Cougars claw Seahawks

WORCESTER, Mass. (January 24, 2024) - Salve Regina University men's basketball team lost the season series to Clark University after the Seahawks fell, 86-47, to the Cougars in NEWMAC action at the Hurst Courts in Worcester.

Declan Walmsley (Franklin, Mass.) led the Seahawks in scoring (11 points) and rebounding (seven - tied with Jojo Powers).

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Clark 86, Salve Regina 47
Records: Salve Regina (10-9, 4-6 NEWMAC), Clark (15-4, 9-1 NEWMAC)
All-Time Series: Clark has now won the season series (79-62 in Newport on Dec. 9) and all nine meetings since it started in 1984. The margin of victory has always been in double-digits.

SUMMARY

• 1H - Clark jumped out to an early 10-8 lead as juniors Isaiah Taylor and Bruce Saintilus each hit 3-pointers and buckets from junior Kekoa McArdle and senior Mikey O'Brien helped the Cougars take an early edge. After Salve took the lead at 12-11, Clark scored 10 unanswered points as junior Ian Calabrese netted five points and four from Saintilus gave the scarlet and white a 21-12 lead with 10:32 to go in the first half. The teams then traded baskets over the next few minutes of action before a triple from senior Jordan Richard helped keep the lead at 29-20 with 6:53 to play in the first half. First-year Christopher Clarke and Saintilus each hit 3-pointers and a made layup from Taylor helped the Cougars push their lead to 39-22. McArdle and Saintilus netted the team's final four points of the half as Clark took a 43-24 lead into the break. | COUGARS 43, SEAHAWKS 24
• 2H - The Cougars opened the second half on an 8-5 run as Saintilus and Neumann each scored three points and McArdle made a layup to help extend the team's lead to 51-29 with 16:41 to go. Taylor scored five of Clark's next nine points as the Cougars extended the edge to 60-35 before five more O'Brien points helped the scarlet and white take a commanding 67-35 lead with 9:55 remaining. Neumann connected on a pair of triples before McArdle, Clarke, and junior Kyle Jackson all scored to extend the lead to 78-41. Clarke scored five points down the stretch and Jackson connected on a three-pointer off a feed from sophomore Emmett Hamilton as the Cougars came away with an 86-47 victory. | COUGARS 86, SEAHAWKS 47

NOTEWORTHY

• Jojo Powers and Declan Walmsley both pulled down seven rebounds apiece.

NEXT UP
Salve Regina hosts Massachusetts Institute of Technology at 3 p.m. on Saturday at the Rodgers Recreation Center.