SeaWolves Trounce VTC, Enter Break 9-3
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine—The Southern Maine Community College (SMCC) men’s basketball team extended its win streak to three games taking care of the Knights from Vermont Technical College (VTC) 101-54 in the first of two Yankee Small College Conference (YSCC) meetings on Saturday, Dec. 18.
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine—The Southern Maine Community College (SMCC) men’s basketball team extended its win streak to three games taking care of the Knights from Vermont Technical College (VTC) 101-54 in the first of two Yankee Small College Conference (YSCC) meetings on Saturday, Dec. 18.
The first five minutes saw back-and-forth action before the SeaWolves rattled off a 16-0 run that spanned the next five minutes of play. The first half featured a perfect shooting performance from first-year guard Jack Pyzynski (Saco, Maine) who netted 15 points on 6-6 from the field and 3-3 from downtown.
SMCC’s offensive production carried over to the second half by way of 56 points on 56.4 percent shooting. Pyzynski tallied a career-high 21 points and 5-made three-pointers. Junior captain Ian Regan (Old Orchard Beach, Maine) finished the game with 15 points and seven rebounds; junior captain DeSean Cromwell (Saco, Maine) dropped an efficient 13 points in 20 minutes of work.
VTC’s Cyncere Watkins led his team with 15 points on 6-11 shooting, and tacked on five rebounds and three steals.
Commenting on his team’s performance in the first semester, Head Coach Matt Richards stated, “You want to put yourself in a position in the second semester to play your best, play potentially for the home seed in the conference tournament—and I think we’ve done that. As long as our guys continue to do the things we’ve preached about and come back focused, as a coach that’s all you can ask.”
SMCC improves to 9-3 and sits the second-seed in the conference standings at 6-1. VTC drops to 2-12 overall, 2-5 YSCC.
The SeaWolves return from holiday break to host the University of Connecticut at Avery Point (NJCAA) on Wednesday, Jan. 5. Tip-off at The HUB is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.
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