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BASKETBALL

CO-CHAMPIONS — S.E.N.E. LEAGUE

MB 65 Alumni 53
MB 62 Marianapolis 20
MB 62 Portsmouth Abbey 50
MB 71 St. Dunstan’s 57
MB 60 Thayer 48
MB 53 St. Andrew’s 54
MB 71 St. Dunstan’s 51
OVERALL RECORD 13 W in, 2 Losses
MB 71 P C D . 45
MB 47 St. George’s 44
MB 54 Pomfret 50
MB 44 Tabor 51
MB 70 St. George’s 57
MB 42 St. Andrew’s 34
MB 66 Portsmouth Abbey 48
MB 62 P.C.D. 48

much action in gaining a year of expe­ MB effort.
rience on the bench. The Quaker’s victory skein came to
In its first outing, Moses Brown an end against eventual co-champion
trounced an over-matched Marianapo- St. Andrew’s, as the Saints scored a 54-
lis five, 61-20, as fine defense and bal­ 53 upset victory at Barrington. St.
anced scoring proved to be the differ­ Andrews’ victory was the Quaker’s sec­
ence. ond league loss in three years.
Portsmouth Abbey was the Quak­ St. Dunstan’s was subjected to the
er’s next victim, falling by a 62-50 Quakers’ wrath, leaving the field house
score. The issue was decided early, and with a 71-51 loss. Moses Brown sur­
Coach M ullin’s liberal substitutions vived some offensive lapses to triumph
enabled Abbey to make the final count easily. Marcus Battle and Joe Zeoli led
respectable. Joe Zeoli had a fine per­ the victors with 13 points a piece.
form ance with 23 points, w hile Ed The Q uakers’ defense took the
Gauthier added 17. measure of archrival Providence Coun­
M B’s first away game of the year try Day 71-45. M B’s potent press was a
was against a determined St. Dunstan’s big factor in the victory. Four men
club. Rick Davis netted 18 points and reached double figures for the Blue.
co-captain Zeoli contributed 16, as the A fired-up St. G eorge’s team
Quakers won going away, 71-57. extended the Blue to overtime before
One of M B’s toughest opponents fallin g 47-44. Greg M arderosian’s
was a fine Thayer team. The Blue’s bucket iced the victory, negating a
defensive pressure and ability to handle determined fourth quarter rally by the
Thayer’s defense keyed a 60-48 victory. Dragons.
Three men hit double figures in the Moses Brown then traveled to Pom-

fret, and came away with a 54-50 vic­ The long awaited rematch with St.
tory. Gauthier’s 17 points led MB to its Andrew’s was both an exciting game
fourth straight victory. and a convincing victory for MB. Trail­
Perennial Class B power Tabor ral­ ing by a point in the third quarter the
lied to spoil a fine MB effort, winning Quakers employed a deadly full-court
51-44. The Quakers’ fine rebounding press, running up a quick ten point
gave them an early lead, but after the lead. Spectacular defense was once
three starting forwards fouled out, again the key in the 42-34 victory. A
Tabor’s superior size tipped the scales. balanced attack featured three men in
Moses Brown’s first victim after the double figures.
defeat was St. George’s. Unlike their Portsmouth Abbey fell once again
first meeting, this game was no con­ to Moses Brown, this time by a 6648
test. The Quakers assumed a 29 point score. Rick Davis, with 24 points, and
halftime lead and coasted to a convinc­ Ed Gauthier, with 22, paced MB offen­
ing 70-57 victory. A red-hot Ed Gau­ sively.
thier led the team with 21 points. Hard work in all aspects of the