BEVERLY — (Video) Senior guard Kamahl Walker (Worcester, Mass.) (Video Below) became the 
Endicott men’s basketball team’s all-time leading scorer as the Gulls broke away in the second half for an 81-53 win over the University of New England in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) play Tuesday night inside MacDonald Gymnasium on Gull Revolution’s “White Out” themed night.
Walker came into his 100th career game needing just 20 points to become the program’s all-time leading scorer to surpass Eric Simonelli’s ’01 career mark of 1,677 acquired through 99 career games and did so as he sunk a pair of free throws with 2:27 left in the first half for 22 of his game-high 28 points on the night coming in the opening stanza.
Endicott took a 35-30 lead into the halftime huddle and emerged by showing a strong defensive effort that held an opponent to its second-lowest output in a half against the Gulls all season.
Meanwhile, Endicott knocked down 15-of-33 shots, including 14-of-15 from the line in the second half alone to out-score UNE by a 46-23 margin en route to the Gulls’ fourth win in a row and they made it eight straight against the Nor’easters in the all-time series.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Walker matched his season-high with 28 points and now has 1,686 career points.
- Senior guard Max Motroni (West Warwick, R.I.) joined Walker in double figures with 14 points and five rebounds.
- Senior forward Daquan Sampson (Germantown, Md.) brought down a game-high 11 rebounds to go with nine points as he was just shy of his third double-double of the season.
- Senior guard Drew Sawyer (Norwalk, Conn.) and junior guard Joel Villa (Bronx, N.Y.)both played well off the bench as they chipped in seven points apiece (career-high for Villa) and grabbed three and five rebounds each, respectively.
- The Gulls pulled down a season-high 41 defensive rebounds and matched their season-high with 53 rebounds in total to UNE’s 35 on the night.
- Endicott converted a season-high 28-of-32 attempts from the charity stripe.
- 23 points in the second half was the second-lowest total the Gulls have allowed in a half all season (20 in the first half vs. Curry on 11/30/16).
- Endicott held UNE to 13 points in the second half with 5:53 to go in the game, before the Nor’easters tacked on 10 more points in the frame.
FOR THE FOES
- Sophomore guard Drew Muniz (Gloucester, Mass.) led the Nor’easters in scoring with nine points off the bench.
- Sophomore forward Zachary Kupferberg (Chicago, Ill.) grabbed a team-high seven rebounds to go with eight points off the bench.
- UNE’s only lead of the game was the opening seconds as junior guard Gavin Dribble (Greenport, N.Y.) nailed a trey with 19:30 on the clock.
NOTES
- Endicott is now 22-10 all-time against the Nor’easters, as the most recent meeting before today was a 78-65 win on the road on on 12/06/2016.
- The Gulls have won eight in a row in head-to-head matchups with UNE and are 11-4 all-time in home games in the series dating back to the 1995 season.
WHAT’S NEXT
Endicott (16-4, 11-2 CCC) takes on cross-town rival Gordon in Wenham, Mass. on Saturday, February 4th at 3:00 p.m.
University of New England (6-14, 4-9 CCC) hosts Roger Williams on Saturday, February 4th at 4:00 p.m. in Biddeford, Maine. Video supplied by Endicott College Sports Information Office
BEVERLY, Mass. — The Endicott women’s basketball team dropped a narrow 50-43 contest to the visiting the University of New England Nor’easters in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) play Tuesday night inside MacDonald Gymnasium.
A narrow 13-10 lead for the Nor’easters at the end of the first quarter turned into 12-4 run in the second stanza as UNE headed into the locker room with a 22-17 lead.
The Gulls kept the game within reach, getting as close as down 34-33 with 7:57 remaining in the game as freshman guard Kaleigh Putnam (Wallingford, Conn.) hit a three-pointer to cut the deficit to just one and made it a single possession game.
However, a 6-0 run over the next three minutes created all the separation the Nor’easters would need the rest of the way as they preserved their nine-game win streak.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Junior guard Gabriella Coppola (Watertown, Mass.) dished out a game-high five assists to go with five rebounds and her team-leading 11 points for the Gulls.
- Junior guard Hannah Kiernan (Wenham, Mass.) added 10 points, six rebounds, and two steals for her fifth straight game (13th overall) scoring in double digits this season.
- Senior forward Sarah Hood (Burlington, Mass.) grabbed a floor-leading 10 rebounds alongside her seven points, one assist, one steal, and two blocks.
- Hood now has seven games this season with 10+ rebounds.
FOR THE FOES
- UNE has won the past five meetings, including a 79-68 victory earlier this season on 12/06/2016 in Biddeford, Maine to complete the regular-season series sweep.
- The Nor’easters out-rebounded the Gulls, 47-34.
- Senior center Alicia Brown (Greenland, N.H.) led the way with a game-high 13 points, seven rebounds, game-best four steals, and one block.
- Junior guard Sam MacDonald (Lebanon, N.H.) joined Brown in double figures to go with six rebounds.
- Junior forward Olivia Shaw (Saco, Maine) tied Brown for the team lead with seven boards.
WHAT’S NEXT
Endicott (9-11, 8-5 CCC) takes on cross-town rival Gordon in Wenham, Mass. on Saturday, February 4th at 1:00 p.m.
University of New England (15-5, 11-2 CCC) hosts Roger Williams on Saturday, February 4th at 2:00 p.m. in Biddeford, Maine.
