CASTLETON, Vt. – Top-seeded Castleton State College canned 16 three-pointers and shot 49.3% from the field en route to a 102-76 North Atlantic Conference (NAC) Men's Basketball Final win over the second seed Colby-Sawyer Saturday evening at Glenbrook Gymnasium.

Senior guard Greg Hughes (West Rutland, Vt.) led four Spartans in double-figures with 23 points, including a 6-for-10 performance from long range to earn all-tournament honors. Mark Comstock (Rutland, Vt.) turned in his usual all-around performance with 20 points, seven rebounds, three blocks and a pair of steals to earn Tournament Most Valuable Player honors. Mark Pryzbylkowski (New Egypt, N.J.) came off the bench and sweet-stroked his way to 14 points on a 4-for-5 performance from downtown, while Logan White (Hartford, Vt.) added 10.

Freshman Koang Thok (Portland, Maine) led the Chargers with 19 points and eight rebounds, earning a spot on the all-tournament squad. James Tobin (Brookline, N.H.) followed with 17 points, Mike Bardaglio (Wayne, Maine) added 13 to earn all-tournament honors and Mike Dias (Carver, Mass.) chipped in 10.

The first half was tightly contested throughout, as the two teams went back-and-forth through six ties and four lead changes over the opening 17 minutes of play, with neither team opening up better than a four-point cushion.

The Spartans were able to open things up over the final 2:36 however, going on a 13-3 run to close out the half leading 53-40. Hughes had five points during the surge, including one of his six triples.

Castleton opened the second half red hot, and extended the lead 65-42 by the 16:45 mark on a Comstock lay-up. Comstock accounted for six points during the 12-2 spurt, while Hughes canned yet another three and Doug Krouse (Reading, Pa.) got in on the act with a three-pointer of his own.

The lead hung between 20 and 24 over the next six minutes until a 6-2 Charger run, including a three-ball from Bardaglio cut the deficit to 79-62. It was as close as they would come however as Chad Pulver (Bennington, Vt.) quickly answered with a three to push the lead back to 20.

Colby-Sawyer's season comes to an end at 20-8.

Castleton improves to 19-9, and will advance to the NCAA National Tournament against an opponent to be determined. The Spartans will find out their pairing on Monday at the 12 pm selection show on www.NCAAA.com

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
UMF – Ben Johnson
Husson – Eric Modica
Colby-Sawyer – Will Bardaglio
Colby-Sawyer – Koang Thok
Castleton – Greg Hughes
Castleton – Mark Comstock - MVP