WPI 105, Curry 73

Box Score

Worcester, MA --- Jim Marois (Worcester, MA) registered 21 points to help host WPI defeat Curry 105-73 in non-conference men's basketball action on Saturday afternoon.  The Engineers, who have won three straight, are now 9-3 on the season while Curry falls to 4-7.

The Crimson and Gray did their damage with 3-pointers.   Marois drained 5-of-7 from behind the arc while Jerome Kirkland (Boston, MA) and Ben Parker (Waterbury, VT) each connected on four from downtown.  As a team, the Engineers canned a season-best 19 3-pointers.

WPI used a decisive 18-0 spurt midway through the first half to extend an 11-10 advantage to 29-10 in a span of just over five minutes.  Marois and Parker keyed the run, combining for 14 points during the uprising. 

Kirkland ended the game with 14 points while Parker chipped in with 13 and Antoine Coleman (Everett, MA) reached double digits with 10.  16 players scored for WPI, who reached the 100 point mark for the second straight game and the fifth time in 12 contests this season.  Point guards Adam Lirette (Dover, NH) and Kyle Nadeau (Webster, MA) shared game-high honors with four assists each.

Tim Jones (Brookline, MA) led all players with 34 points for Curry.  The total was the second highest scored by a WPI opponent this season.  Jones connected on 11-of-18 shots from the field, including six 3-pointers and all six of his free throw attempts.   Jonathan Bowers (Kalamazoo, MI) tallied 12 points and hauled in a game-high eight rebounds for the Colonels while Mark Mastrullo (Billerica, MA) added 10 points, five boards and three assists.  

WPI will open up NEWMAC action on Wednesday at 5:30pm when they host Coast Guard in a rematch of last season's conference tournament championship game.  Curry returns to the court on Tuesday at 6pm with a road contest at Framingham State.