BRISTOL, R.I. -- The University of New England men's basketball squad used a 16-0 run near the start of the 2nd half to flip the script against Roger Williams University and come away with a 70-60 Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) triumph on Saturday afternoon (Feb. 12) at the Campus Rec Center.

Drake Gavin notched nine of his 15 points in the period during the stretch which left the Nor'easters up, 50-43. While the hosts tallied the next five (50-48), they could never quite recover. Later, after almost 90 seconds without any scoring for either side, a hoop by Gavin and a triple from Ray Evans with 4:02 left made it 65-54. UNE limited the Hawks to 19 points following halftime, shooting 9-of-31 (29%) with 10 turnovers.

It was the third win in four outings for the Nor'easters, who move to 6-17 on the year and 5-11 in conference meetings. Back when the teams first met on January 15, the Hawks (13-8, 10-6 CCC) escaped Biddeford with a 79-78 overtime decision.

Gavin established his personal scoring best in that earlier game with RWU, and logged the second-highest on Saturday, going for 17 points with seven rebounds and five assists. Beyond the 15 points out of Alex Kravchuk -- who surpassed the 1,600 plateau for his career -- UNE was extremely balanced and received at least six points from five other players.

Michael Quinn splashed 3-of-3 from downtown for nine points, and Avery DeBrito totaled eight along with a game-high nine rebounds and five helpers. Anthony Senesombath, Evans, and Joey Ragosta went for seven, six, and six points, respectively. Ric Castillo contributed eight caroms to a 46-39 rebounding advantage.

For the Hawks, Mac Annus had 17 points and Drew Hart posted 13, while both collected seven boards. Eli Harris was held more than 12 points below his season average, finishing with nine.

Early play in the 1st half went back and forth until an 18-0 spurt by Roger Williams in a span of 4:09 created a 34-21 cushion inside six minutes remaining before the break. UNE managed to narrow the gap a bit, to 41-34, by the intermission.