Sophomore Quarry Greenaway (Westchester, N.Y.) tallied a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Johnson & Wales University men's basketball team to a 65-61 victory against Norwich in Great Northeast Athletic Conference action on Saturday afternoon. The win was the 10th in a row for the Wildcats.
Johnson & Wales senior guard Curtis Lucas (Providence, R.I.) tallied 13 points and three assists while senior Esaie Touze (Providence, R.I.) was also in double-figures with 11 points for the Wildcats.
Norwich was led by sophomore Gary Gladden (Boynton Beach, Fla.) with 17 points while senior Nickolai Havoutis (Coral Gables, Fla.) and junior Evan Tullar (Chelsea, Vt.) each chipped in 13 points in the loss for the Cadets.
Johnson & Wales opened the game on a 10-2 run, and extended that lead to 18-5 on a layup by Touze with just over 11 minutes left in the first half. The Wildcats led by as many as 18 in the stanza and took the 43-25 advantage heading into the locker room at halftime. JWU forced 10 turnovers in the first half, and held Norwich to just 29% (7-of-24) from the field.
Norwich chipped away at the lead throughout the second half and a three-pointer by Havoutis cut the deficit to single digits, 58-49, for the first time in the second half. The Cadets continued to cut into the lead and a layup by Gladden made the score 63-61 with :32 remaining. Lucas then hit a pair of free throws to seal the 65-61 victory for JWU.
With the win Johnson & Wales improves to 11-4 and 7-1 in the GNAC while Norwich falls to 3-11 and 1-6 in conference play. The Wildcats are back in action on Monday January 20th when they host St. Joseph's of Maine in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference contest at 3:00 pm.