MEDFORD, Mass. – Jumbos senior guard Tyler Aronson scored 13 points to lead Tufts University to a 61-43 win over the Amherst College men's basketball team in NESCAC action on Friday night at Cousens Gymnasium.
The Jumbos improved to 11-3 overall and 1-1 in NESCAC play with the win, while the Mammoths fell to 5-9 overall and 1-2 in conference play.
The Mammoths continue NESCAC play tomorrow (Saturday, Jan. 14) with a visit to Bates for a 3 p.m. tip-off.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS:
* Sophomore forward
Ryker Vance opened the scoring and a free throw from sophomore center
Will Scherer gave the Mammoths a 3-0 lead before the Jumbos responded with seven straight points.
* An Aronson layup gave the Jumbos a 16-9 lead midway through the first half before the Mammoths scored the next three baskets to tie the game at 16-16 on a three-pointer from first-year forward
Drew Martin.
* The Jumbos then scored seven straight points, capped by a traditional three-point play by sophomore guard Khai Champion to take a lead they never relinquished.
* Senior guard Carson Cohen close the first half with a three-pointer that gave the Jumbos a 28-21 halftime lead.
* The Jumbos used a 10-2 run early in the second half to take a 47-29 lead. Amherst came right back with eight unanswered points as three-pointers from Vance and junior forward
Dan Schlakman cut the lead back to 10, but the Mammoths were unable to get any closer.
BY THE NUMBERS:
* Vance led the Mammoths in scoring, matching Aronson's game-high 13 points.
* Rebounds were even at 42-42, as first-year center Joshua Bernstein grabbed 10 boards for the Jumbos, while Vance and Scherer led the Mammoths with 7 each.
* Tufts forced 24 Amherst turnovers and scored 28 points off turnovers, while the Jumbos committed only 11 turnovers with the Mammoths scoring 5 points off turnovers.
* Both teams had a slow night shooting as the Jumbos shot 35 percent (23-of-66) from the floor while the Mammoths hit 31 percent (15-of-49) of their field-goal attempts. The two teams matched perfectly from beyond the arc as each shot 6-of-24, a 25 percent clip.
