WORCESTER, Mass. – The Clark men's basketball team (14-1, 3-1 NEWMAC) registered a convincing 84-70 victory against Wheaton (5-9, 0-3 NEWMAC) on Monday night from the Kneller Gymnasium.  

How it Happened

• Clark took an early 10-2 lead sparked by five points from graduate student Biko Gayman and a triple from first-year Isaiah Taylor and four points from graduate student Tyler Davern helped give the Cougars a 17-7 advantage with 12:58 to go in the first half.
• Graduate student Matthew Waggett and sophomore Mikey O'Brien made layups before a Davern three-pointer extended the lead to 24-11 with 10:50 left in the first half and four points from Taylor helped Clark go on a 7-3 run as they led 31-14.
• First-year Kyle Jackson then made a free throw and a triple before Taylor added four more points to propel the Cougars to a 42-27 advantage and Gayman netted five more points before the half as Clark took a 49-29 lead into the locker room.
• Wheaton opened the second half with eight unanswered points before Taylor netted four of his own to push the lead back to 16 and a three-pointer from sophomore Kolby Randolph pushed the lead 60-43 with 15:07 remaining in the contest.
• After the Lyons pulled within 11 of the lead, sophomore Bruce Saintilus was fouled shooting a three and made all three free throws and a Taylor layup extended the advantage back to 67-51 with 10:24 to go.
• Taylor connected on a triple with 6:14 remaining as Wheaton came within 10 of the lead to extend it back to 13 and two points from Taylor, Saintilus, and Davern gave Clark a 78-60 lead with 4:01 left in the contest.
• Saintilus and O'Brien each scored three points down the stretch as Clark pulled away with a 84-70 victory.

Inside the Box Score

• Taylor led the team with 23 points, while recording five rebounds and four steals.
• Saintilus added 15 points, grabbed five rebounds and recorded four steals.
• Gayman and Davern also reached double-figures with 12 and 10 points respectively.
• Clark grabbed 32 rebounds, made nine threes, dished out 17 assists, and recorded 20 steals, while forcing 25 turnovers.

What's Next

Clark will be back in action on Wednesday night when they travel cross town for a conference matchup with WPI beginning at 7:00 p.m.