Box Score

DUDLEY, Mass. – Senior captain Ryan Sheehan (North Attleboro, Mass.) scored a game-high 21 points as the Nichols College men's basketball team tied the program-record for single-season wins with a 75-60 triumph over Endicott College Wednesday night in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) contest at the Nichols Athletic Center.

Sophomore Irving Eggleston (East Lyme, Conn.) added nine points, three rebounds and a pair of steals as the Bison (17-5, 13-2 CCC) tied the mark set by the 2003-04 squad, which finished 17-9. Junior Marlon Bennett (Stratford, Conn.) and sophomore Gustave Koumare (Harlem, N.Y.) each tallied eight points while junior Matt Langadas (Sebago, Maine) and sophomore Christian Horton (Rutland, Mass.) each scored seven.

Senior Lachlan Magee (Melbourne, Australia) recorded a double-double with 19 points and 12 boards for the Gulls (14-8, 8-7 CCC). Junior Matt Kneece (Shrewsbury, Mass.) was next with eight points, but he also committed five of the team's 19 turnovers. Sophomore Chris Light (Derry, N.H.) registered six points and three rebounds.

Nichols – which led wire-to-wire – built a 22-6 lead just 10 minutes into the contest behind six points from Bennett and five from Horton. Endicott briefly cut the deficit to nine after Magee canned a triple, but a putback dunk by junior Chris Johnson (Mansfield, Mass.) to close the first-half sent the Bison to the locker room with a 36-19 lead.

Sheehan led all scorers through the first 20 minutes with nine points while Magee paced the Gulls with five points. Defensively, the Bison defense held the Gulls to 28 percent shooting (9-of-32) while committing just two turnovers on the offensive end.

Nichols opened up a 21-point advantage following a layup by Sheehan 4:31 into the second half before a pair of free throws from Eggleston gave the Bison their largest lead of the evening at 56-32. Endicott chipped away at its deficit and climbed to within 12 after a layup by freshman Kamahl Walker (Worcester, Mass.) with 1:53 remaining before time ran out.

The Gulls held a 48-32 edge on the glass – including 20-6 advantage on the offensive side – and recorded 16 second-chance points. Nichols, meanwhile, finished the contest with just nine turnovers while posting eight blocks – five of which came from junior Joe Gallant (Salem, N.H.). The Bison rattled home 24 of their 29 free throws as well (83 percent).

Nichols hosts UNE Saturday at 3 p.m. and will honor Sheehan and classmate Sam Horning (Falmouth, Maine) prior to the event. The Gulls host Curry Saturday at 3 p.m.