points (44-36) with fourteen and a
half minutes to play. A lay-up by Karl Gonzalez
(Worcester, Mass.) helped Emmanuel regain the
double-figure lead (46-36) with 14:17 on the clock.
Over the next three
and a half minutes, each team dropped a bucket and
Rue connected on a pair from the line to bring the
score to 48-40 at the 10-minute mark. A put-back by
Petzy and a fast-break lay-up by Rue cut the lead to
four (48-44) and forced the Saints to call their
final timeout with 9:08 to go.
Six-straight Emmanuel
points from Duke put the Saints up 54-44 with 7:17
left. Fouls down low sent the Monks to the line on
consecutive possessions and cut the Emmanuel lead
back to four (54-50) with 6 minutes remaining. A
runner in the lane by Vazquez brought the visitors
to within two (54-52) at the 5-minute mark.
A hoop by Everson
followed by a baseline jumper from Tony Carter-Hill
(Baltimore, Md.) gave the Saints a 58-52 cushion
with 3:30 to go. A put-back by Eatmon brought the
score to 58-54 and St. Joe’s called a thirty to
apply their full-court pressure.
No points were scored
on either end over the next two minutes until
Emmanuel fouled Rue behind the arc and sent him to
the line for three tries. The senior guard drained
all three to cut EC’s advantage to one point
(58-57). Duke laid the ball in on the break and
Petzy drilled a trey at the opposite end to tie the
ballgame at 60-all with 54.2 seconds remaining.
After a full time-out
by SJC, the Saints turned the ball over and Emmanuel
committed a foul at mid-court, sending O’Brien to
the line for a one and one. The sophomore hit both
to give the Monks a two-point lead (62-60) with 40
seconds left. This was St. Joe’s first lead since
the opening minute of play and, despite possessions
on both ends, this would hold up to be the final
score of the game.
The Saints were
unsuccessful on their next possession and St. Joe’s
hauled in the defensive board with 20 seconds left.
Emmanuel picked up full-court and forced the Monks
into a ten-second violation in the back-court. The
Saints regained possession with 8 ticks left.
Everson got a great look, but his shot rolled around
the rim and out, as the Monks picked up the
come-from-behind win.
Emmanuel will return
to GNAC action on the road this Thursday night in
New Haven, Connecticut. The Saints will take on the
Falcons of Albertus Magnus College in a 7pm start.
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Newspaper Box Score
St. Joseph's (Me.) vs
Emmanuel College
2/1/10 7pm at Jean
Yawkey Center - Boston, Mass.
At Jean Yawkey Center
- Boston, Mass.
ST. JOSEPH'S (ME.) 62,
EMMANUEL COLLEGE 60 ST. JOSEPH'S (ME.) (14-5, 9-3
GNAC) Chris Petzy 6-17 2-3 16; Alberto Rue 3-14 6-8
12; Ray Eatmon 4-5 3-6 11; Anthony Savino 5-7 0-0
10; Zach O'Brien 3-12 2-2 8; Julio Vazquez 2-5 0-0
4; Eric Friend 0-0 1-2 1; Craig Merrick 0-1 0-0 0;
Tom Ray 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-61 14-21 62.
EMMANUEL COLLEGE
(4-15, 3-9 GNAC)
Xavier Everson 8-14
2-2 18; Isaiah Duke 7-15 2-3 16; Andre Fuller 3-5
0-0 6; Armani Gill 2-9 2-2 6; Nate Jackson 2-4 1-1
5; Patrick Ramsey 1-4 0-0 3; Eric Spanbauer 1-2 0-0
2; Karl Gonzalez 1-2 0-0 2; Tony Carter-Hill 1-4 0-0
2; Andrew Heath 0-1 0-0 0; Michael Mailhot 0-2 0-0
0; Torrey Joyner 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 26-65 7-8 60.
St. Joseph's
(Me.)............ 22 40 - 62
Emmanuel
College.............. 38 22 - 60
3-point goals--St.
Joseph's (Me.) 2-14 (Chris Petzy 2-5; Alberto Rue
0-4; Zach O'Brien 0-4; Craig Merrick 0-1), Emmanuel
College 1-10 (Patrick Ramsey 1-2; Armani Gill 0-1;
Karl Gonzalez 0-1; Tony Carter-Hill 0-1; Andrew
Heath 0-1; Michael Mailhot 0-2; Torrey Joyner 0-1;
Xavier Everson 0-1). Fouled out--St. Joseph's
(Me.)-None, Emmanuel College-None. Rebounds--St.
Joseph's (Me.) 38 (Alberto Rue 6; Julio Vazquez 6),
Emmanuel College 47 (Eric Spanbauer 7; Andre Fuller
7). Assists--St. Joseph's (Me.) 15 (Julio Vazquez
7), Emmanuel College 18 (Armani Gill 5). Total
fouls--St. Joseph's (Me.) 10, Emmanuel College 16.
Technical fouls--St. Joseph's (Me.)-None, Emmanuel
College-None. A-250
