BRISTOL, R.I. – The Roger Williams University Men's Basketball team extended its Commonwealth Coast Conference win streak to four in a row with a 68-57 victory over Gordon College Wednesday evening.

 

The Hawks were led by an impressive performance by Geoff Baranger (Fairfield, Conn.), who scored a season-high 27 points on 11-of-19 shooting, with 19 of his 27 in the second half.

 

Michael Schnackenberg (South Portland, Maine) scored the first bucket of the game on a layup 1:01 into the half. At the other end, Dan Gumb (Patterson, N.Y.) answered with a three-pointer, sparking a 12-6 run for the Hawks.

 

RWU maintained the lead throughout the rest of the half, going up 27-14 at the 6:45 mark for its largest lead up to that point. Despite the 13-point deficit, the Fighting Scots lived up to their moniker, cutting the Hawk lead to two entering the second half.

 

In the following period, Gordon had difficulty cutting into the Hawk advantage, as RWU never led by more than eight over the first 14 minutes, but also never allowed the Fighting Scots to come closer than four during that same stretch.

 

With 1:13 to go, Gordon made it a 61-55 game on a Justin Kaufman (Redding, Conn.) three-pointer. The Fighting Scots began to put the Hawks at the line to close the gap, after RWU shot 2-of-7 from the free throw line in the first half. With the game on the line, the Hawks hit seven of their final ten free throws to maintain the lead en route to the win.

 

Every Hawk scored in the game, including Travis O'Dell (Brunswick, Maine) with nine points and six rebounds (four offensive) and Corey Fava (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), who had two points, three boards, and four assists.

 

Jon Marstaller (Naples, Maine) led the Fighting Scots with 18 points, along with six rebounds. Aaron Trigg (Overland Park, Kan.) had 13 points and eight boards, while Kaufman added 11 and six assists.

 

Roger Williams (8-8, 4-0 TCCC) hits the road to take on New England College Saturday at 3:00 p.m., while Gordon (11-4, 3-2 TCCC) hosts Curry College Saturday at 3:00 p.m.