(Courtesy of Roger Williams Sports Information)
BRISTOL, R.I. – A tightly contested game between the Roger Williams University Men’s Basketball team and Wentworth Institute of Technology ended in favor of the Hawks, as RWU edged the Leopards 85-84 Saturday afternoon and improved its Commonwealth Coast Conference record to 3-0.
Neither team had trouble shooting the basketball, with the Hawks hitting 53.3% of the attempts while the Leopards shot a season-high 66.7% from the field. The impressive overall offensive display by both teams kept the game at a back-and-forth pace, as evidenced by the 17 lead changes and 14 ties.
Crunch time for the two squads came at the 2:11 mark, when a Tucker Bashaw (Williston, Vt.) layup tied the game at 76 apiece. Sherrad Prezzie-Blue (Norwalk, Conn.) answered with a jumper on the other end to give the Leopards a two-point lead with under two minutes left.
After Todd Doyle (Mystic, Conn.) broke an 81-81 tie with a pair of free throws, Geoff Baranger (Fairfield, Conn.) knotted the game at 83 with 40 seconds to play.
On the ensuing Leopard possession, Shane West (Saco, Maine) was fouled with 16 seconds left in the game. He sank the first basket but came up short on the second, leaving the Hawks with a chance to regain the lead.
Corey Fava (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) drove to the lane with two seconds to go and drained a jumper in the paint, hanging in the air just long enough to get the shot off.
After a pair of timeouts, the Leopards inbounded the ball the length of the court into the hands of Prezzie-Blue. His fadeaway jumper in the corner came off his hands in time to beat the buzzer, but could not find the bottom of the net, giving the Hawks the win.
Four Hawks scored in double figures, including Dan Gumb (Patterson, N.Y.) who shot a perfect 9-of-9 from the field for 20 points. Bashaw finished with 19 points and four assists, while Baranger and Ben Camobreco (Duxbury, Mass.) each scored ten apiece.
The Leopards had five players with at least 11 points, with Prezzie-Blue finishing with 19 and Weonard Bynes (Bridgeport, Conn.) scoring 18 to go along with his game-high eight rebounds.
Roger Williams (7-8, 3-0 TCCC) will host Gordon College Wednesday at 8:00 p.m., while Wentworth (7-6, 1-2 TCCC) goes on the road Wednesday for a 7:30 p.m. meeting with Western New England College.
Official Basketball Box Score Wentworth vs Roger Williams 01/19/08 3:00 p.m. at Bristol, R.I. (Campus Recreation Ctr.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Wentworth 7-6, 1-2 TCCC TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 42 Weonard Bynes....... f 8-11 0-0 2-3 3 5 8 2 18 3 1 1 0 28 52 Shane West.......... f 4-6 0-0 3-6 0 2 2 2 11 4 3 0 0 34 14 Todd Doyle.......... g 7-11 0-1 3-4 2 3 5 1 17 5 0 0 0 37 20 Brad Bryant......... g 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 3 0 2 4 0 2 26 44 Sherrad Prezzie-Blue g 8-12 0-1 3-3 0 3 3 2 19 2 2 0 1 36 11 Kevin Wentworth..... 2-2 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 6 12 Ed Bolton........... 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 3 0 2 1 0 1 15 23 Matt Abbott......... 5-5 1-1 2-2 0 2 2 2 13 1 1 0 0 15 24 Gil Ward............ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 32 Pat LaCasse......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 TEAM................ 2 2 Totals.............. 34-51 3-8 13-18 7 19 26 16 84 19 12 1 4 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 17-28 60.7% 2nd Half: 17-23 73.9% Game: 66.7% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0-2 0.0% 2nd Half: 3-6 50.0% Game: 37.5% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd Half: 9-12 75.0% Game: 72.2% 1,1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Roger Williams 7-8, 3-0 TCCC TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 12 Tucker Bashaw....... f 7-12 1-4 4-5 1 1 2 3 19 4 1 0 1 29 40 Dan Gumb............ f 9-9 2-2 0-1 3 3 6 1 20 2 3 0 1 27 42 Geoff Baranger...... c 3-3 0-0 4-4 0 3 3 4 10 2 0 1 1 26 03 Billy Barrett....... g 1-7 1-4 4-4 2 2 4 1 7 3 0 0 1 28 05 Corey Fava.......... g 4-4 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 9 3 1 0 1 34 10 Ben Camobreco....... 4-7 2-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 10 0 2 0 2 17 21 Travis O'Dell....... 2-7 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 1 6 2 1 0 0 16 22 Ryan McGinn......... 0-1 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 11 24 Kyle Bogucki........ 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33 Michael Woolley..... 1-3 0-2 1-2 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 11 TEAM................ 1 1 2 Totals.............. 31-54 7-17 16-20 7 14 21 14 85 17 8 1 8 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 16-30 53.3% 2nd Half: 15-24 62.5% Game: 57.4% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd Half: 5-10 50.0% Game: 41.2% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd Half: 12-14 85.7% Game: 80.0% 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Mike Rice, Kevin Kobellski, Brian Mikolazyk Technical fouls: Wentworth-None. Roger Williams-None. Attendance: 175 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Wentworth..................... 38 46 - 84 Roger Williams................ 38 47 - 85 Points in the paint-WIT 34,RWU 32. Points off turnovers-WIT 10,RWU 10. 2nd chance points-WIT 5,RWU 8. Fast break points-WIT 6,RWU 2. Bench points-WIT 19,RWU 20. Score tied-14 times. Lead changed-17 times. Last FG-WIT 2nd-01:53, RWU 2nd-00:02. Largest lead-WIT by 6 2nd-09:08, RWU by 6 1st-11:00.