Waterbury, Conn. - Junior
Tyshon Rogers (Waterbury, Conn.) scored a game-high 28 points, including hitting four three-pointers as the Post University men's basketball team disposed of Georgian Court, 93-76 in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference game Saturday afternoon.
Junior
D.J. Jarrett (Waterbury, Conn.) added 24 points and senior
Tamas Okros (Bristol, England) had 18 for the Eagles, who have won three of their last four games and are 9-15 on the season and 6-9 in the CACC, which puts them sixth in the North Division.
After the two teams split the first 24 points of the game for the first 4:23, the Eagles rattled off a 12-2 run to take a 24-14 lead at the 11:38 mark. Jarrett and Rogers both hit a three during the run. After the Lions cut the deficit to six points at 27-21 with 9:08 left, the Eagles went on a 13-4 run to take a 37-23 lead at the 6:42 mark. Rogers hit another two threes during the run and freshman
D.J. Frechette (Nashua, N.H.) hit one of his own.
Again, the Lions cut the deficit to six points at 42-36 with 2:51 left after a layup from Kim Speller, but the Eagles scored the last seven points of the half as Frechette hit another three, followed by buckets from Jarrett and Okros as the Eagles took a 49-36 lead at the break.
Post would blow the game open in the second half taking a 60-40 lead at the 15:24 mark after an 11-4 run to begin the half. Okros scored five points in the run and junior
Savion Boissard (Walden, N.Y.) had four.
The Eagles would lead by as much as 23 and never let their lead slip below 14 as they cruised to the easy win.
Boissard finished with 11 points and Frechette made both his three-pointers for six points.
Post's bench came up big, outscoring Georgian Court 29-11 with Jarrett's 24 points leading the way.
Up next, Post takes on Felician on the road in a CACC tilt on February 18 at 8 p.m.
Sean Barksdale had 19 to lead Georgian Court (4-20, 3-12 CACC).