New London, Conn. - January 25, 2020 - The Springfield College men's basketball team put together an impressive offensive performance to topple Coast Guard, 94-82, on Saturday afternoon in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) play. 

Jake Ross (Northampton, Mass.) posted a double-double with game-highs of 30 points and 12 rebounds, while Heath Post (Cheshire, Conn.) also had a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds.  Trey Witter Unionville, Conn.) and Daryl Costa (Providence, R.I.) added 14 points and 11 points respectively to help the Pride improve to 14-3 overall and 5-1 in conference play.

Tyler Perez led five Coast Guard players in double figures with 17 points while Packy Witkowski (16), Justin Kane (15), Garrett Drummond (14) and Noah Baldez (11) were also in double figure for the Bears, who drop to 6-10 overall and 1-5 in the NEWMAC. Kane and Perez had seven rebounds each to lead the Bears while Baldez had a game-high five assists.

The Pride shot 53.7 percent (36-67) in the win while making nine of 22 from 3-point range while Coast Guard was 30 of 64 (46.9 percent) from the floor and hit five of 18 from behind the arc. 

Springfield doubled up the Bears 14-7 in the first seven minutes of the game on an inside score by Noah Cummings (Epsom, N.H.) and pushed the lead to 29-17 with 8:29 left in the first half. after Post knocked down a jumper.  The Bears would later score seven straight to make the score 33-29 with 5:40 left on a jumper by Drummond, but Springfield answered with a 12-2 spurt taking a 45-31 lead on a trey by Ross with 2:19 left. The Pride led 49-38 at halftime.

Springfield took control with a 9-0 to open up a 58-42 lead with 15:52 left following a jumper by Costa, but Coast Guard would score seven straight to get the lead back to single digits at 84-76 with 3:51 left following back-to-back layups by Drummond.   However, Costa made five of six free throws in a span of 18 seconds to put the game away with just over a minute left as the Pride earned the conference road win.

The Pride is back in action on Wednesday night when it hosts WPI at 7:30 pm in Blake Arena. 

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