THE BASICS 

Score: Coast Guard 77, Emerson 60
Record: Emerson Lions (4-9, 0-2 NEWMAC); Coast Guard Bears (5-7, 1-1 NEWMAC) 
Location: New London, Conn. (Roland Hall) 
Date: January 7, 2017
The Lead: The Emerson men's basketball team traveled to Coast Guard for an NEWMAC matchup on Saturday afternoon where sophomore Geoffrey Gray (Newton, Mass.) dished out an overall game-high 21 points and team high nine boards in the Lions' 77-60 setback. 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS 

• Gray finished 7-for-15 from the field with 21 points and nine boards to pace the Lions offense. Junior Michael Sheng (Altadena, Calif.) followed with 11 points and a steal. Freshman Jack O'Connor (Newport, R.I.) tallied 10 points off the bench. 
• Patrick Witkowski went 7-for-10 from the field with a double-double of 17 points and 10 boards. Luke Daniels had a game-high five assists and four steals.  
• Emerson went 17-for-55 from the floor (30.9%) and drained 5-of-27 from beyond the arc. 
• Coast Guard shot 25-for-65 (38.5%) while making 6-of-17 from downtown.

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• Coast Guard grabbed the early seven point lead at 15-8 just five and a half minutes into the first half before the Lions pieced together six straight points to cut the deficit to one at 15-14 with 11:01 left. 
• The Lions found themselves down two at the half with the score at 26-24 after two good shots by freshman Ben Holding (South Dartmouth, Mass.) from the charity stripe. 
• Through the first three minutes of the second half, the Bears started off with an 11-1 streak to grab the 37-25 advantage with 16:58 remaining in regulation. 
• Though the Bears grabbed a 12 point edge over the Lions, the Lions answered and embarked on an 11-2 run over the next two minutes with three consecutive three's from Gray, Sheng and O'Connor to bring the score to 39-36 at the 14:52 mark 
• Emerson began to slip in the later minutes of the second half as Coast Guard took over and strung together 13 points to stretch its lead to 54-41 with less then nine minutes remaining.
• The Lions could not get more than nine points within the Bears as the Bears handed Emerson the 77-60 loss. 

UP NEXT 

• Emerson is back in action on Wednesday, January 11 and play host to Clark in a NEWMAC matchup at 6:00 p.m. 
• Coast Guard remain at home and return to the court on Wednesday, January 11 as well to face NEWMAC foe, MIT, at 7:00 p.m. 

STAY LIVE WITH THE LIONS

• Stay updated on the Emerson men's basketball team and follow the Lions on Twitter @EmersonHoop and on Facebook at Emerson College Men's Basketball. Also be sure to tune in to Emerson Channel Sports to watch games live!