Men’s Basketball Cruises Past Framingham State, 72-51

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.- The Eastern Nazarene College men's basketball team rolled to a 72-51 victory at Framingham State Saturday evening.

THE BASICS:
Score: Eastern Nazarene 72, Framingham State 51
Records: Lions (2-0) | Rams (1-1)

                                   
HOW IT HAPPENED:

• After a closely-contested opening frame, Eastern Nazarene headed into the halftime break with a narrow 30-26 edge.
• The Lions started the second stanza with nine unanswered points while holding the Rams scoreless for nearly seven minutes to claim a 39-26 lead.
• The visitors outscored the home side 42-25 in the second half to collect their second-straight win.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:

• Bernie McGuinness (Cumming, Ga.) netted a team-high 17 points while grabbing five rebounds and dishing out four assists.
• JaWaun Moore (Dayton, Ohio) finished with 11 points and five boards.
• Levi White (Springfield, Mass.) contributed nine points, three rebounds, three assists, and three steals.
• Corey McGhee (Alexandria,Va.) chipped in with nine points, four rebounds, and three assists.
• Nick Manso (Brick, N.J.) tallied eight points off the bench to go with four assists and four steals.
• Eastern Nazarene shot 52.2% from the floor and drained 11-of-22 attempts from behind the arc.
• Framingham State finished with a field-goal percentage of 29.8% while being limited to 11.5% shooting from three-point range.

LOOKING AHEAD:

Eastern Nazarene returns home November 15 to take on Lasell.