Box Score

Reading, PA (Nov. 18, 2005) – Senior forward Gian Paul Gonzalez (N. Haledon, NJ/Manchester Reg.) scored a game-high 32 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Montclair St. to an 82-52 win over Newport News in the opening game of the Tom Masano Auto Group Tip Off Men’s Basketball Tournament Friday evening at the Physical Education Center.

            The Red Hawks (1-0) scored the final seven points of the first half to take a 36-30 lead at the break, and opened the second half on a 21-5 run to put the game out of reach.  Gonzalez scored 12 points over the stretch and freshman Jonathan Arthur (Maplewood, NJ/Columbia) scored five of his 15 early in the second half and finished the game with a game-high 12 rebounds.

            Montclair St. held an early five point lead, 16-11, with 8:42 gone by and pushed the gap to as many as seven in the first half on an Arthur Elam (Bayonne, NJ/Bayonne) free throw that put the Red Hawks up 22-15 at the 8:39 mark.  Newport News ran off 10 of the next 11 to take a two point lead with 4:55 left in the opening half and three minutes later ran off five straight to erase a four point deficit before the Red Hawks started the run that put the game away.

            Freshman guard Fred Spratley (Suffolk, VA/Nansemond River) scored 15 points to lead the Builders (0-1) and Charles Holiday (Williamsburg, VA/Lafayette) threw in 14 on 6-of-16 shooting.  Newport News will play Penn State Berks in Saturday’s consolation at 1:00 p.m.  Alvernia College, a 79-66 winner over Berks, will face Montclair St. in the Championship game at 3:00.

Montclair St. 82, Newport News 52

NEWPORT NEWS APPR. (0-1)

Fred Spratley 6-11 1-2 15; Charles Holiday 6-16 0-0 14; Jonathan Martin 4-10 0-0 8; Mark Strom 2-8 4-4 8; Davon Speight 1-2 1-2 3; Donnell Gilchrist 0-1 2-2 2; Reggie Bell 0-1 1-2 1; Stanford Johnson 0-2 0-0 0; Nolan Thompson 0-1 0-2 0; Michael Dunston 0-1 0-0 0; Warren Cherry 0-1 0-2 0. Totals 19-54 10-18 52.

MONTCLAIR ST (1-0)

Gian Paul Gonzalez 10-17 11-11 32; Jonathan Arthur 7-11 1-7 15; Jamal Ford 3-8 0-0 7; Omar Mieses 1-2 3-4 5; Elliot Solop 2-2 0-2 5; Cliff Schafer 2-8 0-0 4; Nick Aldiero 1-2 2-3 4; Eric Sylvester 0-1 3-4 3; James Kosior 1-2 0-0 3; Garan Dickson 1-2 1-2 3; Arthur Elam 0-2 1-2 1; Geoff Gravalski 0-1 0-0 0; Isaiah Davenport 0-1 0-0 0; Dan Hennessy 0-2 0-0 0; Brent Hunt 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 28-62 22-35 82.

Newport News Appr.............   30   23  -   53

Montclair St..................   36   43  -   79

3-point goals-Newport News Appr. 4-22 (Fred Spratley 2-6; Charles Holiday 2-8; Mark Strom 0-4; Reggie Bell 0-1; Nolan Thompson 0-1; Michael Dunston 0-1; Warren Cherry 0-1), Montclair St 4-14 (Jamal Ford 1-5; Elliot Solop 1-1; Gian Paul Gonzalez 1-1; James Kosior 1-2; Nick Aldiero 0-1; Garan Dickson 0-1; Cliff Schafer 0-3). Fouled out--Newport News Appr.-None, Montclair St-None. Rebounds-Newport News Appr. 35 (Jonathan Martin 11), Montclair St 45 (Jonathan Arthur 12). Assists-Newport News Appr. 4 (Mark Strom 3), Montclair St 13 (Jamal Ford 4). Total fouls-Newport News Appr. 24, Montclair St 20. A-125