Eastern Connecticut Defeats Southern Maine 80-61

Game Leaders

Southern Maine
Pts: Jose Nouchanthavong - 16
Reb: 2 Players (#01, #50 - 5)
Ast: Jose Nouchanthavong - 5
Eastern Connecticut
Pts: Tarchee Brown - 21
Reb: Hugh Lindo - 9
Ast: Collin Jordan - 6

Team Stats

Southern Maine
Eastern Connecticut

Field Goals

(24-57)
(31-61)

Field Goal %

42.1%
50.8%

Rebounds

34
35

Assists

8
15

Turnovers

16
13

Pts off Turnovers

10
19

2nd Chance Pts

11
9

Pts in the Paint

34
34

Fastbreak Pts

0
0

Bench Pts

12
19
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More news about: Southern Maine
Dec 05, 2015

WILLAMANTIC, Conn. –  Sophomore Tarchee Brown (Rockville, Conn.) scored 21 points to lead three players in double-figures as the Eastern Connecticut State University Warriors defeated the University of Southern Maine Huskies 80-61 in a Little East Conference men's basketball game Saturday afternoon at Geissler Gymnasium. 

With the win, Eastern Connecticut improves to 5-2 overall and 1-0 in the Little East Conference.  Suffering its third consecutive loss, Southern Maine falls to 4-4 overall, and 0-1 in LEC action.

Brown was 8-for-15 from the field to lead the Warriors, adding four rebounds and two steals.  Senior Trachone Preston (Enfield, Conn.) chipped in with 14 points and five rebounds, while junior Hugh Lindo (Enfield, Conn.) added 12 points and a game-high nine rebounds. 

Senior Jose Nouchanthavong (Westbrook, Maine) paced the Huskies with 16 points on 6-for-12 shooting, adding a team-high five assists.  Junior Atencio Martin (Kittery, Maine/Traip Academy) had 14 points on 5-for-11 shooting, and junior Zach Leal (York, Maine) finished with 13 points on 6-of-13 shooting. 

Brown scored 11 of his 21 in the first half as ECSU opened up a commanding 44-27 lead at the half. The Warriors shot a red-hot 60.0 percent (18-for-30) from the field in the opening stanza.  Michael-Thomas Sciro had nine points off of the bench in the first half.

The Huskies kept pace with the Warriors in the opening five minutes of the first half and trialed by a basket, 15-13, after a Martin three at the 10:58 mark, but ECSU rattled off 10 unanswered points to assume control of the game.  Brown had a four-point play after being fouled while making a three to ignite the run, which was closed by a Preston basket for a 25-13 lead with 9:45 to play.  Southern Maine played the Warriors evenly in the second half, but could not overcome its large first half deficit in the loss.

Southern Maine remains on the road and will face in-state non-conference opponent UMaine Farmington on Tuesday (7:00 p.m.).  Eastern Connecticut hosts Trinity (Conn.) on Tuesday (6:00 p.m.). 

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