Raiders fall again, lose 71-49 to Mount Ida

(Nashua, NH) The Rivier College Raiders Men's Basketball team was beaten tonight by the visiting Mount Ida College Mustangs, 71-49 in front of about 100 people inside the Muldoon Gymnasium.

Both junior Brian Troy (Westmoreland, NH) and sophomore Jake Nelson (Nashua, NH) led the team in points scored as they netted 12 apiece. Junior Garon Whitney (Dover, NH) had a huge night along the boards as he collected a game high 11 rebounds.

Mount Ida was led by senior Travis Hillery who finished just five points short of 1,000 for his career. He scored 21 points in the winning effort and three other Mustangs followed with double-digit nights. Senior Jeff McNair recorded 16 points while classmates Isiah Benjamin and Joe Cabral netted 13 points and 11 points respectively.

The Mustangs were able to outshoot the Raiders by a 48.1% to 30.5% margin.

Rivier (4-20, 2-15 GNAC) will finish the 2011-12 regular season this Saturday afternoon as they host Johnson and Wales (RI) at 1pm. Mount Ida (9-15 overall, 6-11 GNAC) will wrap up their regular season campaign with a 1pm tip-off at Emmanuel College.