BENTLEY UNIVERSITY: Falcons topple St. A's

Sophomore forward Brian Tracey led five in doubles with 17 points, and the Falcon defense sparkled, as Bentley University put away Saint Anselm College early, cruising to an 84-47 win in Northeast-10 Conference men's basketball Saturday at the Dana Center.

Bentley, completing a 3-0 week in which it outscored the opposition 275-189, improved to 12-4 overall and 6-3 in the NE-10, a game out of first. Saint Anselm (10-3, 6-3 NE-10) became the second team this week to be knocked out of a first-place tie by the Falcons.

The Falcons used three significant runs to take a commanding 44-21 lead into the halftime locker room. They scored the game's first eight points, with four different players contributing points, and later ran off a 16-2 spurt that stretched the advantage to 31-13.

Finally, Bentley scored 13 unanswered to go up 25, 44-19, with a minute left in the first.

Saint Anselm never threatened in the second, with the Falcon lead ranging from 18 points to a game-high 34, the latter achieved with 6:16 left (76-42).

Bentley is back in action Wednesday with a 7:30 game at Le Moyne College.

Women's Basketball
Bentley 77, Saint Anselm 45
Senior guard Kristy McLean scored 15 points, and junior post Kelly Barrett had 14 points and 11 rebounds for her second double-double of the season, as Bentley University shot down Saint Anselm College, 77-45, in Northeast-10 Conference women's basketball Saturday afternoon at the Dana Center.

Bentley, with its eighth win in its last nine games, ran its record to 11-6 (7-3 NE-10) and moved to within a game of first in the conference after first-place Stonehill was upended by Le Moyne in Syracuse. Saint Anselm, with its eighth loss in nine NE-10 games, fell to 3-11 on the year.

After a three from Saint Anselm opened the scoring, Bentley tallied 17 of the next 18 points to open a 17-4 lead less than nine minutes into the contest.

Bentley, which shot a blistering 68 percent in the opening half, finished the first by outscoring the Hawks 22-7 over the final 7:20, extending the lead to 23 (43-20).

Bentley's lead peaked at 34, 72-38, with 5:32 remaining.

The Falcons take to the road for their next two, playing at Le Moyne Wednesday and Pace next Saturday.

Men's Hockey
Falcons sweep Canisius
Senior Dain Prewitt scored the game-winning, power-play goal with 5:39 left in third period and sent Bentley University to a 4-3 win over Canisius Saturday night at the Amherst Pepsi Center in Atlantic Hockey play.

The Falcons went 4-0 against the Golden Griffins this season and completed the weekend sweep with Saturday night's win, which followed an 8-3 victory on Friday night.

On Saturday night, with the score tied at three and the Falcons on the power play, Prewitt took a pass from senior Jeff Gumaer, skated in on net and beat Canisius goalie Andrew Loewen with a shot to the glove side for the winning goal. Canisius pulled Loewen in the game's waning moments but the Falcons were able to hold on for the win, improving their record to 8-10-1 overall and 7-6-1 in the AHA.

On Friday night, sophomore Dustin Cloutier recorded the first hat trick by a Bentley player in nearly a year in the win. All of his goals were on the power play. Cloutier added two assists for a career high five points.

The Falcons are back in action Wednesday night for an AHA contest against UConn in Storrs, Conn. Face-off is 7:05 p.m.