2017-2018 Wentworth Men's Basketball News

Season
Men's Basketball Earns NABC Team Academic Excellence Award; Knollmeyer, Kizel Named to Honors Court
Men's Basketball Earns NABC Team Academic Excellence Award; Knollmeyer, Kizel Named to Honors Court

For the second straight season, seniors Sam Knollmeyer and Ben Kizel named to NABC Honors Court, while the Leopards collectively earn Team Academic Excellence honors.

Winter/Spring Academic All-Commonwealth Coast Conference Teams Announced
Winter/Spring Academic All-Commonwealth Coast Conference Teams Announced

Thirty-six Leopard student-athletes earn 38 Academic All-CCC honors across eight sports, including three of the five CCC Senior Scholar-Athletes Wentworth had during the 2017-2018 academic year

Endicott Pulls Away From Men's Basketball
Endicott Pulls Away From Men's Basketball

Gulls use a 10-0 run in the second half and take an 84-73 win in the CCC quarterfinals; Jason Ganley scores a season-high 34 points and finishes his career third on Wentworth's all-time scoring list

Knollmeyer Takes Home Two Pieces of CCC Hardware; Ganley, Azums Earn All-CCC Honors
Knollmeyer Takes Home Two Pieces of CCC Hardware; Ganley, Azums Earn All-CCC Honors

Senior Sam Knollmeyer repeated as the CCC Defensive Player of the Year and also earned the league's senior scholar-athlete of the year award while senior Jason Ganley and sophomore Stephen Azums were each named Second Team All-CCC

Men's Basketball Seeded Sixth in CCC Tournament
Men's Basketball Seeded Sixth in CCC Tournament

Leopards travel to third-seeded Endicott on Tuesday (February 20) for a 5:30 p.m. quarterfinal round game against the Gulls

Top Seeded Bison Battle Past Men's Basketball
Top Seeded Bison Battle Past Men's Basketball

The Leopards closed out the regular season with a tough loss to top-seeded Nichols, 81-72.

Men's Basketball Works Overtime to Defeat Western New England
Men's Basketball Works Overtime to Defeat Western New England

Sophomore Stephen Azums' three-point play with 19 seconds left snapped a 64-all tie as the Leopards prevailed, 67-64, in overtime, after trailing by as many as 13 in the second half

Endicott Holds off Men's Basketball
Endicott Holds off Men's Basketball

Leopards whittle an 18-point deficit down to seven before falling to the Gulls, 69-56; Jason Ganey scores a game-high 20 points

UNE Fends off Men's Basketball
UNE Fends off Men's Basketball

Nor'Easters hold on for an 82-80 win despite a 22-point effort from Jason Ganley and an 18-point, 19-rebound effort from Stephen Azums

Second Half Run Key in Roger Williams' Win Over Men's Basketball
Second Half Run Key in Roger Williams' Win Over Men's Basketball

Hawks break open a tie game with a 17-3 run, en route to a 72-58 win; Jason Ganley scores 17 points for the Leopards

Gordon Powers Past Men's Basketball
Gordon Powers Past Men's Basketball

Gordon sophomore Eric Demers scored 26 points to propel the Gordon College men’s basketball team over Wentworth Institute of Technology, 83-62, Tuesday evening in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) action inside the Bennett Center.

Lions Pull Away from Men's Basketball
Lions Pull Away from Men's Basketball

Despite a game-high 26 points from senior Jason Ganley (Northbridge, Mass.), Eastern Nazarene outlasted Wentworth Institute of Technology, 68-65, in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) men’s basketball action Saturday afternoon inside Lahue PE Center.

Men's Basketball Outlasts Curry in Overtime to Notch Fourth Straight Win
Men's Basketball Outlasts Curry in Overtime to Notch Fourth Straight Win

Four score in double figures, led by Stephen Azums' double-double of 14 points and 17 rebounds as the Leopards use overtime to defeat the Colonels, 62-58

Ganley Drains Game-Winning Trey to Send Men's Basketball over Salve
Ganley Drains Game-Winning Trey to Send Men's Basketball over Salve

With four seconds remaining in regulation, senior Jason Ganley (Northbridge, Mass.) drained a three-pointer to lift the Wentworth Institute of Technology men’s basketball team over Salve Regina, 53-50, in a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) matchup Saturday afternoon at the Rogers Recreation Center.

Men's Basketball Fends off Roger Williams
Men's Basketball Fends off Roger Williams

Senior Jason Ganley scored 19 points in the first half to lift the Wentworth men’s basketball team over Roger Williams University, 66-60, on Thursday evening inside the Campus Recreation Center.

Late Comeback Pushes Men's Basketball Past Western New England
Late Comeback Pushes Men's Basketball Past Western New England

Leopards hold Golden Bears scoreless over the final 4:45 in a 72-72 as Stephen Azums nets game-winning shot with 22 seconds left; Jason Ganley scores a game-high 22 points