Endicotts skid continues with road defeat at Wentworth

Talk about Endicott Men's Basketball on Twitter     Tweet \#GoGulls

BOSTON, Mass. – Freshman guard John Henault (Lunenburg, Mass.) continued his strong play in his rookie campaign with 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting, but the Gulls men's basketball team dropped their third straight Commonwealth Coast Conference game 80-65 to Wentworth on Tuesday night in Boston.  Endicott is now 11-7 (6-5 CCC) and will look to break their losing skid on Thursday night at home against Nichols.

Wentworth senior guard Adam Dombrowski (Dunstable, Mass.) connected on 7-of-11 shots from the floor, en route to a game-high 18-point night for the Leopards who won their third straight contest.  Wentworth improved to 12-6 overall and 8-4 in the CCC.

The Leopards jumped out to a 7-0 lead behind a 3-pointer from senior guard Eric Prue (Auburn, Maine) and baskets from freshman guard Nico Donato (Glastonbury, Conn.) and freshman forward John-Michael Fragnoli (Scotia, N.Y.). However, the Gulls countered with an 8-0 run, taking an 8-7 lead on a freshman forward Andre Makris (Southbury, Conn.) 3-pointer with 16:57 left in the half.

Wentworth scored the next six points – with four coming from junior guard Colin Johnson (El Dorado Hills, Calif.) – and led, 13-8, with 15:08 left before the Gulls battled back and tied the game on a 3-point play from sophomore guard Lachlan Magee (Melbourne, Australia) with 13:46 left in the frame.

The Black & Gold would lead by as many as eight on two occasions, including when sophomore guard Derek Mayo (Casco, Maine) hit a layup with 6:12 to play. The Gulls scored the next four points to cut the lead to two, and, after a Fragnoli basket, came within one on a 3-pointer from Henault.

Mayo and Henault traded baskets to make it a 34-33 game with 20 seconds left before Mayo fed Dombrowski with a second left in the half to give Wentworth a 36-33 advantage.

Dombrowski, junior guard Corey Therriault (Auburn, Maine), and Fragnoli opened the half with baskets for the Leopards to push the lead to nine, and, after two free throws from senior forward Tanner McEntee (Del Mar, Calif.) cut the lead to seven, Wentworth went on a 21-5 run over the next 7:15 to break the game open, taking its largest lead (23) on a 3-pointer from Donato.

Endicott would eventually whittle the lead down to nine with 2:13 remaining on a Magee layup, but Therriault answered with a putback off a Fragnoli miss and the Leopards would go 8-for-8 from the charity stripe down the stretch to seal the win.

Henault led the Gulls with 17 points, while junior guard Lance Greene (Dorchester, Mass.) added 13 points, six rebounds, and four assists. Magee also went for double digits in scoring, with 12 points.

Story courtesy of Wentworth Sports Information