Box Score 

NEWTON, Mass. - Jose Guitan registered a double-double with 25 points and 18 rebounds, and Brad Caravoulias scored 20 points to lead Lasell past Norwich, 100-69, in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference men's basketball game Tuesday evening.

Kevin Fallon added 15 points, and Corey Godfrey chipped in 13 for the Lasers, who improve to 4-3 (2-0 GNAC).

Norwich (2-7, 0-2 GNAC) was paced by Joshua Cabrera, who scored a career-high 20 points. Robert Thurman netted 16 points and a team-high six rebounds, while Jaren Jeffcoat scored 13 and Mike Filipek posted 11 points for the Cadets.

Norwich hung with Lasell in the first half, trailing the Lasers 54-47 at the intermission. Both teams shot exceptionally well in the opening 20 minutes, with Lasell hitting 62.5 percent of its shots, and Norwich connecting on 57.1 percent of its field goal attempts.

Lasell's hot shooting continued in the second half, as the Lasers drilled 52.6 percent in the frame. Norwich, though, cooled off, as the Cadets only hit 30.8 percent of its field goals after halftime.

The Lasers started the second stanza on a 12-5 run to take a 66-52 lead at the 16:13 mark. The Cadets fought back with five unanswered points to trim their deficit down to nine points at 66-57 with 14:16 to play. But the Lasers put the game away with a 23-7 run that helped them open up an 89-64 advantage at the 6:06 mark. Lasell never let its lead dip below 23 points the rest of the way, as the Lasers coasted to the 31-point victory.    

For the game, Lasell made 40-of-70 field goals (57.1 percent), while Norwich hit on 28-of-61 (45.9 percent). The Lasers were on fire from behind the three-point line, knocking down 12-of-25 attempts from behind the arc. Norwich did its fair share of damage from "downtown" as the Cadets hit 8-of-17 from three-point range. Lasell outrebounded Norwich, 36-33, in the contest. The Cadets turned the ball over 27 times, while the Lasers committed just 15 turnovers.

Norwich will return to action on Saturday, Jan. 10, when the Cadets travel to Newton Centre, Mass., to take on GNAC rival Mount Ida at 3 p.m.