Beverly, Mass. – The Wentworth men's basketball team fell to Commonwealth Coast Conference frontrunner Endicott College by a final score of 79-65 on Wednesday evening inside MacDonald Gymnasium.

RECORDS

• Wentworth  - 11-6, 4-4 CCC
• Endicott – 13-4, 7-1 CCC

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Points Leaders:  Kyle Henseler (22), Noah Bice (14), Kevin Fernandez (11)
• Rebounds Leaders: Jack Schaake (8), Stephen Azums (5), Gavin Keough (5)
• Assists Leader: Kevin Fernandez (3)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Endicott shot 52.9% from the field and broke a 4-4 tie with a 16-5 run to hold a commanding 20-9 lead midway through the first half. Keith Brown capped the charge with a three-pointer and knocked in a second trey with 8:08 left to go to keep the gap at 11, 23-12. Both teams traded baskets including four points from Wentworth's Noah Bice (Woodacre, Calif.) and a layup from Jack Shaake (Hampton, N.H.), before Ty Vitko drained another long-range basket for the Gulls to lead 32-18 with just under five minutes left in the half.
• Down 40-26 at the break, the Leopards came out of halftime and shot 46.%, where Kyle Henseler (Coventry, R.I.) bucketed 15 of his team-high 22 points. Wentworth clawed back and hovered in the ten-point range midway through the half, until Kevin Fernandez (Lawrence, Mass.) ignited a 6-0 spurt for Wentworth that brought the Leopards within six, 58-52. A 12-3 run for the home team, however, boosted the Gulls' advantage back to double-digits, as Keith Brown sank a free throw for the 70-55 score. The hosts took their largest lead of the game with two minutes left in the contest to secure another CCC victory.
  
  

NOTES

• Henseler scored 20+ points for the first time this season and fourth time in his career at Wentworth
• Endicott held a 42-36 advantage on the glass, while both teams grabbed six offensive boards each.
• The Gulls are in first place in the league standings with a 7-1 record in conference.
  
  

THE SERIES

• Endicott holds a 30-10 advantage in the all-time series dating back to 1995.

NEXT

• The Leopards return to Tansey Gym on Saturday for a conference game vs. Nichols at 3:00 p.m.

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