Box Score

BOSTON, MASS -- Emerson College, (13-7, 9-3 Great Northeast Athletic Conference) used a smothering defense and a balanced offense to defeat Suffolk University (3-15, 2-9 GNAC) 70-51 at Emerson. The Lions held Suffolk to 29% shooting from the field, while 10 players hit the scoring column for the home standing winners.

Emerson broke out to a 13-4 first half lead with 13:04 remaining, and held the Rams to four points until the 8:23 mark. The Lions took their larges lead of the first half at 32-16 with 2:41 left on a three-point shot by Anthony Remias (Sr., Cranberry Township, Pa.). Four consecutive Brian Small (Sr., Stoughton, Mass.) free throws and a traditional three-point play by Small cut the Emerson advantage to 32-23 at the half.

The Lions started the second half with a three-point shot by Tom Messinger (So., Florence, Mass.) just six seconds into the stanza. That started a 13-5 Emerson run that swelled the lead to 45-28 with 15:11 to play. The Lions built a 20 point lead on a layup and subsequent free throw by Jeremy Shannon (Jr., Lowell, Mass.).

Suffolk trimmed the lead to 13 points with 2:09 remaining, but could pull no closer.

Shannon led all scorers with a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds. Nathan Firn (Fr., Waldesboro, N.C.) had 13 and played a very strong defensive game holding Small to a Suffolk high 13 points. Bryan Rouse (Jr., East Greenwich, R.I.) added 12 for the winners.

Emerson travels to New Haven, Conn. on Thursday for a 7:00pm game at Albertus Magnus College. Suffolk is on the road again Thursday evening as they travel up to Maine to take on Saint Joseph's College

(story courtesy of Emerson Sports Information)