Unbeaten Saint Rose stops Hounds hoop in NE-10 game
Saint Rose 90, Assumption 64
ALBANY, N.Y. ---Junior guard ROB
GUTIERREZ (Brooklyn, NY/John Adams) scored 24 points and
added nine rebounds to lead the unbeaten College of Saint Rose past
Assumption College, 90-64, in the Northeast-10 Conference opener
for both teams here WEDNESDAY night at the Nolan Gym.
Saint Rose (now 3-0, 1-0) had opened its season
this past weekend with wins over Dominican (81-73) and Holy Family
(96-69). The Greyhounds (now 2-1, 0-1), meanwhile, won both
of their games in Bridgeport Mixer over host Bridgeport (79-62) and
Chestnut Hill, NJ (88-80).
The Greyhounds were led by senior
forward/captain TOBIN HAASE (Southold,
NY/Ridgewood, NJ) (PICTURED RIGHT) who finished with 15
points, while sophomore forward RONSON QUICK
(Marlton, NJ/Cherokee) added 12 points and five rebounds.
Also reaching double figures for the Golden
Knights were sophomore guard ANDREW POPE (White
Plains, NY/Iona Prep) (15 points, eight rebounds), junior forward
BRIAN HANUSCHAK (Cumberland, RI/Saint
Andrew’s) (12 points, nine rebounds) and freshman center
DOMINYKAS MILKA (Queens, NY/Christ the King) (12
points, nine rebounds).
Neither team shot well in the first half as the
Greyhounds (10-for-31) finished at .323 and just two-of-12 from
three-point range. Saint Rose however was worse at 10-for-36
(.278) and just one-of-nine (.111) from three-point range.
The Golden Knights used a 29-20 advantage in rebounding with 13 on
the offensive glass (12-2 advantage in second-chance points) and a
16-for-19 performance at the free throw line to move to a 37 28
halftime lead.
Gutierrez led the Knights with 10 points in the
first half, while Hanuschak added eight points and eight
rebounds. Freshman guard CORY SCHMIDT
(Center Valley, PA/Southern Lehigh) led the Hounds with seven
points,
The Greyhounds are next in action at the Palm
Beach Atlantic University Mixer in Florida. They play host
Palm Beach Atlantic FRIDAY and Eckerd SATURDAY.
CLICK HERE for the complete Assumption-Saint
Rose box score

