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Date: November 23, 2002
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Men's basketball tops Southern Maine

STANDISH, Maine --

Sophomore guard Patrick McGowan (No. Attleboro/Attleboro, Mass.) finished with 33 points and 10 rebounds in lifting the Colby College men's basketball team to a 103-90 win over Southern Maine in the consolation game of the Maine Event Tournament on Saturday.

McGowan, who made the all-tournament team for Colby, shot 12-for-17 from the field and was 6-for-9 from 3-point range.

Sophomore Jared Cushman (Cony/Augusta, Maine) added 18 points and six assists for Colby (1-1). First-year forward Michael Westbrooks (Berkshire/Dublin, Ireland) had 12 points and a game-high 14 rebounds, while senior forward Kevin Crosman (Morse/Bath, Maine) had 13 points and eight rebounds. Junior captain Nick Loukes (Bangor/Glenburn, Maine) had 12 points on 5-for-6 shooting and had eight rebounds.

The Mules led 47-43 at halftime and then put up 56 points in the second half.

Colby will have its home opener against a good Babson College squad Tuesday at 4 p.m.