Tufts Sports Notes: Men's Basketball Trounces Lesley, Loses to Keene State

The Tufts University men's basketball team picked up a lopsided win over Lesley University at home on Tuesday as all 13 players scored in an 86-39 non-conference win, but the Jumbos fell to Keene State, 86-64, on the road on Thursday.

While the offense was impressive in the win, the defense had a historic performance, allowing the fewest points since 1957 when Tufts held Wesleyan to 36 points. 

Sophomore Scott Anderson led the Jumbos (2-2) on Tuesday with 18 points, while Sophomore Alex Goldfarb had 13 and Andrew Dowton and freshman Tom Folliard each had nine points. Senior Sam Mason played well all around, picking up eight points, five rebounds and four assists with junior James Long finishing with seven rebounds.

 Sophomore Alex Goldfarb  led Tufts in the loss with 18 points while Junior Alex Orchowski finished with 11 points.  

Tufts will take on Salem State in the Big Four Challenge on Saturday at Babson College at 1 p.m. 

Tufts Women Improve to 3-1

Senior Colleen Hart led the Tufts women's basketball with 23 points as the Jumbos beat host Salem State, 59-49, in a non-conference match up on Tuesday.

Hart is just 51 points away from breaking the all-time scoring record of 1,257 points set by Teresa Allen in 1989.

Freshman Liz Moynihan and junior Tiffany Kornegay had a big second as half as Moynihan scored eight points and Kornegay finished the game with 14 points and seven rebounds.

The Jumbos return home on Saturday to play Colby-Sawyer at 2 pm.