Dec. 7, 2008

Box Score

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Colorado College sophomore forward Brady Ohlsen had 16 points and a career-high 14 rebounds to lead the Tigers men’s basketball team to a 71-56 victory over Southwestern University on Friday night at CC’s Reid Gymnasium.

The Pirates took a 23-11 lead on a Jonathan Brown layup with 8:52 remaining in the first half, but from that point on it was almost all Tigers. Colorado College used a 19-6 run to take the lead on a three-pointer by Jarrell Sweet with 1:08 to play in the opening period and the Tigers led 32-31 at the break.

Southwestern trailed by five points after another basket by Brown with 12:49 to play in the first half, but CC went on a 20-7 run to build a 62-47 lead with seven minutes to go and the Pirates were never able to get closer than 11 points.

Nick Caputo led the Pirates with 10 points while Brown had a team-high seven rebounds.  Zach Bergstrom and Travis Barber both chipped in 9 points each in the loss.

Southwestern slipped to 4-3 overall and 0-2 in the SCAC.  The Pirates will take a week off before returning to action on Thursday, December 18th vs. Marian at 7:00 p.m.