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Lesley 57, Tufts 55
At Cambridge, MA
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
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Jon Pierce became the fifth Jumbo to score
1,500 points in his career tonight
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CAMBRIDGE -- Lesley University sophomore Shawn Simmons hit a
game-winning three-point shot with 14 seconds remaining to lift the
Lynx over Tufts University 57-55 on Tuesday evening. The Lynx won
back-to-back games for the first time this season as they improved
to 2-5 while Tufts remained winless at 0-4.
Simmons scored all five of his points in the final minute of the
game off of two free throw makes to bring the Lynx within one point
of the Jumbos at 55-54, and then he hit the game-winning shot from
long range in the corner. Tufts raced down the court trailing by
two points and junior Sam Mason (York, ME)
attempted a lay-up to tie the game, but Lesley's Jesus Trejo
blocked the shot.
Simmons provided the clutch shot in the waning moments of the
game, but it was the consistent play of guard Jermaine Harris that
kept Lesley in the game. Harris scored 11 of his 16 points in the
second half and tallied three steals in a second period that saw
the Lynx erase a five-point halftime deficit.
Tufts senior tri-captain Jon Pierce (Belmont,
MA) scored a game-high 23 points by hitting 11 of 16 shots
from the floor. With that total, Pierce surpassed 1,500 points in
his Jumbo career. With 1,505 career points, he now ranks fifth
all-time at Tufts. Pierce's teammate, junior point guard
Matt Galvin (Floral Park, NY), dished out 10
assists in 34 minutes on the court.
Pierce scored 12 and senior Dan Cook (Dover,
MA) added 11 points in a first half that saw the Jumbos
take a 33-28 lead going into halftime. Tufts held a lead as large
as 11 points in the period. In the second half, however, Lesley
scored 15 points off of 11 Tufts turnovers and outrebounded their
opponents 16-10 to get themselves back in the game.
Lesley's Trejo continued to dominate in the low post, finishing
with 20 points and 11 rebounds. Six of his 11 rebounds were on the
offensive glass. Another factor in Lesley's victory was their
quality free throw shooting. The Lynx hit 19 of 24 attempts (79.2
percent), far above their season average to date.
This was just the second time these two have met on the court
and the Lynx were able to exact some revenge. Their previous
meeting was on December 2, 2008 at Tufts as the host Jumbos won
handily 92-52.
Tufts plays Keene State College on Thursday night at Cousens Gym
prior to hosting the Big Four Challenge with Babson, Brandeis and
Salem State starting on Saturday. Lesley will next travel to
Nichols College on Saturday for a 1:00 pm game.
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