Endicott Downs Men’s Basketball, 85-70

BEVERLY, Mass. – Suffolk fell behind early and could not catch up as Endicott shot past men's basketball, 85-70, in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) action at MacDonald Gymnasium Saturday afternoon. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 70 | Endicott 85
RECORDS: Suffolk (3-3, 0-2 CCC) | Endicott (4-2, 2-0 CCC) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
Endicott poured in the first seven points and forced Suffolk into a double-digit hole early on. The Rams attempted to climb out of the deficit on the multiple occasions, but it wouldn't be until the final two minutes when the blue-and-gold really made a move. 

Kyle Phillips converted two free throws to start the Rams half-ending rally. The sophomore's two points was followed by a traditional three-point play from William Rowe before he put up a buzzer beater lay-up to send Suffolk into the locker room down by just a pair of possessions, 37-31. 

To start the second, Jake Gomez poured in a trey and Conor Creane followed with a pull-up jumper to bring the blue-and-gold within five, 41-36, at the 17:57 minute mark.

A Suffolk scoring lull over the next 2:47 allowed Endicott to not only rebuild its double-figure margin, but extend it to 16, 52-36. 

For every comeback the Rams tried to put together, the Gulls responded to maintain a double-digit distance the rest of the way to take the 85-70 victory. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Cole LeVangie powered Suffolk's scoring with a 21-point performance behind a 7-for-13 showing from the floor that including a 4-for-9 effort from downtown. The offense output that included two dimes was complimented by eight rebounds, one block and one steal. 
• Creane contributed 14 points on a 6-for-15 performance from the field. He added two boards and one helper. 
• Rowe did not miss. He went 5-for-5 from the floor and 2-for-2 at the line to finish with 12 points to go along with eight caroms and three dimes. 
• Phillips provided 11 points, two rebounds and one assist. 
• Suffolk shot 44.1 percent (26-59) from the field, 37.5 percent (9-24) from 3-point land and 81.8 percent (9-11) at the charity stripe. 
• Endicott, who's scoring was anchored by a game-high 32-point performance from Jalen Echevarria, put together a 49.3 conversation rate (33-67) from the field. 
• The Rams utilized their work on the boards with 17 second-chance points. 

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk moved to 3-4 all-time against Endicott. 
• The Rams have yet to defeat the Gulls in Beverly, Massachusetts (0-3) in the all-time series. 
• Levangie logged a career-high 23 points and matched a personal-best in field goals made (7), triples made (4) and rebounds (8). 
• Phillips tallied a personal-best in points (11) and field goals made (4).  

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WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk heads back to Larry E. and Michael S. Smith Court Tuesday, Dec. 6 to take on Roger Williams at 7:30 p.m.