LEWISTON, Maine – Senior guard Adam Dombrowski (Dunstable, Mass.) scored 14 points and grabbed six rebounds and junior forward Corey Therriault (Auburn, Maine) added 13 points, eight rebounds, five assists, and four steals as the Wentworth men's basketball team improved to 2-0 for the first time since the 1998-99 season with a 61-43 win over the University of Maine-Fort Kent. The game was played as a part of the Bates College Tip-Off Tournament.
The Leopards' defense was impressive in this contest as the Black & Gold scored 21 points off of 23 Bengal turnovers and held Maine-Fort Kent to 27.1 percent from the floor – including 23.3 percent in the second half.
Maine-Fort Kent scored the first four points of the game – all by way of free throws – and held a 4-0 lead with 16:54 left in the first half. Wentworth's first points of the game came on the first field goal of the contest, a three pointer from Therriault, which cut the lead to 4-3 with 16:06 remaining. A minute and a half later, Dombrowski hit a jumper in the paint, which gave the Leopards a 5-4 lead.
Wentworth led by as many as five on two occasions, including when senior forward Matt Harte (Troy, N.Y.) hit a jumper with 7:31 left in the stanza to put the Black & Gold ahead, 15-10.
The Bengals used a 6-0 spurt to take a 16-15 lead with 3:53 left, but a Dombrowski trifecta with 3:36 to play put Wentworth back up by one. The three pointer also began a 12-0 run for the Leopards, who led by 11 on a sophomore guard Derek Mayo layup late in the half. The Leopards led, 27-18, at the break.
Leading by 11 with just under 16 minutes remaining in the contest, Wentworth put the game out of reach with a 9-0 run, capped off by a Therriault layup. The Leopards extended their lead to as many as 22 with under a minute left. Over the second 20:00, Wentworth shot 60 percent (15-for-25) from the floor.
Freshman John-Michael Fragnoli (Scotia, N.Y.) added eight points and six rebounds, while sophomore guard James Towner (Carlsbad, Calif.), sophomore forward Davon Daniels (Paterson, N.J.), and freshman forward Bo Leary (Auburn, Maine) each scored six points. The three combined to shoot 9-for-14 and Daniels also grabbed five rebounds.
Wentworth squares off against host Bates tomorrow at 1:00 p.m., while the Bengals fall to 4-3.
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