Collins tops all players with 18 points

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown University men's basketball team took down Salve Regina University, 89-59, Tuesday night in its season-opener at the Pizzitola Sports Center.

Senior captain David Mitchell led the Bears with 13 points on four-of-six shooting. Paxson Wojcik had 12 points in his first game as a Bear. All 12 came from beyond the arc for the junior who also picked up five rebounds and three assists. Jaylan Gainey had a team-high seven rebounds and Kino Lilly Jr. led the way with six assists and three steals. Dan Friday also had three steals.

Graduate student Cameron Collins (Montville, Conn.) led all players with 18 points on 7-of-12 from the floor and three of four from the free throw line.

The first half started off slow for both teams and the Seahawks managed to take a 10-9 lead five minutes into the half. From there, it was all Bears. Brown outscored Salve Regina 22-5 over the next 12 minutes to take a 31-15 lead with 7:29 remaining in the half.

Mitchell was responsible for the final six Bear points of the first half as Brown would take the 48-26 lead into halftime.

The Seahawks hung even with the Bears to start the second half, but four points from Nana Owusu-Anane and two from Perry Cowan stretched the lead to 30 with 13:16 remaining in the game.

The teams traded buckets for the remainder of the contest, with Brown pushing the lead to 37 after a Mitchell layup at the 6:17 mark. Salve Regina would get it back to 30 but that's where it would stay.

Seventeen players saw action for the Bears in their first game in 611 days. Wojcik led all newcomers with 22:13 minutes, followed by Lilly's 17:20 and Owusu-Anane's 16:20. Nine of 14 Seahawks in the game scored points for Salve Regina.