Men’s Basketball Comes up Short vs Saints

Chicopee, MA – The Elms College men's basketball team dropped a hard fought Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) game 87-81 at home to Emmanuel College on Monday night.

THE BASICS

SCORE: Elms 81, Emmanuel 87

RECORDS: Elms (0-10, 0-5 GNAC),  Emmanuel (7-2, 3-0 GNAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

Following a three-point play by Emmanuel, the visitors took a 65-55 lead with 12:15 to play in regulation before the Blazers went to work with a 9-0 flurry to pull within a point at the 9:36 marker.

Elms took its first lead of the second half at 72-70 following a layup by Tahquell Cadle (Bridgeport, CT) with 6:16 on the clock but Emmanuel answered with five straight to regain a 75-72 cushion following a pair of free throws.

The Blazers responded with a 7-0 run capped by a deep three by Roy McKeithen to give the hosts a two-possession advantage with 2:09 to play at 79-75.

The Saints got two more at the line to make it a one-score game at 79-77 and after a foul and missed Blazer free-throw, the Saints tied the game at 79-79 with a runner in the paint with 1:33 left in regulation.

Emmanuel was able to get a stop on the next Elms offensive set and came down to score the go-ahead hoop on a layup  to give the Saints the lead for good at 81-79 with 0:41 left in the half.

The Saints sealed the win at the line going 6-for-6 from the charity stripe over the final 21 seconds of play to hold on for the 87-81 victory.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Tahquell Cadle (Bridgeport, CT) led the Blazers with 15 points
• Jaijuan Macklin (Sayreville, NJ) posted 13 points and 9 rebounds
• Roy Mckeithen  had 14 points off the bench

UP NEXT:

The Blazers are off until Tuesday 1/4 when they travel to Norwich University at 1:00pm.

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