Men's Basketball Edged by Maine Maritime 57-53
Williamstown, Mass. — Dylan Stevens scored eight of his team-high 13 points over the final ten Friday night as Maine Martime Academy came from 11 down with under 10 minutes to go to edge Framingham State, 57-53, in the nightcap of the Williams College Tip-off Tournament.
The Mariners improved to 1-1 with the win and will battle host Williams Saturday at 4 p.m. in the championship game of the tournament. The Rams fall to 1-1 and will face Manhattanville College at 2 p.m. Saturday in the consolation game.
Nick Judge posted a double-double for MMA with 11 points and 10 rebounds while Nicholas DePatsy notched 12 points. Tyri Hampton scored nine points to lead Framingham while Patrick Gould scored eight.
The Mariners trailed 48-37 after a Manny Patton lay-up with 10:45 left in the game. A Stevens lay-in with 9:40 remaining made it 48-49. The two teams then went scoreless for the next 3:26 — both going 0 for 5 from the floor.
With 6:14 remaining another Stevens lay-up made it 48-41 to break the spell. Moments later Brendan Newcomb drained a three to make it a four-point game. Yet another Stevens basket made it 48-46 with 4:58 to go.
With 4:26 to go, DePatsy nailed a trey for Maine Maritime's first lead of the game at 49-48. Framingham's cold spell continued for 7:08 — they did not have a field goal in that span — until Gould made a three-point shot with 3:37 left to snap a 50-50 tie and regain the lead for the Rams.
The Mariners battled back to tie the game at 53-53 as Stevens hit one of two free throws with 1:26 left. Judge than hit the shot on the night with 35 seconds to go, snapping the tie with a three-ball.
Framingham had three tries at a game-tying three in the game's final 18 seconds, but could not make the shot. The Rams shot 10 of 30 (33 percent) from the floor in the second half, making just 1 of 13 three-point attempts.
In contrast, Maine Maritime shot 57.7 percent (15 of 26) from the floor in the final 20 minutes.
The first half was controlled by Framingham. The Rams kept MMA off the scoreboard for seven-minute, 39-second stretch, turning a 2-0 deficit into a 12-2 lead with 11:18 remaining before the break.
It was 18-6 when the Mariners' Dylan Stevens drove the lane for a wrap-up scoop lay-in and was fouled. Stevens hit the freebie to convert the old-fashioned three-point play and make it an 18-9 contest
The two teams traded buckets, but then Framingham's Steven Vayda and Wesley Ogbevoen hit three-point on back-to-back possessions, stretching the Rams lead to 26-11 with 2:06 left in the half
Framingham carried a 13-point lead in to the locker room. Ogbevoen and Vayda had five points each for the Rams. Stevens and DePatsy each led the Mariners with five points. Framingham outrebounded the Mariners 28-19 in the opening stanza, shooting 44 percent from the floor compared to Maine's 22.2 percent (6 of 27).
Release courtesy of Williams Sports Information