WORCESTER, Mass. – The Clark men's basketball team (14-2, 3-2 NEWMAC) traveled across town in a NEWMAC fixture and battled until the end, but fell 74-66 to WPI (13-1, 5-0 NEWMAC) on Wednesday night from the Harrington Auditorium.   

How it Happened

• WPI opened the game with a 12-7 lead despite a three-pointer from sophomore Mikey O'Brien and a pair of free throws from sophomore Bruce Saintilus and first-year Isaiah Taylor and two more Taylor free throws got Clark within three at 12-9 with 12:05 left in the first half.
• Graduate student Matthew Waggett netted the next five points with a triple and a layup to pull within two before WPI pushed the lead to nine and first-year Kyle Jackson brought the Cougars back within six at 25-19 with 4:10 remaining.
• Taylor hit a jumper and a Saintilus and-one layup pulled Clark within four at 29-25 and a Taylor three got the Cougars within one before WPI hit a shot before the half and led 31-28.
• WPI opened the second half on a 6-0 run that was ended by a sophomore Kolby Randolph layup and an O'Brien three got Clark within six at 42-36 with 14:36 to go.
• The Engineers then went on a 13-3 run, with a three coming from Taylor, but Clark responded with a bucket from graduate student Tyler Davern and four points from Saintilus to get back within 11 at 59-46 with 8:13 remaining.
• Taylor then scored four of Clark's next six points, but WPI still held 68-52 lead, but a Jackson three-pointer got the Cougars back within 11 at 68-57 with 1:33 to go.
• Jackson scored four points and Saintilus added three points down the stretch, but the Engineers came away with a 74-66 victory.

Inside the Box Score

• Taylor led the team with 19 points and registered four steals.
• Saintilus added 13 points and grabbed five rebounds.
• Jackson netted 10 points, with three made three-pointers.
• Clark grabbed 32 rebounds, made eight threes, dished out nine assists, and recorded 11 steals, while forcing 21 turnovers.

What's Next

The Cougars will be back in action on Saturday when they travel to Springfield for a NEWMAC contest beginning at 3:00 p.m.