Men's Basketball earns #5 seed with 79-65 win on Senior Day

(Nashua, New Hampshire) The Rivier University Men's Basketball team celebrated Senior Day and Parents Appreciation day with a 79-65 win over Anna Maria College in the final regular season game of the year at the Muldoon Gymnasium. The win secures the #5 seed in the upcoming Great Northeast Athletic Conference Tournament which will begin on Tuesday night.

Senior Tom Poitras (Bow, NH) closed out his legendary career with a 23 point afternoon and was matched by junior Jake Nelson (Nashua, NH) who also had 23 points. Senior Nick Walch (Dedham, Mass.) recorded a double-double in his final game inside the Muldoon as he went for 17 points and 11 rebounds. The other seniors that contributed in the game were Emmanuel Smith (New York, NY) – 3 points, Mike Fecteau (Epping, NH) – 1 assist and Shawn Gareau (Hardwick, Mass) – 1 assist.

Anna Maria was led by Hugh Daye and Trevon Farley who combined for 23 points and Patrick Bradanese added 16 points off the bench for the Amcats, who finished with a 9-16 record and a 6-12 mark in the GNAC.

Rivier, now 10-15 overall and 7-11 GNAC, will travel to Lasell College on Tuesday night for the opening round of the tournament.