United States Coast Guard Academy - Department of Athletics - Men's Basketball

SPRINGFIELD, MASS.--(2/3/10)--Coast Guard rallied from a 12-point deficit with just over seven minutes left, but fell to Springfield 58-56 in a New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) game.

Senior Stefan Lewis knocked down back-to-back 3-pointers, his only points of the game, the second with 1:07 left as the Bears cut the deficit to 57-56.

Pat Crean made one of two free throws for Springfield with 23.2 seconds for a 58-56 lead and Coast Guard had three chances in the final seconds, but came up empty. Lewis missed a potential game-winning 3-pointer, freshman Ed Gailor missed a put back and the ball went out of bounds off Springfield with 0.1 seconds left. Lewis lofted a perfect pass to junior Jevon James on the inbounds pass, but James’ tip went off the rim as the buzzer sounded.

Junior Matt Cavalieri led Springfield (10-10, 6-2) with 16 points and eight rebounds.

Freshman Greg Marshall, who tied a career-high with 20 points, had back-to-back baskets, the second one a 3-pointer with 17:53 left, cutting the Springfield lead to 38-34 before the Pride used an 11-2 run opening up a 49-36 lead with 12:42 left

Springfield led 54-42 with 7:18 left, before Coast Guard junior Brett Huntley scored seven straight points to make the score 54-48 with 3:51 left. Huntley finished with 11 points while Lewis had a team-high five assists.

Coast Guard (7-11, 4-4) led by as many as four in the first half at 20-16 following a 3-pointer by freshman Greg Marshall with 9:06 left in the first half. Marshall led the Bears in the first half with 13 points on five of seven shooting from the floor including three of four from 3-point range.

Springfield used an 11-0 run to take a 32-22 lead with 2:04 left in the first half and the Pride led 34-27 at the break. Springfield shot 51.9 percent in the opening half (14-27) including three of five from 3-point range.

The Bears shot 38.2 percent in the game (21-55) while making eight of 20 from 3-point range while Springfield finished 24-48 from the floor (50 percent) and made 4 of 11 from behind the arc.