Mount Vernon comes from behind to beat Fisher Men

Senior Louis Williams

Mount Vernon, OH - The Mount Vernon Nazerene University Cougars used a 46 point outburst in the second half to beat the Fisher College Falcons tonight, 78-63 in the first round of the A+ Auto-brokers Holiday Invitational.

The Falcons (2-7) jumped out to a quick lead at the half. Senior Louis Williams (Burlington, VT) and junior Dennis Norford (New Haven, CT) combined for 21 points of Fisher's 43 points as they took a 43-32 lead into the locker rooms.

When the second half began, so did the Cougars. They were able to limit the Falcons to just 20 points (Williams and Norford combined for 11 points) while finding their shot. The Cougars were 14-32, a 53.3%, from the floor where as Fisher shot at just a 22.6% in the second half.

Both Williams and Norford played all 40 minutes with Norford recording his fourth double-double of the season (13 points, 12 rebounds).  Senior Oscar Brown (Buffalo, NY) played well off the bench as he scored 12 points in his 24 minutes of action.

With the loss, Mount Vernon advances to the Championship game against Trevecca Nazarene. The Fisher College Falcons will play Goshen College (IN) in the consolation game slated for a 1 pm tip off. Goshen lost to Trevecca 87-70 in the other semi-final match-up.