Recap
Senior Marcos Echevarria scored 23 of his game-high 29 points in the second half of Nichols College's 84-67 win over Trinity (CT) College Sunday afternoon in non-conference men's basketball action at the Nichols Athletic Center.
 
Junior Jerome Cunningham filled the stat sheet with 19 points, 14 rebounds, and a pair of blocks while sophomore Matt Morrow posted his third double-double of the season with 10 points and 11 boards for the Bison (4-0). The team shot better than 50 percent from the field for the third time in four games this season – including a season-best 45 percent from behind the three-point arc.
 
Donald Jorden led three Trinity student-athletes in double-figures with 14 points to go with nine rebounds and a pair of times. Kyle Padmore netted 12 points while Connor Merinder collected 10 points, four rebounds, and two steals.
 
The Bantams (3-1) led by as many as 10 points early in the first quarter (14-4) before the Bison closed the half on a 31-20 run to take a one-point lead into the break (35-34). Cunningham led all student-athletes with nine first-half points while both Merider and Padmore each scored eight.
 
Echevarria canned four triples in the second half, the first of which gave NC a 10-point lead five-and-a-half minutes into the stanza. Five-straight points from Cunningham helped extend the lead to 13 points (57-44) before a quick 6-0 run brought the Bantams to within seven points with 9:43 on the clock. A three from Echevarria with 7:01 to go pushed the Nichols lead to 15 points (68-53), and his third of the half with 2:07 left made it a 20-point game.
 
Three things you need to know

-Today's game marked the 22nd all-time meeting between Nichols College and Trinity (CT) College. The Bison have won three of the last four and have evened the series at 11 wins each.

-Nichols is 4-0 for the first time since the 1959-60 campaign, when it won its first seven games under head coach Hal Chalmers.

-The Bison posted a season-high shooting percentage for a half in this second half of today's contest, knocking down 65 percent of its field goal attempts (17-of-26).
 
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"I was proud of the way we responded after the opening 10 minutes. They came out strong and put us in an early hole, but we played strong defense and attacked the glass on both end of the floor. Marcos got hot in the second half and made some key baskets for us. This was a solid win." –Nichols head coach Scott Faucher
 
Next game
Wednesday, November 28 vs Salve Regina, 7:30 p.m.