Box Score Philadelphia, Pa. - (12/20/2013) – Tight throughout, today's contest between Chestnut Hill College and Stonehill College was decided by the Griffins late runs. A pair of Skyhawk turnovers allowed the Griffins to cut a four-point deficit, 33-29, to a 33-33 halftime stalemate. With 8:49 left in the second half, it would be a Taylor Trevisan (West Chester, Pa.) four-point play that brought all things even, 52-52, and spurred the Griffins on for a 72-66 victory. Trevisan finished the affair with a game-high 23 points, but he would get plenty of help from junior guard Christian Walck (Lancaster, Pa.), 19 points and five rebounds, and a double-double from junior center Filip Sekulic (Danilovgrad, Montenegro).
 
Trailing by as many as nine points, 15-9, early in the first half (14:04), Chestnut Hill College (3-8) had to play catch up for most of the opening frame. An 11-2 run, powered by Sekulic and senior guard Jakeem Bogans (Philadelphia, Pa.), would end on a three-pointer from freshman guard Billy Cassidy (Primos, Pa.) that left the contest knotted at 17-17 midway through the period (10:32). However, Stonehill College (3-7) would not let the Griffins stray, finding their wings and grasping a four-point advantage, 33-29, with 1:17 left in the half. But, their promising flight was soon knocked of course by an errant pass and back-to-back steals from Bogans and Walck that left the fray tied at intermission, 33-33.
 
After the break, the Griffins separated early, 38-35 (16:59), but the score would tie three times before a 9-0 run would leave the home team up 63-54 with 3:29 left to play. Trevisan would be the Griffins go-to-guy late, hitting all ten of his second-half free throws (10-of-11, 90.9%) and scoring 17 of his 23 points in the closing frame.  A fleeting Skyhawk rally reduced the deficit to a little as four points on three occasions, 63-59 at 2:19, 65-61 at 1:45, and 70-66 at 0:17, but that would be as close as the visitors would come to detouring the Griffins second straight triumph.
 
Sophomore guard Carter Smith (Columbia, Ohio) had a team-high 18 points for the Skyhawks to go along with seven rebounds, three assists, and a steal. Freshman forward Ryan Logan (Fredericktown, Ohio) and junior forward Jack Cole (New Providence, N.J.) finished with 17 and ten points, respectively.
 
Trevisan added four steals and a rebound to his team-leading scoring performance. Walck finished with his season and career-high, 19 points, while helping Trevisan front the Griffin defensive effort with three steals. Sekulic totaled 11 points and ten rebounds in his double-double and contributed an additional three assists, two blocks, and a steal to the win.
 
The men's basketball team will resume their Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) in the New Year, when they host Holy Family University in an 8:00 p.m. contest on Thursday, January 2.