Story courtesy of Lindsay Graham, Newbury College Athletics Staff Assistant

The Newbury College men’s basketball team rebounded from the loss to Eastern Nazarene to defeat the Lynx of Lesley University, 68-61, in New England Collegiate Conference action Saturday afternoon. Freshman guard Timothy Young (Brockton, MA/Brockton) picked up his 211th point of the season to lead the Nighthawks to the victory.

After Newbury began the game with a 6-0 run during the first five minutes of action, Lesley came back with their own 6-2 run but could never gain control of the lead, which was the tone for most of the game. The Nighthawks took a 31-21 lead into the locker room behind Young’s 11 point first half performance and staved off a valiant comeback in the second by the Lynx.

Lesley junior Jesus Trejo (Methuen, MA/Methuen) netted nine of his team-high 13 points in the second as the Lynx outscored the Nighthawks 40-37 but it was not enough. Young continued his red-hot shooting into the second adding another 12 points to his first half 11 for his game-high 23 points.

Newbury junior guard John Rowley Jr. (Hartford, CT/Rockville) was also solid in the win tallying 22 points while Lesley sophomore Bryant Itonyo (Medford, MA/Medford) tied his teammate with a team-high of 13 points. Senior Alex Green (Baton Rouge, LA/Robert E. Lee) and junior Jonathan Cruz (Haverhill, MA/Haverhill) rounded out the Lynx in double digits with 11 and 10 points, respectively.

With the win the Nighthawks improve to 2-1 in the conference and 4-8 overall while the Lynx fall to 1-2 in the NECC and 4-10 overall. Newbury will return to the hard-court on Tuesday as they travel to Nashua, NH to face Daniel Webster college. Tip-off’s at 7:30pm.