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Men's Basketball - Bears Score 21 straight in 2nd Half in rout of Albertus
Justin Church led the Bears with a career-high 17 points.
NEW LONDON, CONN.--(11/25/06)--Sophomore Justin Church led four Coast Guard players in double figures with a career-high 17 points and Coast Guard scored 21 straight points using a 34-4 second half run to beat Albertus Magnus 88-49 in a non-conference game.
Coast Guard (2-1) used a 11-2 first half run capped by a pair of free throws by junior co-captain Al Sowers to take a 30-17 lead with 4:48 left in the first half. The Bears led 40-27 at the break.
The Bears led 42-31 with 18:18 left the game before the 34-4 run over the next 10 minutes. Coast Guard led 55-35 with 14:18 left when the Bears scored 21 straight. Church had all eight of his second half points in the 21-0 run as the Bears took a 76-35 lead with eight minutes left.
Church, who entered the game with 18 career points, connected on four of seven from three-point range while freshman Stefan Lewis hit three of five from behind the arc and finished with a career-high 11 points.
Junior Jeff Prebeck had 16 points and 12 rebounds while Sowers added 15 points and a game-high five assists for the Bears.
Sophomore John Donahue and senior Bill Rose had nine points each to lead Albertus Magnus. Sophomore Adam Hovin led the Falcons with nine rebounds.
