No. 11 Men's Basketball Breezes By Hobart, 83-63
NO. 11 MEN'S BASKETBALL BREEZES BY HOBART, 83-63
WESTON, MA, Jan. 3, 2009 - Junior guard Juan Galdon (Holyoke, MA) dropped in a game-high 17 points as one of four players to reach double figures as No. 11 Elms College cruised to an 83-63 win over Hobart in the first round of the 2009 Park Lodge Hotel Men's Basketball Tournament hosted by Regis College on Saturday night.
With the win, the Blazers improved to 10-0 for the first time in program-history. Saturday's win also extended Elms College's regular season win streak to 20 straight dating back to last season.
The Blazers now advance to Sunday's 3:00 p.m. championship game and will face host Regis (5-4), which defeated Wells 72-61 in Saturday's other first round game.
Hobart (3-6), which lost for the fourth time in six games, will in the 1:00 p.m. consolation game against Wells.
Galdon was unstoppable, as he went a perfect 8 for 8 from the field in just 20 minutes of action. Junior forward Javon Mathis (West Hartford, CT) netted 12 points on 4 of 5 shooting in just 12 minutes, senior forward Antoine Holder (Hartford, CT) scored 11 points in 15 minutes and senior forward Ronald Thomas (Chicago, IL) added 10 points in 16 minutes to round out the Blazers' balanced offensive attack.
Elms College, which led by as many as 34 with 9:47 remaining, connected on a sizzling 57.6-percent of its first half shots (19 of 33) to grab a commanding 47-28 lead at intermission.
Elms College's bench proved too much for Hobart, as the Blazers non-starters outscored the Statesman 52-16.