Men's Basketball

Final	1	2	T
Mount Ida (3-7 (0-3 GNAC))	27	32	59
Norwich (2-7 (1-2 GNAC))	26	37	63
Northfield, Vt.

Mount Ida	Norwich
Pts: Keith Jones - 17	Pts: Tom McDonald - 17
Reb: Jeff McNair - 15	Reb: 2 Players (#21, #11 - 9)
Ast: 2 Players (#14, #11 - 4)	Ast: Everett Ramirez - 4

Team Statistics	Mount Ida	Norwich
Field Goal %	33.3% (21-63 )	41.0% (25-61 )
Rebounds	43	42
Assists	11	13
Turnovers	11	11
Pts off Turnovers	7	6
2nd Chance Pts	13	16
Bench Pts	4	21

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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – The Norwich University men’s basketball team opened the 2012 portion of its schedule in style, picking up a 63-59 conference win over Mount Ida Saturday afternoon at Andrews Gymnasium. Sophomore guard Tom McDonald had a game-high 17 points to lead the Cadets.

McDonald went 3-of-9 from behind the three-point line, including a huge shot to put Norwich up by four with 29 seconds remaining in the game.

Senior guard Leland Brunswick contributed a strong effort for the Cadets (2-7, 1-2 GNAC) scoring 12 points and pulling down seven rebounds.

Mount Ida (3-7, 0-3 GNAC) was paced by Keith Jones 17 points, while Travis Hillery chipped in 12.

With the victory NU snaps a five-game slide that began on Nov. 29 versus Colby-Sawyer. The Cadets will look to make it two in a row when they travel to Paxton, Mass., to take on conference foe Anna Maria on Jan. 10.