Balanced Scoring Attack Leads Gulls Past Host Roger Williams University, 64-51

BRISTOL, R.I. – The Endicott men's basketball team downed host Roger Williams University, 64-51, in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) action Saturday afternoon inside the Recreation Center Gymnasium.

In an all-around team effort, every student-athlete in the Gulls' lineup contributed points. Junior forward Daquan Sampson (Germantown, Md.) led the way as he paced all scorers with a game-high 11 points and a game-high eight rebounds.

Endicott led from the beginning, and built a double-digit lead with 7:13 to play in the opening stanza on sophomore guard Joel Villa's (Bronx, N.Y.) layup. The Gulls managed to extend their lead to 20-points with 56 seconds remaining in the first half on Sampson's three-pointer and sent the Gulls into the locker room up 38-19 at the break.

The Gulls' balanced offensive attack withstood a second-half surge from Roger Williams, as the Hawks were able to cut the deficit to 10 with 4:59 left in the game on junior guard Andrew Wasik's (Gainesville, Fla.) layup and that's as close as the Hawks would get the rest of the way as Endicott won its second game in a row.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• The Gulls also scored 64 points in an earlier win this season over the Hawks on Jan. 7, 2016.
• Endicott held its opponent to a season-low 19 points in the first half.
• Endicott forced 20 Hawks' turnovers and turned those into 25 points.
• The Gulls had a season-high 13 steals, as Villa had a team-high four swipes.
• Senior guard Chris Light (Derry, N.H.) tied his season-high with seven points.

FOR THE FOES

• Senior center Trevor Fahmy (Bedford, N.H.) and Wasik tied for the most points, each putting up ten points for the Hawks. 
• Fahmy also brought down a team-high seven rebounds.
• The Hawks out-rebounded the Gulls, 31-29.

NOTES

• The Gulls lead the all-time series 25-7, and also own a 9-3 advantage on the road at Roger Williams dating back to the 1994 season.
• Endicott swept the season series, as the Gulls edged the Hawks, 64-61, in Beverly, Mass. on Jan. 7, 2016.

WHAT'S NEXT

Both teams are back in action on Wednesday, February 10, as the Gulls (12-9, 9-5 CCC) will travel to face the University of England at 7:30 p.m., while Roger Williams (9-12, 7-7 CCC) plays at Eastern Nazarene at 7:00 p.m. in Quincy, Mass. 

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