(Portions of this release courtesy of Becker Sports Information)
Leicester, Mass. – Becker junior guard Travis Suber (Springfield, Mass.) tallied a game high 23 points but the Hawks couldn’t hold the lead down the stretch as Wentworth defeated Becker 70-64 at the Leicester gymnasium. Wentworth improves their record to 2-1 as Becker dips to 1-3 to start the season.
Suber’s points came on 9-19 shooting from the floor, 2-5 from behind the three point arc and 3-4 from the free throw line. Freshman Kevin Miranda (Brockton, Mass.) scored 17 and Daniel Christensen (East Windsor, Conn.) had eight rebounds to help pace Becker.
Wentworth was led by senior guard Sherrad Prezzie-Blue (Norwalk, Conn.) who had 22 points and Shane West (Saco, Maine) with 10 points and nine rebounds. Sophomore forward Matt Abbott (Falmouth, Mass.) had 10 points and five rebounds off the bench.
It was a tight game throughout the first half with the teams tied 9-9 at the 13:40 mark. Wentworth went on a 15-5 run to push the score to 24-14 on a three pointer from freshman Colin O'Donnell (Nobleboro, Maine) with a little more than seven minutes left in the half. Becker then turned up the defense and capitalized on a turnover and a steal by Suber who went in untouched for his first of two dunks on the night. This sparked a 15-8 run for Becker who went into the half trailing by three 32-29.
Early in the second half, Becker took a 35-34 lead on Suber’s second dunk of the day and took its largest lead (55-48) of the game on a three pointer by Miranda with 9:55 left to play. Over the next two minutes the Hawks’ lead disappeared as West hit a free throw and a jumper and Matt Abbott hit consecutive baskets to tie the game at 55. Becker took a four point lead when Drew Schroll (Portland, Conn.) hit a three pointer with 5:03 to play.
Wentworth battled back and on a three pointer by Prezzie-Blue at the 2:08 mark the Leopards had the final lead of the night 65-64. The Leopards would hit their free throws to cap off a 10-0 run over the final 3:12 and prevail, 70-64.
Becker returns to action on Thursday November 29th as they travel to Anna Maria at 7:30 p.m. Wentworth travels to the University of New England on Saturday December 1st for a 1:00 p.m., non-conference game.
Official Basketball Box Score Wentworth vs Becker 11/27/07 7:00 pm at Leicester, Mass. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Wentworth 2-1 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 42 Weonard Bynes....... f 3-7 0-0 3-4 1 4 5 2 9 1 1 1 0 25 44 Sherrad Prezzie-Blue f 7-15 3-5 5-6 1 2 3 3 22 1 2 0 2 30 52 Shane West.......... f 4-8 0-0 2-4 3 6 9 3 10 1 5 0 0 31 14 Todd Doyle.......... g 4-7 0-3 0-0 0 4 4 1 8 1 2 0 2 22 20 Brad Bryant......... g 1-7 1-7 0-0 0 5 5 2 3 2 3 0 4 32 11 Kevin Wentworth..... 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12 Ed Bolton........... 1-3 1-3 2-2 1 3 4 1 5 1 1 0 1 24 23 Matt Abbott......... 4-6 0-0 2-4 2 3 5 3 10 0 1 0 0 18 24 Gil Ward............ 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 32 Pat LaCasse......... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33 Colin O'Donnell..... 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 TEAM................ 2 1 3 Totals.............. 25-61 6-24 14-20 10 29 39 16 70 7 16 1 9 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-30 40.0% 2nd Half: 13-31 41.9% Game: 41.0% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-12 25.0% 2nd Half: 3-12 25.0% Game: 25.0% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 5-5 100 % 2nd Half: 9-15 60.0% Game: 70.0% 3,1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Becker 1-3 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 32 Darren Callahan..... f 2-4 0-0 3-4 3 3 6 4 7 0 2 0 1 22 34 Daniel Christensen.. f 0-2 0-2 1-2 0 8 8 2 1 1 2 1 0 29 11 Emmanuel Masumbuko.. c 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 3 4 4 0 1 2 0 0 21 12 Travis Suber........ g 9-19 2-5 3-4 1 5 6 3 23 4 6 1 4 37 25 Kevin Miranda....... g 6-15 5-13 0-0 0 1 1 1 17 0 2 0 1 36 15 Shawn Fuller........ 1-5 1-2 1-2 2 0 2 4 4 0 2 0 0 14 21 Drew Schroll........ 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 4 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 23 22 Jeremy Rivers....... 1-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 50 Trey Jacobs......... 3-6 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 1 7 0 0 2 0 16 Team................ 2 4 6 2 Totals.............. 23-57 9-24 9-16 10 29 39 21 64 6 18 4 7 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 9-25 36.0% 2nd Half: 14-32 43.8% Game: 40.4% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd Half: 6-16 37.5% Game: 37.5% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 8-14 57.1% 2nd Half: 1-2 50.0% Game: 56.3% 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Rick Spahl, Mike Miller, Steve Cassel Technical fouls: Wentworth-None. Becker-None. Attendance: 135 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Wentworth..................... 32 38 - 70 Becker........................ 29 35 - 64 Points in the paint-WIT 0,BEC-MB 8. Points off turnovers-WIT 18,BEC-MB 11. 2nd chance points-WIT 7,BEC-MB 6. Fast break points-WIT 0,BEC-MB 4. Bench points-WIT 18,BEC-MB 16. Score tied-4 times. Lead changed-10 times. Last FG-WIT 2nd-01:48, BEC-MB 2nd-03:20. Largest lead-WIT by 10 1st-07:12, BEC-MB by 7 2nd-12:52.