NEW LONDON, N.H. – The Norwich University men's basketball team earned its fifth Great Northeast Athletic Conference win of the season, downing Colby-Sawyer 76-54 in a matchup at the David L. Coffin Fieldhouse Thursday evening.

Norwich's Jalen Olivero (Holyoke, Mass.) had a game-high 17-points in the victory while grabbing six boards, and dishing out three assists. Samuel-Noah Osarenkhoe (Stockholm, Sweden) earned 16 points while shooting 75 percent from the field and Kyle Booth (Northfield, Vt.) and Donovan Lewis Jr. (Savannah, Ga.) added 13 and 11 points respectively.

Norwich jumped out to an early 14-6 lead after Booth knocked down a three with 15:39 remaining in the first half. Colby-Sawyer did battle to within four, before Lewis Jr. scored the next four points to give the Cadets a 21-13 edge.

The Chargers closed the gap to three with a layup by Kevin Cummings but Kohlby Murray (Fair Haven, Vt.) and Jaydon Cousin (Savannah, Ga.) combined to extend the lead to seven. Norwich went into the half holding a 35-26 lead, after Olivero knocked down a clutch three-pointer at the end of the half.

The Cadets opened the second half by scoring the first 12 points before Colby-Sawyer made their first bucket of the half.

Norwich went on to outscore the Chargers 41-28 in the second half on their way to the victory.

Norwich (10-9, 5-6 GNAC) will now host Saint Joseph's College on Saturday, Feb. 5 in a 5 pm matchup in Andrews Hall. They will then travel to Emmanuel on Wednesday, Feb. 9 for a 7:30 pm matchup before holding their Senior Day ceremonies against Dean on Saturday, Feb. 12.