Men’s Basketball Notches 73-53 Non-League Win at Lesley

MEDFORD, Mass.- The Eastern Nazarene College men's basketball team collected its 12th-straight victory over Lesley Tuesday evening, prevailing 73-53 in non-conference play on the road.

THE BASICS:
Score: Eastern Nazarene 73, Lesley 53
Records: Lions (11-13) | Lynx (3-19)

                                   
HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Eastern Nazarene erased a four-point deficit with an 11-0 run spanning 3:10 to claim a 31-24 advantage late in the first half.
• The Lions clung to a 31-27 edge at the break after Lesley's Madison McCall drained a trey just before the halftime horn.
• The visitors widened the gap to 66-42 on a three-pointer by Joey Depina (Whitman, Mass.) with 4:16 remaining in the second stanza.
• Eastern Nazarene outscored Lesley 42-26 in the second half to earn the 20-point win.
  

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:

• Kobe Jones (Picayune, Miss.) netted a game-best 13 points and grabbed five boards.
• JaWaun Moore (Dayton, Ohio) tallied 11 points and added six rebounds.
• Nick Manso (Brick, N.J.) registered 11 points off the bench.
• Bernie McGuinness (Cumming, Ga.) and Levi White (Springfield, Mass.) each finished with nine points on the night.
• Sean McNichols (Norton, Mass.) chipped in with seven points off the bench while Isaac Padilla (El Paso, Texas) recorded a career-high nine rebounds to go with five points.
• Eastern Nazarene shot 43.1% from the floor and 41.2% from three-point territory in the game.
• Lesley managed a field-goal percentage of 33.3% while connecting on 7-of-36 from deep.
• Hezekiah Brown paced the Lynx with 10 points and nine rebounds off the bench while Christian Castro and Madison McCall added eight points.

                                                                                    
LOOKING AHEAD:

Eastern Nazarene wraps up the regular season with a home game against Mitchell February 18.