Stewart Hits 1,000 Career Points Milestone as Men's Basketball Knocks off WNE on Senior Day

BOSTON, Mass. – On the final day of the regular season, junior Tyler Stewart (East Taunton, Mass.) sank his 1,000th career point as the Wentworth Institute of Technology men's basketball team celebrated Senior Day with a 66-59 win over Commonwealth Coast Conference rival Western New England.

With the win, the Black & Gold finish the regular season with an overall record of 14-11 and 9-7 in CCC play, while the Golden Bears finish 18-7 with a 12-4 mark in conference.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The two teams traded scores to open the game, with WNE taking a 4-3 lead before Wentworth rattled off ten of the next thirteen points, featuring nine from Stewart, to take a 14-6 advantage. The Leopards pushed their lead to 18-9 before two makes by sophomore Matthew Houde (Windsor Locks, Conn.) cut the deficit to 18-13.
• A three by junior Jack Connell (Walpole, Mass.) kickstarted the two teams trading scores, working the game to 23-16, before a three by senior Sam Goy (Derry, N.H.) extended Wentworth's lead to ten. A three by senior Brian Geitner (Tolland, Conn.) cut the deficit to 26-19.
• The two teams swapped scores, with the Leopards taking a 30-21 lead on a Goy make, before WNE finished the half on a six-point run, featuring scores by Geitner, senior Gavin Greene (Monroe, Conn.), and senior Tim Restall (Tolland, Conn.) to mark a 30-27 game at the break.
• The Golden Bears came out of the break with an 8-0 run, featuring five points from Houde, to mark a 34-30 lead, before a Goy three cut the Leopards' deficit to 34-33. Restall and Goy traded scores to mark a tie at 36-all before WNE later pulled away to take a 44-38 advantage. A three by sophomore Russell Dolabany (Westwood, Mass.) cut the deficit to 44-41.
• The two teams traded scores, with Wentworth closing the gap to one at 48-47 on three points by Goy and another two by Stewart. Greene and Geitner pushed WNE's lead to 53-47 with scores of their own before a Geitner three later marked a 58-51 lead. A three by Dolabany cut the deficit to four at 58-54 before Stewart rattled off six straight points to give the hosts a 62-58 lead. The Golden Bears ran into foul trouble to end the game and couldn't come up with a score outside of a free throw make, resulting in a 66-59 win for the Leopards.
• Stewart led all scorers with 24 points and hit the 1,000 career points milestone with his 13th point of the day, coming on a free throw make in the second half. Goy chipped in 14 points while Dolabany added 12. Restall led WNE's four double-figure scorers with 15 points.

SERIES NOTES:

• The Leopards own the all-time series, 19-12.

NEXT UP:

• Following today's regular-season finale, Wentworth hosts Roger Williams in the first round of the CCC Tournament Tuesday.

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