MILTON, MA – The Endicott men’s basketball team secured 81-61 road victory at Curry Tuesday night in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) action inside Dr. Eleanor Meyerhoff Gymnasium behind a career-high 25 point night for junior guard Max Motroni (West Warwick, R.I.) and junior forward Daquan Sampson‘s (Germantown, Md.) fifth double-double of the season.
With the win, the Gulls improved to 6-5 overall and 3-1 in conference play, while Curry fell to 0-11 on the season and 0-4 in the CCC.
The Colonels led by as much as seven, up 19-12, with 11:01 to play in the half, but the Gulls rallied for a 28-27 lead on junior forward Stephen Basden‘s (Lynn, Mass.) jumper at the 06:28 mark and then pulled ahead for good up 31-30 on Sampson’s free throw with 04:26 to play and never trailed again in the game.
Endicott led 42-34 at halftime as junior guard Kamahl Walker (Worcester, Mass.) scored all 16 of his points on the night in the first 17 of the 30 minutes he played.
Motroni set a new single-game career-high with 25 points (including 4-of-7 from three-point land) to go with eight rebounds, five assists, and one steal, while Sampson’s double-double was courtesy of 18 points and 10 rebounds.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- The Gulls placed three student-athletes in double figures (Motroni, Sampson, Walker.)
- Walker extended his double-digit scoring streak to 23 games.
- Basden pulled down seven rebounds (his second most this season).
- Motroni added 17 points in the second half, which is the most he has scored in a single half this season.
- Endicott won back-to-back games for the first time all season.
FOR THE FOES
- The Colonels had three student-athletes score in double digits, as junior guard Trey Jones (Mattapan, Mass.), junior guard/forward Paul Preziosi (Quincy, Mass.), and freshman guard Raul Handy (North Easton, Mass.) led the way for Curry with 15, 13, and 10 points apiece.
- Preziosi grabbed a team-high eight boards as the Colonels got out-rebounded 44-29 by Endicott.
- Jones made a game-high 5-of-8 from beyond the arc.
NOTES
- The Gulls are now 19-13 all-time against Curry, as the most recent meeting before today was a 77-57 win in Milton, Mass. on Feb. 14, 2015.
- The Gulls have won five straight against the Colonels and is 10-8 on the road all-time at Curry.
WHAT’S NEXT
Both teams are back in action on Thursday, January 7 at 7:30 p.m. as Endicott will host Roger Williams, while Curry (0-11) takes on the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine.
Information supplied by Endicott College Sports Information Office
