PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Chatham Men's Basketball (2-0, 0-0 PAC) remained undefeated this weekend in the Chatham Classic as they defeated St. Mary's of Maryland (0-2, 0-0 United East) 89-63 Saturday afternoon at the Athletic and Fitness Center.
Senior
Drew Vizenor earned a game-high 22 points for the Cougars shooting 7-12 from the field and 6-10 from outside the arc. Senior
Tajh Williams added to his stats from last night with 16 points today shooting 6-11 from the field. Williams added five assists and a game-high eight rebounds. Junior Rocco Spadafpra lifted the Cougars score with 11 points of his own by shooting 4-6 from the field and going 3-5 from deep.
After letting the Seahawks take the initial lead 12-9, the Cougars would begin to fight back. With a jumper from Spadafora, three pointer by Vizenor, and layups from Williams, junior
Keyonta Johnson, and sophomore
Sam Norfleet's and one, the Cougars would jump ahead 21-12. Already up 26-21 with 9:52 left in the first half, the Cougars would extend the lead to 31-21 when Williams added another layup and graduate student
Josh Martin would add his three pointer. The Cougars offense would continue to prove how much of a threat they were, even as the Seahawks tried to fight back, but they extended their lead by 14 points at one point off another Williams bucket making it 39-25. Going into the half, the Cougars would lead the Seahawks 44-31.
The Cougars started the second half strong topping their previous lead and going up by 15 off a deep bucket by Spadafora. The Cougars would make the score 67-48 with layups from Martin and senior
Marcel Gardner, and jumpers from Williams and Gardner. Even as the Seahawks tried to fight back, it was not match for the Cougars and their 25-point lead with 5;58 left in the game. Buckets from Gardner, freshman Taylor Gregory, Norfleet, and Vizenor would put the Cougars ahead 80-55. A layup by sophomore
Chicale Ward with two seconds left gave the Cougars their highest, 26-point, lead of the night.
Chatham shot 49.9% from the field for the game, including 41.7% from three, and earned 15 of their points off fast breaks. The Cougars held St. Mary's to 38.2% shooting on the night.
The Cougars are back in action this Wednesday, November 11, at the Athletic and Fitness Center where they look to take on the Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets at 7PM.
