Stonehill stops Greyhound men's hoop, 59-51, in NE-10 battle

January 12, 2010

Stonehill 59, Assumption 51

WORCESTER, Mass. --- Senior forward A.J. RUDOWITZ (Monroe, NJ/Monroe Township) (13 points) and junior forward MIKE KERNAN (Medford, NJ/Shawnee) (12 points) were the lone double-figure scorers as Stonehill College defeated Assumption College, 59-51, in Northeast-10 Conference men's basketball action Tuesday night at the Laska Gym.

Senior guard/captain COURTLAND BLUFORD (Ft. Washington, MD/St. Vincent Pallotti) (14 points) and sophomore guard KEVIN DONAHUE (Pawcatuck, CT/Stonington) (10 points) led the Greyhounds, now 7-7 overall and 4-6 in the conference. Stonehill, in first place in the conference with a 9-1 record is now 12-3 overall.

Stonehill's defense was a major factor in the game as the Skyhawks limited the Greyhounds to just .397 floor accuracy making just 25-of-63 attempts overall and just four-of-16 from three-point territory.

Assumption moved to a 27-25 halftime advantage as sophomore guard/forward TIM BEINERT (Floral Park, NY/Holy Cross) led the way with seven points. His three-pointer made it 27-22 before the Skyhawk freshman BRIAN HAMOR (Guilderland, NY/Bishop Gibbons) buried a three pointer with 39 seconds left to make a two-point game.

When senior point guard RANDALL STALLWORTH (Toms River, NJ/Monsignor Donovan) made a jumper with 3:26 left Stonehill had its largest lead at eight points, 54-46. Stallworth, who played in high school for Coach MIKE KEARNEY '84 , a former Greyhound hoopster, later became the 34th Stonehill player with 1,000 points with a pair of free throws down-the-stretch,

Donahue drilled a wing three-pointer and Bluford a made a floater in the paint to cut the gap to three points, 54-51, but the Skyhawks made their free throws down-the-stretch to win by eight.

The Greyhounds are next in action when they travel to conference rival Bentley University Saturday at 3:30 p.m. Stonehill hosts New Haven, also in a conference matchup, at 3:30 p.m.

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