NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Albertus Magnus College men's basketball team resumed Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) play Tuesday evening inside "The Nest" with a dominating 123-94 home victory over Colby-Sawyer College.

Antonio Bonilla (Tenafly, N.J.) led the offensive charge with 20 points for the second straight game, while Tazhon Daniels (New Haven, Conn.) chipped in with a season-high 18 points. Justice Washington (Hamden, Conn.) made his presence known in the paint by recording his third double-double of the season with a 14-point, 12-rebound performance. The junior center also served as a defensive threat, collecting eight of the Falcons' 10 blocks for a new career-high. 

Along with Washington, Kevin Crawford (Bridgeport, Conn.) netted 14 points, while both Terry Dawkins (Bronx, N.Y.) and Tashawn Tokley (Merchantville, N.J.) rounded out the double-digit performances with 12 points apiece. 

THE BASICS
Final: Albertus Magnus 123 | Colby-Sawyer 94
Records: Albertus Magnus (4-6, 3-1 GNAC) | Colby-Sawyer (4-8, 1-3 GNAC)
Box Score

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The team battled out to a 6-6 tie over the first few minutes before the Falcons pulled ahead with a 7-0 run to take the 13-6 lead. Washington led the Falcons with six points during the stretch. 

• The Chargers put together an 11-7 run to come with three, 20-17, with 12:40 remaining in the first half. 
• AMC responded with a 10-0 burst, behind six points from Dawkins and four from Crawford, to take the 30-17 lead.
• The teams traded baskets for the next few minutes, battling to a 16-point game, 40-24, at the 5:09 mark. 
• Bonilla scored four points during the stretch, while Avery Hinnant (Naugatuck, Conn.), Tokley, and Dawkins each tallied two points. 
• The squads continued to counter each made basket with another until the 2-minute mark of the first half, when a Jeyson Slade (Stamford, Conn.) three-pointer sparked a 6-4 Falcons run that closed out the half with the Falcons on top, 55-36.

• AMC opened the second stanza with a 7-1 run, highlighted by a Bonilla three-pointer at the 19:06 mark. 
• The Falcons kept up the pressure, continuing their dominance with a 7-0 run to take a 69-37 lead with 16:54 remaining in regulation. 
• Following a Chargers' lay-up, Bonilla found paydirt for the Falcons from behind the arc, swishing a three-pointer to put the blue-and-white up 72-39. 
• A Chargers three was countered immediately by a Daniels trey that extended the hosts' lead to 75-42. 

• The Falcons continued to hit their shots, trading baskets with the Chargers to take a 90-56 lead midway into the second. 
• From then on, the Falcons maintained their dominant play, scoring 33 points in the final 10 minutes to walk away with a 123-94 conference victory over Colby-Sawyer.     

TEAM STATS
Albertus: 57.0% FG | 52.2% 3PT | 77.8% FT
Colby-Sawyer: 42.7% FG | 31.3% 3PT | 73.7% FT

PLAYER HIGHLIGHTS

Albertus:
Antonio Bonilla- 20 points (8-15 FG, 4-9  3PT) | 2 rebounds | 1 assist 
Tazhon Daniels- 18 points (5-8 FG, 4-4 3PT, 4-4 FT) | 2 rebounds | 5 assists 
Justice Washington- 14 points (7-9 FG, 0-1 FT) | 12 rebounds |  1 assist | 8 blocks 
Kevin Crawford - 14 points (5-10 FG, 1-1 3PT, 3-4 FT) | 4 rebounds | 4 assists | 4 steals
Terry Dawkins - 12 points (2-6 FG, 8-9 FT) | 7 rebounds | 1 assist | 1 steal
Tashawn Tokley - 12 points (4-10, 1-3 3PT, 3-4 FT) | 2 rebounds

Colby-Sawyer:
Sadiq Abdullahi- 14 points (6-10 FG, 2-4 3PT) | 6 rebounds
Kadir Arca- 14 points (6-13 FG, 1-2 3PT, 1-2 FT) | 3 rebounds | 1 assist 
Omar Boone- 11 points (5-12 FG, 0-1 3PT, 1-2 FT) | 3 rebounds | 2 assists | 1 steal | 1 block 

NOTEWORTHY

• This is the 11th all-time meeting between Albertus and Colby-Sawyer.
• Albertus is now 7-4 all-time against the Chargers. 
• The Falcons' defensive unit set a new season-high in both rebounds with 36 and blocks with 10.
• Albertus has scored 100+ points this season on two occasions, including tonight's 123+ point performance. 
• Albertus tied its season-high in assists with 19 and rebounds with 54. 
• 58 of the Falcons' points were scored in the paint. 
• Washington posted his third double-double of the season and earned a career-high in blocks with eight. 
• Bonilla recorded back-to-back 20-point performances. 
• Daniels set a new season-best in points.
• Tokley's 12 points was a season-best for the junior guard. 
• Following tonight's 12-point performance, Dawkins has amassed 953 career points and is 47 points away from becoming the 19th player in program history to join the 1000-point club. 

UP NEXT

The Falcons return to the court on Thursday, January 5th, for a home contest with conference-foe Regis (Mass.) College. Tip-off is set for 7:30 PM inside the Cosgrove Marcus Messer Athletic Center.