The Swarthmore men’s basketball team would prefer to forget about their disappointing 2004-2005 season, fraught with injuries, inexperience, and the inability to win the close games, and concentrate on the upcoming year in the knowledge that the team will have more experience and depth. Swarthmore will certainly feel the loss to graduation of all-time leading [...]
Matt Gustafson ’05 recorded a game-high 32 points and Spencer Gray ’08 added a career-high 13 but the Bears’ hot shooting (58.2%) was too much for the Garnet (2-14, 1-8 CC) to overcome in the 75-61 Centennial Conference loss to Ursinus (8-8, 5-4) at Tarble Pavilion. Swarthmore jumped out to a fast start as Gustafson [...]
Matt Gustafson ’05 recorded 24 points to become Swarthmore’s (2-13, 1-7 CC) all-time leading scorer in the Garnet’s 63-56 Centennial Conference loss at Muhlenberg (8-7, 5-3). Gustafson now has 1,573 points passing Scott Gibbons’ ’92 mark of 1,563. Gustafson started the game with a hot hand scoring 16 of the Garnet’s first 24 points. It [...]
Ian McCormick ’08 scored a game-high 14 points but the Garnet fell to the Centennial leading Diplomats 93-51 at Franklin & Marshall (9-3, 5-1). Swarthmore falls to 2-11 overall, 1-5 in the conference. The Diplomats built a 46-19 halftime advantage and never looked back. Jackiem Wright paced F&M as fourDips reached double figures in scoring. [...]
Mark Rohde ’07 posted a double-double with a season-high 11 points and a career-high 10 rebounds to lead three Garnet players in double-figures but Swarthmore (2-12, 1-6) fell to Gettysburg (8-6, 5-2) 57-51 in Centennial Conference action at Tarble Pavilion. David Glaser led the Bullets with a game-high 16 points and Matt Whelan added 15. [...]
Ian McCormick ’08 and Matt Gustafson ’05 provided the one-two punch to lead the Garnet (2-10, 1-4 CC) to a 65-62 Centennial Conference victory over McDaniel (3-9, 1-4) at Tarble Pavilion. The victory snaps Swarthmore’s 10-game losing skid. McCormick recorded his first career double-double with 25 points and a career-high 10 rebounds while Gustafson inched [...]
Ian McCormick ’08 scored a career-high 27 points but the Garnet fell for the 10th consecutive game, dropping an 86-76 Centennial Conference decision at Dickinson. McCormick hit 9-of-10 attempts and was 9-of-12 from the line to lead both teams in scoring. The first-year center also pulled down seven rebounds and had three blocked shots. Swarthmore [...]
Matt Gustafson ’05 scored a game-high 18 points and Ian McCormick ’08 chipped in 14 points and seven rebounds but the Garnet fell for the ninth consecutive game in an 81-66 Centennial Conference loss at Washington. Swarthmore scored the first five points of the second half to take a 39-38 advantage but then it was [...]
Colorado College shot a blistering 63% from the field to defeat Swarthmore 96-82 in the consolation game of the Purple & Gold Poet Classic at Whittier College on Tuesday night. Matt Gustafson ’05 scored 25 points and freshman Ian McCormick added a career-high 21 points as the Garnet fell to 1-8 on the season. The [...]
Whittier College used a 20-6 second-half run to down Swarthmore 85-76 in opening round action of the Purple & Gold Poet Classic on Monday night in southern California. Senior captain Matt Gustafson scored a game-high 34 points on 13 for 22 shooting, while registering a team-high six rebounds and four blocks. Freshman guard Matt Kurman [...]