NORTHFIELD, Vt.—Norwich University and Trinity (Conn.) College advance to the championship game of the 2013 Ed Hockenbury Classic following Saturday evening's wins. The Cadets downed the Moose of the University of Maine-Augusta, 93-74, before Trinity defeated Worcester State 70-54 in the nightcap.

Norwich and Trinity will meet at 3:00 p.m., while UMA and Worcester State will meet in the consolation game at 1:00 p.m.

Norwich 93, Univ. of Maine-Augusta 74

Junior Evan Tullar (Chelsea, Vt.) and senior Tom McDonald (Groton, Mass.) combined for 52 points to lead the Norwich University Cadets to a 93-74 win against the Moose of the University of Maine-Augusta in the opening game of the men's side of the 2013 Ed Hockenbury Classic. With the win, the Cadets improve to 2-4, while the loss drops the Moose to 1-12.

Tullar netted a game-high 27 points and McDonald chipped in with 25 points in the win for Norwich. Freshman Josh Evans (Grafton, Mass.) led the team on the boards with eight rebounds.

UMA had four players score in double-figures, led by Brandon Rogers (Tropy Club, Texas) with a double-double of 22 points and 16 rebounds. Jesse Smith netted 17 points for the Moose and Keith Chesley (Clinton, Maine) and Robert Foss (Augusta, Maine) chipped in with a pair of 11-point performances.

The Moose won the tip-off and scored on their first possession. Following a Norwich turnover, UMA extended their lead to five on a three-point basket by Smith. The Moose would lead for the first 8:51 of the game until Norwich's Nickolai  Havoutis (Coral Glades, Fla.) hit 1-of-2 free-throw attempts to knot the score at 19-19.

Norwich took the lead on the their next trip down on a layup by Tullar and held the lead for almost two minutes until the Moose stormed back to even the score at 23-23. It would mark the final time that the Moose were close, as Norwich rounded out the half with a 26-11 run to lead 49-34 at half.

The Cadets narrowly outscored the Moose in the second half, 44-40, en route to the 93-74 final. The two teams had near-identical shooting percentages, as Norwich hit 45.8 percent (33-72) of field goals and UMA connected on 29-64 (45.3 percent) of field goal attempts.

Trinity (Conn.) 70, Worcester State 57

Trinity junior George Papadeas (Athens, Greece) went eight-for-nine from the floor and finished with 15 points and five boards to help lead the Bantams to a 70-57 victory over Worcester State in the opening round of the Ed Hockenbury Tournament this evening at Norwich University.

Sophomore Jaquann Starks (Hartford, Conn.) chipped in with 13 points for the Bantams while classmate Shay Ajayi (Brooklyn, N.Y.) added 11 points, five caroms and five steals. Junior Alex Conaway (New Haven, Conn.) also had eight points and a team-best eight rebounds.

The Blue and Gold were propelled by senior Dane Jobst (Athol, Mass.) and junior Brendan Rios (Easthampton, Mass.) who both registered 15 points apiece in the setback. Jost pulled down a squad-high nine boards as Rios was 6-for-10 from the field with a pair of three-pointers.

Trinity opened the contest with a 15-2 lead five minutes into the game. Worcester State responded with a 10-4 run to trail 19-12 near the halfway point of the stanza, but the Bantams stayed hot from the field and closed out the period with a 28-15 surge and the 47-28 advantage at the break.

Trinity made nearly half their shots in the frame (18-39) as the Bantams were paced by Papadeas, Ajayi and Starks who combined for 27 of their 47 points.

Down 57-34 with 11:58 remaining in regulation, the Lancers made it an 11 point game with a three-minute 14-2 skein as Jobst helped connect on consecutive three-pointers in the run.

Following a trifecta by Rios and the score 61-51 at the 6:01 mark, the Bantams pulled away by going on a 5-2 run over the next four minutes with two points at the free throw line by Starks and a trey by sophomore Rick Naylor (Sudbury, Vt.).

The Lancers never threatened again as Trinity rolled ahead to the championship game with the final score.