CAMBRIDGE, MA -- A 13-0 run starting at the 6:26 mark of the second half turned a four-point Lesley lead into a 59-50 deficit, which was too much for the Lynx to overcome in a 62-58 defeat to Newbury Tuesday night in New England Collegiate Conference men's basketball play in Cambridge.

Newbury's (3-9, 2-1 NECC) Chris Torres (Brockton, MA/Brockton)  led all scorers with 20, while Thorton Paul (Boston, MA/West Roxbury) threw in a team-best 19 points for Lesley (3-10, 0-2 NECC).

Paul's third three-pointer within the first 6:00 opened up a 13-9 Lynx lead. The Lynx opened up a five-point lead, at 22-17, on a Jesus Trejo (Methuen, MA/Metheun) jumper just inside the 9:00 mark, but a Tim Young (Brockton, MA/Brockton) three-pointer capped a Nighthawks 9-0 run in which the visitors took a 28-22 lead.

Two straight Harold Smith (Florence, AZ/Florence) baskets and a Paul layup tied the contest at 32 at half. Torres and Paul led all scorers, each with 12 points through halftime.

Two more Smith jump hook shots and a Grant Cobb (Plymouth, MN/Wayzata) layup opened up a 44-40 Lynx lead, which Lesley held inside the 10:00 mark. But Newbury's 13-0 run, which started with a John Rowley, Jr. (Hartford, CT/Rockville) trifecta at the 7:30 mark, distanced the visitors for good.

Rowley scored five during the run, while the 6-foot Torres crashed the boards for a pair of putbacks in the stretch that distancing the Nighthawks, owners of a 42-37 rebounding advantage on the night.

For Lesley, Smith added 12 points on 6-8 shooting, while Cobb and John Sanchez (Carson, CA/Saint John Bosco) each added nine.

Newbury's Peterson Bernard added 15 points and nine rebounds, and Rowley added a double-double of 14 points and 11 rebounds.

Lesley plays host to Southern Vermont on Saturday at 8 p.m.

Game notes: Though Lesley's Kris Bennett went scoreless in 32 minutes, the 6-8 freshman added a team-high eight rebounds, all on the defensive end, and a career-best five assists ... With 19 points on 8-13 shooting (3-8 3-PT), Thorton Paul is shooting 55 percent from the floor, 39 percent from three-point range and averaging 14.7 points per game in three contests since returning from break ... Harold Smith's six field goals tie a season high, set 12/9/10 vs. UMass-Boston ... Newbury's Eric Watson came off the bench for seven rebounds and a game-high six assists in 31 minutes ... The Nighthawks made a night of it at the charity stripe, hitting 17-21 for 81 percent. Lesley went 0-5 from the line ... With his three-pointer in the final minute, freshman Myles Mungcal has now converted on 3-7 (43 percent) from distance on the season ... Center Jesus Trejo turned in his second two-block game of the season, giving the senior six rejections on the season. Bennett leads the Lynx with seven.