Second Half Surge Helps Men’s Basketball Defeat Curry, 72-62

MILTON, Mass. — The Endicott men's basketball team defeated Curry, 72-62, in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) action on Wednesday evening.

Jalen Echevarria (Lynn, Mass.) led the Gulls with a game-high 22 points and six dimes. 

Dillon Grant (Dennis, Mass.) also added 18 points (7-11 FG, 5-6 FT) and six rebounds, while Mark Barrett (Brookline, Mass.) notched a double-double via 10 points and 10 boards.

In the opening stanza, Endicott produced a 12-5 scoring run late in the half to take a 29-23 lead with 3:08 to play. Fueling the run for the Gulls were Jeff Hill (Lynn, Mass.) (7), Grant (4), and Barrett (2).

Curry answered Endicott's run down the stretch, however, as the Colonels made it a one-possession contest, 31-29, at the break.  

From there, Endicott eventually pulled away towards the end of the second half via a 15-2 stretch, which gave the guests their largest advantage of the game, 68-52, with 4:41 remaining.

The Gulls seized all momentum in the matchup courtesy of a Drew Brown (Pelham, N.H.) layup, a pair of Grant free throws, two layups by Stephen Fama (Lynnfield, Mass), two points from Hill, and five more points in succession from Grant to cap the offensive outburst.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Endicott has won the last 19 meetings against Curry dating back to 1/11/2014.
• The Blue and Green finished plus-eleven on the glass, 45-34.
• Of Endicott's 72 points, 40 of them came in the painted area.
• The Gulls outscored the Colonels in the second half, 41-33.  

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott (11-5, 7-2 CCC) travels to Suffolk on Saturday, January 21 at 2:00 PM. Curry (4-12, 2-7 CCC) welcomes Roger Williams to its campus this Saturday at 3:00 PM.

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(Photo Credit - David Le '10)