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Loss Leaves Eastern Conn. Out of LECs
February 22, 2025PLYMOUTH, N.H. – Having been mathematically eliminated from qualifying for the Little East Conference men’s basketball tournament after losing three of its previous four LEC games, Plymouth State University could only play the spoiler in Saturday’s regular-season finale against Eastern Connecticut State University at Foley Gymnasium. -
Hamblin Paces Eastern Conn. to Crucial LEC Win
February 19, 2025WILLIMANTIC, Conn. – The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde team that is Eastern Connecticut State University men’s basketball – which followed up a near upset at Little East Conference leader Keene State College a week ago with a unremarkable 13-point home loss to a four-win team three days later – rebounded with one of its finest performances of the season Wednesday night in a 79-52 must-win conference victory over Rhode Island College that kept its conference tournament hopes alive.
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Eastern Conn. Drops Key LEC Contest
February 15, 2025WILLIMANTIC, Conn. – The Vermont State Castleton men’s basketball team scored the first seven points of the game and led by 16 with six minutes left in the first half, leading from coast-to-coast in a 77-64 Little East Conference victory over Eastern Connecticut State University Saturday afternoon at Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium.
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Eastern Conn. Chasing Little East Berth
February 12, 2025KEENE, N.H. -- It might not be too late for the Warriors to qualify for the Little East tournament, but, with three games remaining, there remains little – if any – wiggle room.
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In first start of year, Jean-Guillaume powers Eastern Conn.
February 08, 2025WILLIMANTIC, Conn. – Junior forward Jalen Hamblin’s (West Hartford) inside bucket off a pass from junior guard Dominick Dao (Terryville) provided Eastern Connecticut State University with the 18th and final lead change of the game with a minute left and the Warriors went on to a 72-66 non-conference men’s basketball win over Dean College Saturday afternoon at Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium.
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Loss Drops Eastern Conn. into 7th Place in LEC
February 05, 2025DANBURY -- Western Connecticut State University outscored Eastern Connecticut State University 16-6 over five-plus minutes in the first half to move out to a 15-point lead and was never headed in an 85-66 Little East Conference men’s basketball victory Wednesday night at Feldman Arena.
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USM's 1-2 Punch Knocks Out Eastern Conneccticut
February 01, 2025GORHAM, Maine – Eastern Connecticut State University junior forward Jalen Hamblin’s (West Hartford) 23 points off the bench were no match for the 1-2 punch of Bryce Lausier and Thomas Whelan, who combined for more than half of the University of Southern Maine’s points on 16-of-28 shooting from the floor as the Huskies posted a 91-76 Little East Conference men’s basketball victory Saturday afternoon at the Warren Hill Gymnasium.
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Sanchez Beats Buzzer, Eastern Connecticut Beats UMass Dartmouth in OT
January 29, 2025WILLIMANTIC, Conn. – The Eastern Connecticut State University men’s basketball team took a ten-point lead into the final six minutes of regulation but needed a buzzer-beating three-point field goal in overtime by sophomore forward Julian Sanchez (Willimantic) to pull out a 78-76 Little East Conference victory over the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Wednesday evening at Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium.
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In Loss, Eastern Conn. Falters in Final Minutes
January 25, 2025WILLIMANTIC, Conn. – Senior guard Emanuel Zayas scored 17 of his game-high 27 points in the second half as the University of Massachusetts Boston overcame a four-point halftime deficit to post a 70-62 Little East Conference victory over Eastern Connecticut State University Saturday afternoon at Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium.
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Warriors Battle Early in LEC Loss
January 22, 2025PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Rhode Island College men’s basketball team erased a 12-point deficit for a 75-61 win over Eastern Connecticut State University in a Little East Conference matchup Wednesday evening at the Murray Center.
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Eastern Conn. Clamps Down in LEC Win
January 18, 2025WILLIMANTIC, Conn. –Sophomore guard Cedrick Similien (Norwich) had a game and career-high 20 points – 13 above his season average -- and the Eastern Connecticut State University men’s basketball team had enough to hold on after racing to an early nine-point lead for a 62-54 Little East Conference victory over Plymouth State University Saturday afternoon at Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium.
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Sanchez Sets Tone in Eastern Connecticut Win
January 16, 2025CASTLETON, Vt. – Sophomore forward Julian Sanchez (Willimantic) set the tone with 15 points and eight rebounds in the first half, and sophomore guards Esco Greene (New Britain) and Elijah Jean-Guillaume (New Haven) helped the Warriors maintain the momentum by scoring ten points each in the second half to lift the Eastern Connecticut State University men’s basketball team to a 75-65 Little East Conference victory over VTSU Castleton Thursday afternoon at Glenbrook Gymnasium.
