Hawks pull away late to beat Lynx 75-60

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Lesley University men's basketball team faced off with the number two ranked team in the New England Collegiate Conference, the Becker College Hawks, and were defeated 75-60 to fall to 4-16 (1-8 NECC).  Becker improved to 14-6 (7-2 NECC) with the victory. 

Travis Suber (Springfield, Mass.) from Becker scored a game-high 32 points on 9-of-15 shooting from the floor including 4-of-9 from three-point range.  Suber was perfect from the charity stripe as the senior hit all 10 of his free throw attempts.  He played all 40 minutes in the game. 

Terrance Favors (Boston, Mass.) and D.J. Exum (New London, Conn.) scored 15 and 13 points, respectively for the Hawks. 

The Hawks hit clutch shots throughout the night as the Lynx stayed with single digit points for much of the game.  Becker shot 39.1% from long range in the game. 

Lynx forward Malcolm Andrews (Medford, Mass.) netted a team-high 20 points in the loss.  The junior also grabbed 15 rebounds to complete the double-double.  Complementing Andrews' effort was sophomore Jesus Trejo (Methuen, Mass.) who scored 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds, six of which were offensive. 

Nijel Robinson (Plainsboro, N.J.) came off the bench to score 11 points.

Lesley pulled to within two points on a three-pointer from Jonathan Cruz (Haverhill, Mass.) with 9:30 remaining in the game.  The Hawks, however, kept their cool and went on an 18-6 run to put the Lynx in a 14-point hole with just a few minutes left.

Becker was able to convert 23 Lesley turnovers into 28 points in the game.  Lesley held the advantage in points-in-the-paint at 26-18 and second chance points at 8-2 but timely shooting by the Hawks helped keep them in the lead.

Lesley will be in action on Tuesday at Newbury College for a 7:00 pm game.  Becker will travel to Elms College on the same day for a match up of the top two teams in the NECC starting at 7:00 pm.

To learn more about the Lesley University men's basketball team, please visit their website.

Contact:          Rob Palardy
                        Sports Information Director
                        Lesley University
                        617.349.8627 (office)
                        617.349.8640 (fax)
                        rpalardy@lesley.edu