Men's Basketball outlasts Mount Ida

(Nashua, N.H.) The Rivier University Men's Basketball team outlasted the visiting Mustangs of Mount Ida College this evening, 70-65, in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference contest held inside the Muldoon Gymnasium. With the victory, the Raiders improve to 2-9 overall on the year and evened up their conference record at 2-2. Mount Ida falls to 5-6 and 1-3 GNAC.

Senior Anthony Simmons (Stamford, Conn.) paced the Raider offense with 15 points and junior Kevin Francis (Cromwell, Conn.) added 13 points while collecting six rebounds. Senior Edward Soucie (South Ryegate, Vt.) led defensive effort with seven rebounds and freshman Isaiah Ruffen (Haverhill, Mass.) dished out four assists. Sophomore Andre Ruff (Chicago, Ill.) added nine points to help seal the win.

Junior Ethan Dujon (Warwick, R.I.) netted 15 points and sophomore Joey DeFillippi (Bristol, Conn.) chipped in 12 points and four assists in the five point loss for the Mustangs this evening. Sophomore Kevin Conner (Mansfield, Mass.) pulled down a team high six rebounds with sophomore John Oliver (North Babylon, N.Y.) adding 10 points.

The Raiders held the advantage in shooting percentage, 43.6% to 29.2% and the teams were even with 40 rebounds apiece.

Both teams will be back in GNAC action on Thursday evening as the Raiders will travel to Johnson and Wales University for a 7pm tip-off. Mount Ida will host Suffolk University with an 8pm scheduled contest.