Dec 28, 2015
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The Colby College men's basketball team had to wait 80 minutes past the scheduled start time to tip-off against College of St. Scholastica, but the Mules took it in stride on the way to a 93-70 non-conference victory at Ocean Center at the Land of Magic Classic on Monday.
The game was the final contest of six at the tourney, with a scheduled start time of 9 p.m. Colby, now 7-1 overall and winners of seven straight games, started at 10:20 p.m. and opened the second half at 11:10 p.m.
The Mules will look to make it eight straight victories in Tuesday's big game with 16th-ranked University of Mount Union at 9 p.m. In the first game of the night session, Mount Union took a 65-63 win over Hood in improving to 8-2 overall and winners of six straight games. The Raiders are known for winning NCAA Division III football titles (12 total).
Colby shot 63.3 percent (38-for-60) from the field, including a 73.1 percent (19-for-26) effort in the second half. The Mules also were 47.4 percent (9-for-19) from 3-point range. Colby had 23 total assists on 38 made field goals, while St. Scholastica had nine assists on 26 baskets.
Chris Hudnut was 9-for-12 from the field for a game-high 24 points, added eight rebounds, and three assists. Ryan Jann contributed 20 points on 8-for-12 shooting, while point guard Luke Westman had 12 points on 6-of-8 from the field, six rebounds, five assists, and no turnovers. Sam Willson had all 10 of his points in the first half thanks to a 4-for-4 effort. John Gallego had a game-high seven assists with just one turnover, Pat Dickert finished with eight points and three assists, and teammate Joe Connelly had seven points.
Andrew Laughlin led St. Scholastica (7-3) with 19 points. The Mules had a 42-29 rebounding advantage.
The Saints led 27-25 with 7:04 left in the opening half. The game was tied for the sixth time with 5:53 to go at 29-29. Colby used a 15-7 run the rest of the way to go up 44-36 at the break.
St. Scholastica only got to within seven points early in the second half, but Colby dominated from that point. With the score 48-41, Westman hit two jumpers, Jann added a 3-point shot, and
Hudnut scored inside for a 57-43 margin. The Mules twice got up by 23 points, including the final score.
COLBY 93, ST. SCHOLASTICA 70
ST. SCHOLASTICA
Andrew Laughlin 8-12 3-7 19; Jake Naslund 4-9 2-2 11; Kory Deadrick 4-9 0-0
11; Brandon Newman 3-6 1-2 9; Julius Johnson 4-9 0-0 8; Zach Dahlman 2-4 1-3
5; Joe Stark 0-4 4-4 4; Nate Weets 1-3 0-0 3; Connor Gray 0-0 0-0 0; David
Ohnstad 0-1 0-0 0; Tony Adamczak 0-2 0-0 0; Jordan Hughes 0-0 0-0 0; Sam
Thompson 0-1 0-0 0; Marc Peterson 0-6 0-0 0; Beau Howard 0-2 0-0 0; Mitch
Liebert 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-68 11-18 70.
COLBY
Chris Hudnut 9-12 6-8 24; Ryan Jann 8-12 0-0 20; Luke Westman 6-8 0-3 12;
Sam Willson 4-4 0-0 10; Pat Dickert 4-7 0-0 8; Joe Connelly 3-4 0-0 7; John
Gallego 2-4 0-0 5; Tony Karalekas 1-2 0-0 3; Patrick Stewart 0-3 2-2 2;
Myles Stephenson 1-1 0-0 2; DeVaughn Riley 0-0 0-0 0; Steven Daley 0-1 0-0
0; Michael Loginoff 0-2 0-0 0; Maximilian Steiner 0-0 0-0 0; CP Majgaard 0-0
0-0 0. Totals 38-60 8-13 93.
St. Scholastica............... 36 34 - 70
Colby......................... 44 49 - 93
3-point goals--St. Scholastica 7-27 (Kory Deadrick 3-6; Brandon Newman 2-2;
Jake Naslund 1-4; Nate Weets 1-2; Tony Adamczak 0-2; Sam Thompson 0-1; Marc
Peterson 0-5; Beau Howard 0-1; Joe Stark 0-2; Zach Dahlman 0-1; Julius
Johnson 0-1), Colby 9-19 (Ryan Jann 4-5; Sam Willson 2-2; Joe Connelly 1-2;
John Gallego 1-2; Tony Karalekas 1-2; Michael Loginoff 0-1; Patrick Stewart
0-3; Pat Dickert 0-2). Fouled out--St. Scholastica-None, Colby-None.
Rebounds--St. Scholastica 29 (Zach Dahlman 5; Andrew Laughlin 5), Colby 42
(Chris Hudnut 8). Assists--St. Scholastica 9 (Nate Weets 2; Zach Dahlman 2),
Colby 23 (John Gallego 7). Total fouls--St. Scholastica 14, Colby 14.
Technical fouls--St. Scholastica-None, Colby-None.