CASTLETON, Vt. – Castleton handled Maine Maritime in a 92-58 win in a North Atlantic Conference men's basketball game Friday. The Spartans improved to 2-0 NAC, 4-3 overall, while the Mariners dropped to 0-3, 1-8.

Rob Coloutti scored a team-high 19 points to go with four rebounds and two steals in just 14 minutes of action for Castleton. Logan White also played just 14 minutes but went 5-for-7 from downtown, finishing with 15 points, four rebounds and two assists. Chad Copeland was also in double figures with 10 points and six rebounds. Tyler Ackley led the offense with four assists while Brandon Bergeron grabbed a team-high seven rebounds to go with three points, three assists and three steals.

Garret Libby led Maritime with 12 points and two steals while Dylan Price came off the bench to provide six points and four assists. John-Peter Michaud grabbed a team-high nine rebounds while adding two points and one steal.

The Mariners jumped out to a 5-0 lead just 64 seconds into the game; however, back-to-back threes from Coloutti and White gave Castleton back the lead just 40 seconds later. Maritime traded hoops with the Spartans until another triple from Coloutti gave Castleton an 11-9 lead and jumpstarted a 12-0 run. Jason Hatch broke the run at 12:05 to make it 20-11, though the Spartans responded with ten straight, capped off with a three from Doug Krouse for the 30-11 lead with 7:35 left.

A layup by the Mariners' Zachary Radcliffe ended the run at 7:16; however, the Castleton offense put together a 9-2 run to extend its lead to 42-16 with 3:43 left in the half. The Spartans didn't connect on a field goal the rest of the half, but went 5-for-6 from the line and only gave up three points to own a 47-19 lead at the break.

Castleton opened the second on a 10-3 run over the first three minutes to take a 57-22 lead. The Spartans pushed their lead to 65-28 on a triple by Casey McGraw with 15 minutes left in the contest. Castleton subbed liberally through the last 15 minutes of action. The Spartans' lead did climb as high as 45, with 4:47 remaining, before finishing with the 34-point victory.

The Mariners return to action Saturday, 1 p.m., at Green Mountain.

CASTLETON 92, MAINE MARITIME 58

MAINE MARITIME (1-8, 0-3 NAC)

Garrett Libby 4-12 0-0 12; Zach Radcliffe 3-6 0-0 6; Brian Goda 2-4 2-2 6; Dylan Price 2-8 1-2 6; Anthony Langella 2-3 0-0 5; Shep Carter 2-7 0-0 5; Jason Hatch 2-6 0-0 4; Kyle Boucher 2-3 0-0 4; Tyler Gilson 1-3 2-2 4; John-Peter Michaud 1-3 0-0 2; Tyler Chiasson 0-4 2-2 2; David Breunig 1-2 0-0 2; Brad Reed 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 22-62 7-8 58.

CASTLETON (4-3, 2-0 NAC)

Rob Coloutti 7-11 2-2 19; Logan White 5-8 0-0 15; Chad Copeland 2-8 6-6 10; Chad Pulver 3-6 2-2 8; Paul Flynn 2-4 2-2 7; Donell Stephenson 1-4 4-4 6; Steve Rosemond 1-3 3-4 5; Tyler Ackley 2-2 0-0 5; Casey McGraw 1-5 0-0 3; Rob Pinnock 0-3 3-4 3; Brandon Bergeron 0-5 3-4 3; Cosrick McDonald 1-2 0-0 3; Doug Krouse 1-2 0-0 3; Alex Homkey 0-5 2-2 2; Carnelius Green 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 26-72 27-30 92.

Maine Maritime................ 19 39 - 58

Castleton..................... 47 45 - 92

3-point goals--Maine Maritime 7-23 (Garrett Libby 4-11; Dylan Price 1-1; Shep Carter 1-3; Anthony Langella 1-1; Tyler Chiasson 0-2; Brad Reed 0-1; Jason Hatch 0-1; Brian Goda 0-1; Zach Radcliffe 0-2), Castleton 13-30 (Logan White 5-7; Rob Coloutti 3-6; Tyler Ackley 1-1; Casey McGraw 1-3; Cosrick McDonald 1-1; Paul Flynn 1-3; Doug Krouse 1-2; Alex Homkey 0-1; Carnelius Green 0-1; Brandon Bergeron 0-1; Rob Pinnock 0-1; Steve Rosemond 0-1; Donell Stephenson 0-1; Chad Pulver 0-1). Fouled out--Maine Maritime-None, Castleton-None. Rebounds--Maine Maritime 41 (John-Peter Michaud 9), Castleton 47 (Brandon Bergeron 7). Assists--Maine Maritime 14 (Dylan Price 4), Castleton 17 (Tyler Ackley 4). Total fouls--Maine Maritime 22, Castleton 12. Technical fouls--Maine Maritime-None, Castleton-None. A-387