Coast Guard Academy Sports Roundup

The Coast Guard Academy fought its way to an overtime win against Haverford College on Friday. The Bears also competed against Providence College in swimming and diving. The following information was provided by Jason Southard, sports information director at the Coast Guard Academy:

Men's Basketball: Coast Guard 73, Haverford 71

Junior Greg Marshall and freshman David Anderson combined for 50 points as Marshall had a career-high 28 and Anderson finished with a career-high 22 points and ten rebounds leading Coast Guard to a 73-71 overtime win over Haverford on the opening night of the 20th Annual Equinox Classic at Swarthmore College.

Coast Guard scored the first eight points of the overtime period for a 71-63 lead following a layup by Marshall with 1:28 left, but the Fords did not go quietly.

Haverford cut the lead to 71-68 on a hoop by Cam Baker with 42 seconds left in overtime. Marshall made a pair of free throws before a 3-pointer by Ian Goldberg made it 73-71 with 31 seconds left.

Marshall then missed a pair of free throws with 15 seconds left giving the Fords a chance but Baker’s 3-pointer, for the win, at the buzzer was no good and the Bears held on to even their record at 1-1 on the season.

Marshall was 10 of 17 from the floor and 4 of 8 from behind the arc while Anderson was nine of 12 from the floor. Marshall had 19 points in the first half on 7 of 10 shooting while Anderson was a perfect 5 for 5 from the floor in the first half with 12 points as the Bears shot 51.9 percent in the first half (14-27) while making three of five from 3-point range. Marshall and Anderson were 12 of 15 from the floor in the opening half while the rest of the team was just two of 12 in the first 20 minutes.

The Bears shot 48.1 percent in the game (26-54) while making four of 14 from 3-point range while Haverford was 25 of 66 (37.1 percent) while making seven of 28 from behind the arc.

Coast Guard led 39-35 at halftime. The score was tied 33-33 before Marshall hit a pair of 3-pointers giving the Bears their largest lead of the half 39-33 with 2:30 left in the opening stanza.

The Bears scored the first five points of the second half on a bucket by Anderson and a 3-pointer by Marshall to take its largest lead of the game 44-35. Coast Guard led 46-38 before the Fords ran off eight straight to tie the game 46-46 with 15:04 left.

The largest lead the rest of the way was just three points as the teams traded blows. Sowers steal and bucket gave the Bears a 62-60 lead with 3:19 left.

Baker hit a pair of free throws with 33 seconds left to tie the game 63-63. Marshall had a chance to win the game in regulation, but missed and Haverford got the rebound with 1.5 seconds left before the game headed to overtime.

Sophomore Kevin Sowers finished with eight points and a career-high eight assists for the Bears.

Baker led Haverford (0-2) with 24 points while Goldberg finished with 19 points and a team-high seven rebounds.

Coast Guard will take on co-host Swarthmore in its second and final game of the Equinox Classic on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Haverford College.

Swimming and Diving

Marco Tinari, Derrian Duryea and Jeff Mistrick each won two events leading Coast Guard to a 165-109 win over Providence College.

Tinari won the 1,000 freestyle (10:03.92) and the 500 freestyle (4:52.94), Duryea won the 100 breaststroke (1:01.08) and the 200 breaststroke (2:14.87) while Mistrick won the 1-meter diving with 200.9 points and the 3-meter event with 242 points.

Also for Coast Guard, Alex Dona won the 200 freestyle (1:47.37), Christian Brindamour won the 100 backstroke (55.49), Kevin Smit won the 200 butterfly (1:58.77), Johnson Knox won the 50 freestyle (22.08) and Dan Beshoar won the 100 freestyle (48.18).

The Bears 200 medley relay team of Brindamour, Duryea, Preston Strobel and Knox won with a time of 1:38.86.

Coast Guard improves to 3-1 on the season.

In the women's competition, Providence College won 12 of 16 events to beat Coast Guard 173-116.

Heidi Gayman won the 100 freestyle with a time of 54.09, Chantel Ferguson won the 200 IM (2:19.02), while Sara Cantrell won the 3-meter diving with a score of 208 for the Bears.

The Bears 200 freestyle relay team of Sarah Jane Otey, Caitlyn Gever, Darlene Sao and Gayman won with a time of 1:43.49.

Coast Guard drops to 1-3 on the season.