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New England Col. NEC 2-14,0-1 NECC
73
Winner Plymouth St. Plym 8-9,1-7 Little East
New England Col. NEC
2-14,0-1 NECC
56
Final
73
Plymouth St. Plym
8-9,1-7 Little East
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
New England Col. NEC 20 36 56
Plymouth St. Plym 41 32 73
20230118 - MBB vs. NEC

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Ryan Joy, Athletics Communications Assistant

MBB: Bosse’s big game leads Panthers over NEC

PLYMOUTH, N.H. – The Plymouth State University men's basketball team defeated New England College in a non-conference game, 73-56, in Foley Gymnasium on Wednesday night.
 
The Panthers were able to get ahead of a struggling NEC team in the first half and did not look back as the team stayed consistent on both ends of the floor to hold the Pilgrims to a season-low 56 points.
 
Junior Kyler Bosse (Manchester, N.H.) had another double-double, leading all scorers with 24 points and grabbing a game-high 16 rebounds, while classmate Alex Dean (Reading, Mass.) poured in a career-best 14 points on 4-of-7 shooting from beyond the arc. Freshman Quinn Rotche (Ann Arbor, Mich.) was perfect from the floor for a total of nine points to round out the Panthers' leading scorers.
 
Plymouth State improves to 8-9 on the season, while the Pilgrims drop to 2-14.
 
The Basics:
  • Plymouth State 73, NEC 56
    • Plymouth State (8-9)
    • NEC (2-14)
Top Performers: How it Happened:
  • The game got off to a slow start as the Panthers led 8-4 with 15:32 left in the opening half.
  • The Panthers extended the lead to 16-6 with 12:09 left in the first.
  • Behind a 17-3 run, PSU extended the advantage to 33-11 with 3:58 before halftime.
  • Plymouth State went into the locker room with a 41-20 lead.
  • Back-and-forth scoring opened the second half, as the Panthers maintained a 55-34 lead with 11:52 left in the contest.
  • The Pilgrims were unable to come back from the first half deficit as the Panthers closed out the win.
By the Numbers:
  • The Panthers outrebounded the Pilgrims overall, 50-33, and 17-14 on the offensive glass.
  • The Pilgrims led 4-2 with 17:37 on the clock in the first half – NEC's only lead of the contest.
  • PSU's bench outscored the Pilgrims' reserves, 20-12.
  • Plymouth State scored 16 points off turnovers, to NEC's 14.
  • New England College held the edge in the paint, outscoring PSU by a 26-14 margin.
  • Bosse has scored 20-plus points in his fifth consecutive game and crossed the 700-point threshold for his career.
  • The victory was PSU's first over the Pilgrims since the 2009-10 season.
  • PSU holds the lifetime advantage, 19-5, dating back to 1986.
 
Up Next:
  • The Panthers kick off the second half of the Little East Conference (LEC) season on Saturday (Jan. 21) at WestConn. Opening tip is set for 3:00 p.m.
 
 
 
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