WORCESTER, Mass. – The Clark men's basketball team (7-0) pushed their winning streak to seven games with an 81-66 victory over Lesley (2-6) on Tuesday night from the Kneller Gymnasium. The seven game winning streak is the programs longest since 2001-02 and the best start to a season since the 1986-87 national runner up.

How it Happened

• Clark took an early 15-10 lead with 13:04 left in the first sparked by five points from graduate student Biko Gayman, four points from graduate student Tyler Davern, and three points from sophomores Bruce Saintilus and Mikey O'Brien.
• Gayman pushed the lead to eight with a three-pointer with 11:43 remaining in the first and a Zackary Mittelstadt layup extended the advantage to 12 at 26-14 before the Lynx pulled back into the game and trailed 30-28 with 6:41 to go.
• Saintilus then knocked down a three-pointer and made two layups to spark his own 7-0 run and push the lead to 37-28 before Lesley ended the half on a 11-4 run despite free throws from graduate student Matthew Waggett and first-year Kyle Jackson as Clark led 41-39 at the half.
• The Lynx took a 46-43 lead out of the half before Davern made a layup and Jackson connected on a triple to tie the game at 48-48 and the team's traded baskets until a Saintilus layup with 10:19 left in the game gave Clark a 54-53 lead.
• O'Brien, Gayman, and Davern each made layups to keep a two point lead at 60-58 before the Cougars exploded and went on a 16-0 run sparked by seven points from both Saintilus and Gayman as well as a Davern layup as they held Lesley scoreless for nearly four minutes and led 76-58 with 4:12 to go.
• The Cougars then closed out the game with five more points as they pushed the win streak to seven games with a convincing 81-66 win.

Inside the Box Score

• Gayman netted a team-high 23 points with nine made shots and recorded three steals.
• Saintilus added 21 points on 7-13 shooting with eight rebounds.
• Davern scored 12 points and grabbed a team-high nine rebounds.
• Clark grabbed 49 rebounds, shot 38.5 percent from the floor, dished out 13 assists, and recorded 16 steals, while forcing 27 turnovers.

What's Next

The Cougars will return to the court on Thursday night when they welcome Framingham State to the Kneller for a non-conference contest beginning at 7:00 p.m.