Box Score New London, NH-The Castleton State College men's basketball team fell 84-70 at Colby-Sawyer college in non-conference action, bringing its record to 2-4.
Duncan Szeliga scored a game-high 25 points and grabbed 6 rebounds to lead the 4-2 Chargers.
Down by seven, 26-19, with seven minutes left in the first half, Colby-Sawyer rattled off the game's next 17 points, taking a 10 point lead, 36-26, into the halftime locker room.
In the second half, the Chargers added to their lead, pushing the Castleton deficit to as many as 24 (57-33) with just over 12 minutes remaining in the game. The Spartans cut the deficit to 11, 66-55, with just under six minutes remaining in the game, but the Colby-Sawyer defense held, as the Chargers went on to the 84-70 victory.
For Castleton, Alden Gregory led the way with 21 points while Josh Howe, Joey Farley and Kevin Cayea all scored in double figures, adding 14, 13 and 10 respectively.
Colby-Sawyer returns to action on Thursday, December 6 when they travel to Bowdoin College for a 5:30 pm match-up with the Polar Bears. Castleton returns to action on Thursday, Dec. 13 when they host New England College in a 7:30 pm match-up.