Men’s Basketball Defeats Gordon, 64-61

WENHAM, Mass. – Suffolk men's basketball collected a Commonwealth Coast Conference victory over the weekend as the Rams took down Gordon, 64-61, Saturday at Kanas Court.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 64 | Gordon 61
RECORDS: Suffolk (9-6, 4-4 CCC) | Gordon (6-9, 2-5 CCC) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk built an 8-2 edge in the first four minutes of action. Over the next four minutes, the Fighting Scots slowly chipped away at the Rams advantage and made it a one-point game, 10-9.  

A Garrett Sattazahn three pushed the host ahead, 12-10. Things remained tight and the score leveled at 17-all at the 8:20 mark, before Suffolk regained the lead, 20-19, behind a trey from Cole LeVangie. 

Sattazahn and LeVangie traded hoops to flip the script back-and-forth, before Bryce Smith stepped up for the host and push them in front, 24-22, with 4:23 remaining in the first half.  

From there, Gordon maintained its momentum to send Suffolk into the locker room chasing three points, 31-28. 

The Fighting Scots extended its cushion to as many as seven, 42-35, with 15:58 to go. 

Free throws helped the Rams stay in the hunt of a comeback before back-to-back treys from Conor Creane and LeVangie sent Suffolk ahead, 49-48, at the midway point of the second stanza.  

After the scored locked at 51-all, the Rams scored nine straight to gain a 60-51 cushio0n with 4:30 left in regulation.  

Gordon responded with seven points in a row to chip the distance down to two, 60-58, at the 1:45 mark.  

A lay-up from William Rowe and freebies by Keenan Robertson locked up the 64-61 win for the blue-and-gold.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Robertson registered a 20-pont, five-rebound, one-steal effort. He shot 7-for-15 from the field. 
• LeVangie logged 12 points on a 5-for-11 showing from the floor with four caroms, two handouts, one takeaway and one swat.
• Rowe recorded 11 points, seven boards, three dimes and two swats. 
• John Gates added six points, six rebounds one block and one steal off the bench. 
• Jake Gomez pitched in seven points, four boards and one handout. 
• Creane had a well-balanced stat line of six points, four reboundsz, two takeaways and one assist. 
• Suffolk shot just 35.7 percent (20-56) on the afternoon and connected on a 25.0 percent (7-28) of its 3-point attempts.
• The Fighting Scots outrebounded the Rams, 43-41. 
• Both teams scored 20 points in the paint.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk won its fourth straight game against Gordon to move to 14-7 all-time in the series versus the Fighting Scots. 
• When playing on the road, the Rams are 6-0 against the Fighting Scots. 
• The Rams are 4-1 versus Gordon in the Jeff Juron era. 

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WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk treks to Biddeford, Maine, Wednesday, Jan. 18 for a 7:30 p.m. CCC clash at the University of New England.