PAXTON, Mass. – Freshmen Mike Hogervorst (Leiden, Netherlands) and Joe Bertrand (Saugus, Mass.) scored a combined 22 points but it was not enough as the Norwich University men's basketball team dropped an 82-60 decision to Anna Maria College in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference matchup Tuesday night.

The loss drops the Cadets to 4-5 overall and 1-2 in league action, while the AMCATS picked up their first GNAC victory of the season to go 1-2 in the league and improve to 3-7 overall.

Betrand led the squad with 12 points, while Hogervorst added 10 as both players pulled down a pair of rebounds on the night. Junior Alex Preckol (Westford, Mass.), sophomore Kevin Ross (Ontario, Calif.) and freshman Ryan Fitzgerald (Winchester, Mass.) scored eight points each for the Cadets.

Anna Maria jumped out to a 5-0 run before Hogervorst nailed a shot from beyond the arc as the Cadets embarked a 5-2 run on a three from Evan Tullar (Chelsea, Vt.) and a layup from Ross to tie it up at eight points apiece at the 16:22 mark.

The AMCATS took advantage of the Cadets' mistakes early on as a Corey Pryor shot from downtown sparked a 16-4 run to take a 12-point lead with 8:52 still to play in the half. Norwich looked to bounce back before the break but Anna Maria kept the Cadets off the scoreboard and carried a 25-point lead into halftime, 41-26.

The second half saw little room of improvement for the Cadets as Anna Maria led by as many as 33 points, with 7:54 left in the stanza before the Cadets attempted a late rally with a 17-8 run but it was not enough as clock struck zero as the AMCATS held on for the 82-60 win.

Norwich struggled to find the basket, shooting 43.8 percent from the floor (21-48) and hit just 5-of-11 (45.5 percent) from three-point range.

Anna Maria held advantages in all five scoring categories, scoring 40 points in the paint and 28 points off of Norwich's 21 turnovers throughout the game. The AMCATS hit 53.2 percent of its shots from the field  and 47.4 percent from beyond the arc.

The Cadets are back in action on Thursday as they host Albertus Magnus for a 7:00 p.m. GNAC matchup.