NORTHFIELD, Vt.—Five different players scored in double-figures to lead the Norwich University men's basketball team to an 82-70 win against Lasell College in Great Northeast Athletic Conference action on Thursday evening.

With the win, the Cadets improve to 5-10 overall and 2-6 in GNAC play, while the loss drops the visiting Lasers to 2-13 on the season and 1-7 in league play.

Nickolai Havoutis (Coral Springs, Fla.) led the Cadets with a team-high 18 points and seven rebounds and Evan Tullar (Chelsea, Vt.) notched a double-double with 15 points, 11 rebounds. Tom McDonald (Groton, Mass.) added 15 points for the Cadets' offense, while Josh Cabrera (Providence, R.I.) and Brandon Kuhre (Cornish, N.H.) contributed 13 and 10 points, respectively.

The Lasers saw a game-high 20 points from Angel Ortiz, who connected on five three-pointers in addition to a jumper and three free-throws. Don Stephens added 13 points, and Chris Canino led Lasell on the boards with 11 rebounds. Ortiz and Rob Roy both finished with a game-high four assists.

The Cadets did not trail in the second half and led by as many as 14 points with 14:20 still to play, but a pair of fouls called against Norwich at 12:33 and 11:44 would allow Lasell's Frank Apisa to cut the Norwich lead to eight points.  A three-point basket by Ortiz brought Lasell within five, and the Lasers would trail by just two points on a layup by Canino at the 9:48 mark.

The Cadets used the next three minutes for a 7-0 run to expand their lead back to nine, and held the advantage for the remainder of the half.

The lead changed six times in the early minutes of the first half as neither team led by more than four points.  At the 6:53 mark, the Lasers tied the game for the last time as Norwich claimed the lead and extended it to double-figures at the 1:58 mark. The Cadets carried a nine-point advantage, 39-30, into the half.

Norwich capitalized on 48.2 percent en route to its second league win of the season, while Lasell finished with a 38.3 shooting percentage.

The Cadets are back in action on Saturday when they travel to Rivier University for a 3:00 p.m. GNAC tilt.