Leicester, Mass. – Becker had four player in double figures, Trae Jacobs (Lexington Park, MD) 26 points, Rajai Leggett (New Haven, Conn.) 22 points, Moody Doherty (Roselle, NJ) 12 points and Ricky Clark (New Britain, Conn.) 11 points on the way to a 89-74 victory over the Mountaineers of Southern Vermont in a New England Collegiate Conference matchup Saturday afternoon at the Leicester Gymnasium.

The Hawks remain undefeated in conference play improving to 20-3 (12-0 NECC). Southern Vermont drops to 14-9 (8-4 NECC)

The Hawks held a 41-27 halftime lead. Southern Vermont held a slim 7-6 lead after a Derrick Cenicola (Hamilton, NY) 3-pointer just three minutes into the game, the Hawks responded with a 18-6 run over the next six minutes to take a 24-13 lead and never look back. Leaders at the half for SVC were Lance Spratling (Pittsfield, Mass.) with 12 points and Ben Naaktgeboren (Cambridge, NY) with 8 points and 7 rebounds. Leggett had 10 points on 5 of 9 shooting and Markus Wright (New Haven, Conn.) had 6 points and 8 rebounds for the Hawks. Becker had 7 steals in the half.  

Becker kept the pressure on for most of the second half building leads at time to 19 points. With just under 5 minutes to play the Mountaineers had cut the lead to 11 at 73-62 but couldn't get any closer. Becker held the game advantage in shooting 44% to 35% and in rebounds 48-47. Southern Vermont's Naaktgeboren finished with a game high 19 rebounds and 14 points while his teammate Lance Spratling had a game high 29 points.

Becker travels to Wheelock College on Tuesday night for a NECC tilt at 7pm. Southern Vermont travels to Elms on the same night for an 8pm tip off.