Babson Park, Mass. — Host Babson College broke open a tie game with a 13-0 run to end the first half and the Beavers never looked back, rolling to an 80-56 win over Clark University in New England Women's And Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) men's basketball action at Staake Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon.

With its seventh consecutive win, Babson (17-5, 11-1 NEWMAC) clinched at least a share of its second straight regular-season league title, while Clark drops to 6-17 overall and 3-9 in conference play.

For the Green and White, Bradley Jacks (Fort Washington, Md.) led all scorers with 17 points and classmate Nick Comenale (New York Mills, N.Y.) added 15 and five rebounds.

Junior Sam Bohmiller (Franklin, Mass.) finished with 12 points, five rebounds and three assists, while classmate Joey Flannery (Acton, Mass.) chipped in with 11 points, six boards and a game-high five assists for the Beavers.

Senior Tyler Huffman (West Hartford, Conn.) led the Cougars with 10 points and two assists – the lone Clark player to reach double figures.  

After struggling to find a rhythm for much of the opening half, the Green and White knocked down five of its final eight shots and broke the game open with its game-altering spurt. First-year Tyler Colon (Palos Verdes Peninsula, Calif.) started the run with a corner three, Jacks followed a pair of Flannery hoops with a three-point play and Bohmiller drilled another triple from the left wing to give the Beavers a 32-19 advantage at the break.

Huffman and junior David Mercier (Milford, Conn.) scored on back-to-back possessions to pull Clark within nine 45 seconds into the second half, but Babson ran off the next 11 points to extend its lead to 43-23 on a jumper by senior Travis Sheldon (Woodstock, N.Y.) with 15:34 to play. Comenale then buried consecutive treys to help the Beavers stretch their advantage to 55-29 with just under 12 minutes remaining.

The Cougars cut their deficit to 20 on a layup by first-year Brendan Kittredge (Clinton, Mass.) with a little over nine minutes left, but the Green and White responded with a 17-6 run to take its biggest lead of the afternoon on a free throw by junior Kyle Rodegher (Andover, Conn.) at the 4:01 mark.

Babson shot 50 percent (31-of-62) from the floor and finished a perfect 11-of-11 at the charity stripe. They also scored 16 points off turnovers and finished with a 40-26 edge in paint scoring.

Clark shot just 30.8 percent (20-of-65) overall and after connecting on 15 three-pointers in an overtime loss at Wheaton on Wednesday, were just 3-of-19 from beyond the arc. The Cougars, who got 24 points from their bench, finished with a 39-38 advantage on the glass.

Both teams return to action on Wednesday at 7 p.m. as Babson travels to Coast Guard, while Clark hosts Springfield.