Five players scored in double-figures as Roberts Wesleyan defeated Chestnut Hill in men’s basketball 80 to 68. The victory was the Raiders fifth of the season after winning three all of last year.
“I think our coaches did a great job of bringing in guys who were ready to play right now to make a big difference,” Churchville-Chili grad Isaiah Lewis said. “We go eight or nine deep every game so we’re able to just wear teams down.
“It starts in practice – we go hard every day and really compete and get after it with each other and it translates to games and we’re able to get stops when we need them.”
With the game tied 11-11, Justin Vaughan came off the bench to hit a pair of treys and Manny Joseph another to open a nine point advantage. A 7-0 run by the Griffins closed the deficit and the teams traded baskets through the rest of the first half.
In the second half, a 10-0 by Roberts started by a Jean Toussaint lay-up, Michael Bush’s drive and trey along with another three-pointer from Joseph extended the lead to 14.
Chestnut Hill used an 8-0 run to get to within eight and later closed to 66-60, but a three-pointer from Lewis with a little more than four minutes remaining in regulation ended any comeback hopes.
Joseph led the Raiders with 15 points, Bush had 14 with five rebounds and Lewis 13 points with a team-high four assists while Toussaint and Vaughan each added ten points. Brad Williams led with eight rebounds.
Roberts begins their East Coast Conference schedule at home December 8 against the District of Columbia.
