DUDLEY, Mass. – Graduate student
Matt Morrow became the second member of the 1,000-point, 1,000-rebound club in Nichols College's 112-64 win over Curry College Thursday night in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) men's basketball action at the Nichols Athletic Center.
Morrow finished the night with a career-high 31 points and pulled down 16 rebounds, giving him 1,009 for his career. He joins Marc Dupuis (1974-78) as the second student-athlete in program history to achieve that feat, and just the third to pull down 1,000 rebounds (Dupuis, Mark Love 1969-72).
Classmate
Matt Alectus filled the stat sheet with 18 points, eight rebounds, and four steals while freshman
Tahmeen Dupree went for 14 points as the Bison (11-1, 3-1 CCC) ran their win streak against Curry (2-9, 1-3 CCC) to 18. They also outrebounded the visitors 59-36 and held them to 30 percent shooting.
Freshman
Samuel Batista came off the bench to score a career-high seven points (3-of-3 FG) while classmate
Shamari Peterson netted a career-high six.
Nichols is now 11-1 for the second time in three seasons; the Bison opened the 2018-19 campaign 11-1.