Four Ravens score in double-figures, including 23 from Jean-Guillaume

BOXSCORE

RINDGE, N.H. (November 29, 2009) – Four Franklin Pierce University men’s basketball players scored in double-figures on Sunday night, but it wasn’t enough as the Ravens dropped a close 71-66 decision to Saint Anselm at The Fieldhouse in Rindge. Franklin Pierce fell to 4-2 overall and 0-2 in the Northeast-10. Saint Anselm improved to 3-1 overall and 2-1 in the league.

Freshman guard Eric Jean-Guillaume (Stamford, Conn.) led the way with 23 points while grabbing seven rebounds and handing out seven assists.

A pair of Ravens logged double-doubles in the contest, including junior guard Kinard Dozier (Dedham, Mass.) with 13 points and 16 rebounds, and senior forward Terrell Ray (Brooklyn, N.Y.) with 11 points and 10 rebounds. It was Ray’s fourth double-double in six games this season. Dozier also had three assists and three steals to go along with his double-double.

Freshman guard Ryan Creighton (Greenport, N.Y.) was the Ravens other double-figure scorer as he dropped in 10 points.

Greg Vetrano and Thomas Baudinet each tossed in 16 points to lead the Hawks to the win.

The Ravens trailed 22-13 with 7:46 remaining in the first half, but began to slowly chip away at the lead over the remaining stages of the period.

Franklin Pierce scored 15 of the game’s next 21 points over a five-minute span to knot the game at 28-28. Dozier sparked it with a break-away dunk and Jean-Guillaume capped it with a three-pointer.

However, Saint Anselm responded by scoring the final six points of the half to take a 34-28 lead into the locker room at halftime.

Dozier had 11 of his team’s 24 rebounds in the opening 20 minutes, while Jean-Guillaume tossed in 11 points to lead the way offensively for the Ravens.

The second half was just as closely contested as the first.

Saint Anselm led by as many as eight points on three different occasions in the second half, but could not seem to pull away from the Ravens.

Creighton knocked down a triple from the left corner with 3:39 remaining to cap a 6-0 run by Franklin Pierce and tie the game at 62.

But just as they did late in the first half, the Hawks weathered the storm and scored the next seven points to open up a 69-62 lead with 1:52 left.

Franklin Pierce could not get much closer the rest of the way as the 7-0 Saint Anselm run proved to the difference in them earning the win.

Franklin Pierce returns to action on Wednesday night when it travels to face Merrimack at 7:30 p.m. For more information on Franklin Pierce men’s basketball, please visit the team’s page at athletics.franklinpierce.edu(.)