MBB Falls Short at Wheelock

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - Three players scored over 20 points as the Wheelock College men's basketball team defeated Mitchell College, 98-75, Saturday afternoon in New England Collegiate Conference action.

Dan Main scored 22 points, Sherard Robbins knocked in 21, and Max Kaim added 20 as the Wildcats had their largest offensive output of the season. Wheelock shot 50 percent from the field, led by a 9-of-16 performance from Main. Head Coach John Preziosa also received solid defensive play as the team recorded a season-high 15 steals, including a career-high seven steals from Victor Kashouh. 

The Wildcats scored 33 points off of 23 Mitchell turnovers and managed 20 fast break points. Wheelock improved to 8-3 on the season and 1-0 in the NECC. The Mariners fell to 1-8 overall and 0-2 in the NECC.

The game was knotted at six five minutes into the first half when Wheelock went on a 19-8 run sparked by nine points from Patsy Dinuzzo, who finished with 12 points. Mitchell was able to cut the lead to eight with 1:40 remaining in the first half on a jumper by senior Eric Murray, but that was as close as the Mariners would get for the rest of the game.

Murray led all scorers with a season-high 24 points and added a game-high 11 rebounds to record his third double-double of the season. Junior Drew Norris shot 4-of-6 from the three-point line and finished with 13 points while sophomore John Patterson contrbuted season highs of 12 points and seven rebounds.

Mitchell will next host Newbury College on Tuesday, January 12 at 7:30 p.m.