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Eagles Can't Claw their Way Back Against Raptors
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, NY – The Green Mountain College men's basketball team fell behind early and made several runs, but ended up on the short side of a 71-59 decision against Bard College on Tuesday night in non-conference game action. The win boosts the Raptors overall record to 4-16. The loss drops the Eagles overall mark to 4-15.
The Eagles were down, 12-3, after five minutes, and trailed by 12 at halftime, but made a run at the lead early in the second half. Consecutive three-pointers by freshmen Jeremiah Aponte (Copiague, NY), Jakerion Ales (Batesville, MS) and Jack Hepburn (Miller Place, NY) cut Bard's lead to six just 2:08 into the second half.
Bard (4-16 overall) pushed the lead back to 11, but Green Mountain (4-15 overall) cut the lead back to seven on three different occasions, the last time with 8:49 left in the game, 53-46. A 9-0 run by Bard pushed the lead back to 15 with 5:39 left, and the Eagles didn't get closer than nine the rest of the way.
For Bard, freshman Jose Canario (Middletown, NY) had 22 points, senior Matt Shubert (West Chester, PA) had 11 points, and freshman Siondueh Burnette (Lakeville, MA) finished with nine points and 10 rebounds.
Next up for Green Mountain is a home game against non-conference SUNY Canton on Friday at 5 p.m. The Raptors return to conference play on Friday at St. Lawrence University at 8 p.m.






