Floyd Morris ended his career as the school's all-time leader in assists.

AMHERST, Mass. (March 9, 2007) – Six different players scored in double figures as the sixth-ranked Amherst College men’s basketball team advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2007 NCAA Division III Championship with a 97-74 victory over Stevens Institute of Technology on Friday in Amherst, Mass.  With the loss, the Ducks ended their season with an overall record of 23-7, which marked the most wins in school history.

Senior guard Floyd Morris (East Windsor, N.J.) scored 13 points on 4-for-5 shooting from the field in his final collegiate game for Stevens.  Morris also handed out two assists to break Alan Kashian’s school record for career assists.  Kashian had 428 assists from 1994-97.  Morris finished his career with 429 assists.

Sophomore guard Virgil Gray II (Elmwood Park, N.J.) totaled 17 points and six rebounds in the loss.  Senior forward Michael Collins (Bronx, N.Y.) closed out his career with nine points and made all four of his field-goal attempts.  Freshman guard Matt Higgins (Freehold, N.J.) chipped in with 12 points on 5-for-10 shooting from the floor.

Amherst (27-2) was led by junior guard Andrew Olsen (San Diego, Calif.), who had 17 points and 13 assists.  Olsen made seven of nine shots from the field and knocked down three three-pointers.  Senior guard Tim McLaughlin (Chatham, N.J.) and junior center Kevin Hopkins (Greenfield Center, N.Y.) totaled 15 points apiece.

Leading by eight points midway through the first half, Amherst used a 15-6 run in the span of 4:23 to take a 37-20 lead with just over five minutes remaining.  Junior forward Fletcher Walters (Ann Arbor, Mich.) scored seven points in the run, including the final five for the Lord Jeffs.

Stevens slowly chipped away and closed to within 40-30 with 2:37 to play in the period as sophomore guard Anthony Passalacqua (Staten Island, N.Y.) scored six straight points for the Ducks.  Amherst carried a 48-34 lead into the locker room as Olsen drained a huge three-pointer just before the final horn to quell the Ducks’ momentum.

Up by 14 points (57-43) with less than 18 minutes to go, Amherst put the game away by scoring eight straight points to open a 65-43 cushion.  The Lord Jeffs led by as many as 32 points late in the second half.

For the game, Amherst shot 54.7 percent (35-for-64) from the floor.  Stevens connected on 26 of 64 field goals (40.6 percent) on the evening.  The Lord Jeffs, who had 24 assists on their 35 field goals, owned a 37-24 rebounding advantage in the game.