Box Score NEW LONDON, NH –
Aaron Willis (New York, NY) scored 33 points and the Husson University men's basketball team advanced to its third-straight NAC Championship game with a 78-66 win over Lyndon St. in the NAC Semifinals on Friday evening. Husson improves to 20-6 on the year while Lyndon falls to 11-16.
The Eagles fell behind 10-3 to start the contest before going on an 11-to-2 run courtesy of nine points from Willis to take a 14-12 lead with 11:48 left.
Husson would try to expand its lead, but the pesky Hornets kept hanging around and took a 34-33 lead into halftime.
Lyndon took a 48-40 lead to open the second half, but the Eagles responded with an 11-to-2 run capped by an Eli Itkin (Pawtucket, RI) layup with 10:51 left that gave Husson a 51-50 lead.
Lyndon knotted it at 51, but the Eagles turned it up and went on a 13-to-4 run capped by two Itkin free throws with 3:32 left that gave Husson a 64-55 lead with 3:32 remaining.
The Hornets would get no closer than seven points the rest of the way as the second-seeded Eagles advanced to play top-seed Colby-Sawyer at 2 p.m. tomorrow.
Raheem Anderson (Miramar, FL) added 19 points while Trevon Butler (Waterbury, CT) added eight points and 10 rebounds.
Husson sshot 39 percent for the game while Lyndon shot 43.1 percent. The Eagles went 27-32 from the free throw line while Lyndon was 11-16.
David Johnson had 17 points for Lyndon St.
