News Release

DANBURY, CT — Western Connecticut’s men’s basketball team used a 17-4 run down the stretch to pull away from a pesky Newbury College team for an 83-66 victory at the Feldman Arena Thursday night.
The Colonials, 12-2 and winners of four straight and eight of their last nine games, found themselves tied four times in the first half before jetting to a 10-point advantage, 44-34 at the break.
Senior forward Brice Assie (Bridgeport, CT), who was named Little East Conference Player of the Week earlier in the day, had game-highs of 19 points and 12 rebounds for the Colonials.
Jay Reginatto (Torrington, CT) added 18 points on 7 of 11 shooting from the floor for WestConn.
Senior guard Greg Cole (Terrytown, NY) sparked the Colonials in the second half and finished with 15 points and nine boards.
Newbury, 2-11, cut a 16-point second half deficit to seven points, 64-57 with 7:42 remaining in the game on a lay up by Kyle O’Connor (Georgetown, MA).
Kimani Crawford (West Hartford, CT) capped off WestConn’s 17-4 run with a lay in to give it an 81-61 lead. He finished with 10 points.
Walky Maglorie (Waltham, MA), who scored 19 first half points, finished with 23 points to lead the Nighthawks. Arch Mitchell (Sudbury, MA) added 16 points for Newbury.
Jeff Courneen (Rocky Hill, CT) added a career-high 11 points for WestConn.

01/20/05 7 p.m. at Danbury, Conn.  Feldman Arena
At Danbury, Conn.  Feldman Arena
WESTERN CONNECTICUT 83, NEWBURY 66
NEWBURY (2-11)
Walky Maglorie 10-25 3-3 23; Arch Mitchell 8-12 0-0 16; Matthew Stanton 3-7
1-2 7; Kyle O'Connor 3-5 0-1 6; Adam Smith 2-3 1-2 5; Earl Griffin 2-12 0-0
4; Marlon Francois 1-2 1-2 3; Sonny Abraham 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 29-67 8-12 66.
WESTERN CONNECTICUT (12-2)
Brice Assie 9-12 1-3 19; Jay Reginatto 7-11 0-0 18; Greg Cole 5-15 0-0 15;
Jeff Courneen 5-6 1-2 11; Kimani Crawford 5-7 0-0 10; Anthony Peluso 2-6 0-0
4; Andrew Snell 2-3 0-0 4; Kyle Norfleet 1-3 0-0 2; Vincent Pasciucco 0-1
0-0 0; Lamar White 0-1 0-0 0; Jeff DiVito 0-1 0-0 0; Josh Druke 0-1 0-0 0.
Totals 36-67 2-5 83.
Newbury.......................   34   32  -   66
Western Connecticut...........   44   39  -   83
3-point goals-Newbury 0-4 (Walky Maglorie 0-1; Matthew Stanton 0-1; Kyle
O'Connor 0-1; Earl Griffin 0-1), Western Connecticut 9-22 (Greg Cole 5-14;
Jay Reginatto 4-7; Kyle Norfleet 0-1). Fouled out--Newbury-None, Western
Connecticut-None. Rebounds-Newbury 31 (Kyle O'Connor 9; Walky Maglorie 9),
Western Connecticut 45 (Brice Assie 12). Assists-Newbury 14 (Earl Griffin 3;
Matthew Stanton 3), Western Connecticut 28 (Jeff Courneen 6). Total
fouls-Newbury 11, Western Connecticut 12. A-100