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LOWELL, Mass. -
Kyle Caiola totaled 23 points, seven rebounds and three assists to
lead UMass Lowell to a 61-47 Northeast-10 men's basketball win over
Southern New Hampshire University at the Costello Athletic Center
Tuesday night. The River Hawks remained unbeaten at 4-0 and
2-0 in the Northeast-10, while the Penmen are now 2-1 and 1-1 in
the league.
Caiola was 8-15 from the floor,
including 2-4 behind the arc. Scott Tavares-Taylor finished
with nine points for the River Hawks, while Romeo Diaz and Craig
Heatherly added six points apiece.
Stephen Wood
(South Jamaica Queens, N.Y.) led Southern New Hampshire with 12
points and eight rebounds, while Tory Stapleton
(Rahway, N.J.) and Greg DeSantis (Trumbull, Conn.)
added 10 points apiece.
SNHU trailed 29-16 at halftime and
by as many as 14 early in the second half, but the Penmen used a
12-2 run capped by a layup by Stapleton with just over 14 minutes
left to pull within four, 34-30. The guests got as close as
three, 37-34, with 10:47 remaining on a pair of free throws by
Corey Boland (Union, N.J.). UMass Lowell
then reeled off 11 unanswered points to take a 48-34 lead with 7:27
left on a layup by Marcus Johnson. The River Hawks maintained
at least a 12-point advantage the rest of the way.
The Penmen led just once, with
DeSantis hitting a three 30 seconds into the game to give the
guests a 3-0 lead. UMass Lowell built a 14-5 lead 7:23 into
the first half following a Caiola three-pointer. SNHU got
within six, 16-10, with 4:31 left on a pair of free throws by
Matthews, but the River Hawks closed the first half on a 8-1 run to
take a 29-16 lead to the locker room.
UMass Lowell limited Southern New
Hampshire to just three field goals in the first half and held the
Penmen to 28.8% shooting for the game. The River Hawks
outrebounded the Penmen 41-34 on the night.
Southern New Hampshire returns to
action Sunday when it travels to ninth-ranked Bentley University
for a 3:30 contest.
