NEW LONDON, N.H. – The Colby-Sawyer College men's basketball team defeated Norwich, 80-56 in non-conference action Saturday afternoon at the David L. Coffin Field House, powered by 17-point performances by Koang Thok and Zach Bean.

With the win, Colby-Sawyer evens its record at 1-1, while Norwich falls to 1-3.

The Chargers led from the opening tip and received double figure scoring from four players. In addition to Thok and Bean, the Chargers saw 15 points from sophomore Peter Donato, while junior Mike Dias added 11. Dias just missed a double-double with nine rebounds. Senior Stephen Thorpe collected a game-high seven assists.

Norwich was led by Grant Brown (Whitinsville, Mass.), who totaled 15 points off the bench. Senior Tom McDonald (Groton, Mass.) scored 12, while junior Evan Tullar (Chelsea, Vt.) chipped in 11 points, nine rebounds, six assists and three steals.

Colby-Sawyer scored the game's first eight points behind a pair of three-point baskets from Wol Majong and a Thok lay-in. A bucket by Dias at 13:43 gave the Chargers their first double figures lead that they would not relinquish. Thok connected on a three-pointer with 2:22 remaining to build the largest lead of the half at 39-17. Colby-Sawyer out-rebounded the Cadets 26-13 and scored 14 of its 18 second chance points in the first half.

Both teams shot the ball better in the second half, but Colby-Sawyer was more efficient making 14 of 22, while the Cadets hit 10 of 25. Norwich made a mini-spurt in the first four minutes of the second frame with a Brown trey and five points from Tullar to cut the deficit to 12. Colby-Sawyer responded with eight straight points to push the advantage up to 20 and cruised to the 80-56 win.

Norwich returns to action on December 3, when the team travels to face Lasell College to open Great Northeast Athletic Conference action.