With the game tied 4-all, Gordon went on a 19-0 run over the next 7:48 to take a 23-4 lead, buoyed by three three-pointers from Herr. Wentworth used a quick 7-2 spurt to get the score to 25-11 with 10:03 left, and would get their lead back to as much as 21 before Wentworth scored the final six points of the half to trail 34-19 at the break.
Wentworth began the second half scoring the first three points – all by freshman guard Jason DaCosta (Cambridge, Mass.) – to cut the lead to 12, but a 14-4 run by Gordon brought the Fighting Scts lead back up to 22.
Trailing by 22 with just under nine minutes to play, Wentworth started to close the gap, using a 14-3 run to trail by 11 with 3:14 left. During the run, freshman guard Sherrard Prezzie-Blue (Norwalk, Conn.) scored five of the 14 points. A pair of free throws by sophomore guard Jerry Logan (Marietta, Ga.) with 2:39 left, followed by a Logan layup with 2:24 left upped the lead to 15 , to which Wentworth could not recover.
Freshman guard Justin Kaufman (Redding, Conn.) and Logan each had 13 for the Fighting Scots. For Wentworth, Prezzie-Blue scored 13 points, while senior forward Carmino DeMercurio (Wappingers Falls, N.Y.) scored 12 points, grabbed five rebounds, and blocked three shots.
At Tansey Gymnasium, Boston, Mass. GORDON 65, WENTWORTH 50 GORDON (6-12, 4-6 CCC) Mike Herr 6-11 1-2 17; Jerry Logan 5-8 2-2 13; Justin Kaufman 4-10 2-2 13; Jon Marstaller 6-11 0-0 12; Mark Beebe 2-8 0-0 5; Scott Allenby 1-4 1-2 3; Mike Schnackenberg 1-1 0-0 2; John Beebe 0-1 0-0 0; Peter Hassler 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-55 6-8 65. WENTWORTH (11-6, 5-3 CCC) Sherrad Prezzie-Blue 5-9 2-3 13; Carmino DeMercurio 5-9 2-2 12; Jason DaCosta 4-5 1-1 9; Frankie Hall 4-9 0-1 8; Matt Zeszotek 1-1 1-2 3; Ed Bolton 1-4 0-0 3; Bryan Gaine 1-2 0-0 2; Tony Mossa 0-1 0-0 0; Troy Ramey 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 21-44 6-9 50. Gordon........................ 34 31 - 65 Wentworth..................... 19 31 - 50 3-point goals-Gordon 9-20 (Mike Herr 4-6; Justin Kaufman 3-5; Jerry Logan 1-2; Mark Beebe 1-3; John Beebe 0-1; Scott Allenby 0-2; Jon Marstaller 0-1), Wentworth 2-8 (Sherrad Prezzie-Blue 1-2; Ed Bolton 1-1; Frankie Hall 0-1; Troy Ramey 0-4). Fouled out--Gordon-Jerry Logan, Wentworth-None. Rebounds-Gordon 28 (Mike Herr 8), Wentworth 29 (Carmino DeMercurio 5). Assists-Gordon 19 (Mike Herr 5), Wentworth 16 (Frankie Hall 4). Total fouls-Gordon 18, Wentworth 13. A-85