MBB Edged In OT at Coast Guard
Box Score
NEW LONDON, Conn. - The Mitchell College men's basketball team
nearly knocked off Coast Guard Academy on Tuesday night, falling
95-92 in overtime in a non-conference game between the two New
London schools.
Junior Trip Fernandes had career highs with 30 points and 10
rebounds for the Bears, the first double-double of his career. The
win was also the first career win for Coast Guard head coach Kevin
Jaskiewicz.
Mitchell took an 85-81 lead with 2:26 left in regulation on a
basket by junior Jenel Russell. The
Mariners missed a pair of free throws before Fernandes cut the lead
to 85-83 on a basket with 53 seconds left.
Mitchell turned the ball over with 19 seconds left and junior Jevon
James tied the game at 85-85 with 15 second left. The Mariners did
not get a shot off in the final 15 seconds of regulation, sending
the game to overtime.
Senior Eric Hudson scored the first four points of overtime on a
pair of baskets giving Coast Guard an 89-85 lead with 3:42 left.
The Mariners got as close as 90-89 on a bucket by senior Eric Murray with 2:29
left before James scored the next four points on pair of free
throws and then a basket with 1:12 left for a 94-89 lead.
Murray scored and was fouled with seven seconds left to make the
score 95-92, but he missed the free throw, junior Drew Norris got the
offensive rebound and gave the Mariners a chance to tie, but
freshman Shadayne
Philbert's three-pointer in the final second was no good.
Mitchell (0-1) led by as many as nine twice in the first half, the
latest being 29-20 with 9:24 left, but Coast Guard used a 17-4
spurt over the next three minutes for a 37-33 lead with 6:35 left.
The Bears led 49-44 at halftime.
James finished with 17 points while tying a career-high with 15
rebounds, and Hudson also had 17 points for the Bears. Senior
Stefan Lewis was also in double figures with 13 points for Coast
Guard (1-1).
Senior Mike
DePaolo led Mitchell with 24 points on 7-of-11
shooting while Murray finished with 22 points and a team-high
12 rebounds. Norris added 18 points and 11 rebounds in his debut
with the Mariners while Russell finished with 10 points.
Coast Guard shot 48 percent (35-for-74) in the game, but the Bears
missed 17 free throws, finishing 19-for-36 from the foul line.
Coast Guard was six for 18 from three-point range.
Mitchell shot 44 percent from the floor (34-for-77) and 7-for-18
from behind the arc.
The Mariners return to action on November 21 and 22 at the Blazer
Tip-Off Tournament hosted by Elms College. Mitchell will play
Brooklyn College on Saturday and Arcadia University on Sunday.