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Eastern Connecticut Drops LEC Decision
January 14, 2025WILLIMANTIC, Conn.- The Little East Conference’s top-ranked defense was no match for the conference’s No. 1 offense Tuesday night, as Keene State College (86.9 ppg.) soared past the Eastern Connecticut State University (62.6 ppg. allowed) in men’s basketball team Tuesday evening, 99-61, the three-time defending conference champions downing the Warriors for the seventh straight time.
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WestConn's Press Too Much for Eastern Conn.
January 08, 2025WILLIMANTIC, Conn. – The Western Connecticut State University men’s basketball team used an effective full court press through the game to record 18 steals and turn 28 Eastern Connecticut State University turnovers into 32 points as the Wolves raced to a 78-67 Little East Conference victory over Eastern Connecticut State University Wednesday afternoon at Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium.
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Eastern Conn. Remains Hot on the Road
January 04, 2025DARTMOUTH, Mass. – Junior point guard Michael Carothers (Queens, NY) sank three free throws in the final 45 seconds as the Eastern Connecticut State University men’s basketball team built a ten-point lead with six minutes left that proved to be just enough to hold off the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 68-66, in a Little East Conference game Saturday afternoon at the Tripp Athletic Center.
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Eastern Conn. Stifles Seahawks in Invite Final; Julian Named Most Outstanding
December 30, 2024WILLIMANTIC, Conn. – Julian Sanchez (Willimantic) and Dominick Dao (Terryville) combined for 44 points on 73.1 percent shooting from the floor but it was a suffocating defense which cut St. Mary’s College of Maryland field goal shooting in half from its first-round Sunday victory as the Eastern Connecticut State University men’s basketball team rolled to a 72-45 victory in the title game of the Eastern Holiday Invitational Monday afternoon at Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium.
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Eastern Conn. Rally Falls Short in LEC
December 07, 2024BOSTON – The Eastern Connecticut State University men’s basketball team cut a 13-point deficit to three points three times in the second half but could get no closer as the Warriors were beaten away from home for the first time in seven games this year, 77-70 by the University of Massachusetts Boston Saturday afternoon at the Clark Athletic Center.
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Eastern Connecticut Drops First of Season
December 04, 2024WILLIMANTIC, Conn. –The friendly confines of Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium Wednesday night did not treat the Eastern Connecticut State University men’s basketball team kindly in its home and Little East Conference openers Wednesday evening. The University of Southern Maine may have had something to do with that.
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Eastern Connecticut Still Unbeaten (6-0)
November 26, 2024NEW LONDON, Conn. – With four starters returning this year, most observers felt that the Eastern Connecticut State University men’s basketball team would have little trouble equalling (or exceeding) last year’s total of six wins. Few, however, felt that this would be achieved less than three weeks into the season.
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Eastern Closes Successful Second-Half Run in Little East Semis
February 23, 2023KEENE, N.H. – Competing in the Little East Conference men’s basketball tournament semifinals for the 13th consecutive time, fourth-seeded Eastern Connecticut State University trailed only once in the first 15 minutes of the game but 55.6 percent shooting from the floor in the second half was not enough to carry the Warriors in an 83-61 loss to top-seeded Keene State College Thursday evening at Spaulding Gymnasium.
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Eastern Connecticut Catches Beacons in LEC Tourney
February 21, 2023WILLIMANTIC, Conn. – The Eastern Connecticut State University men’s basketball team reeled off ten straight points to close a 12-point deficit in the second half and senior guard Jalen Williams (Simsbury) sank both ends of a one-and-one opportunity with 58.5 seconds left to give the Warriors their first lead of the second half as the fourth-seeded Warriors advanced to the semifinal round of the Little East Conference tournament with a 62-58 victory over fifth-seeded University of Massachusetts Boston Tuesday evening at Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium.
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Eastern Connecticut Caps Late-Season Rush With Win
February 15, 2023DANBURY, Conn. – First-year guard Dominick Dao’s (Terryville) three-point field goal eight minutes into the game shot the Eastern Connecticut State University men’s basketball team into the lead for good and the surging Warriors emerged from a foul-plagued game with an 81-75 Little East Conference victory over Western Connecticut State University Wednesday night at Feldman Arena that assured the Warriors of a first-round LEC tournament home game.
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Second Half Propels Eastern Connecticut n Little East
February 11, 2023WILLIMANTIC, Conn. -- The Eastern Connecticut State University men’s basketball team outscored the University of Southern Maine by 18 points over six minutes in the second half to wipe out a 12-point first -half deficit, winning its fifth straight home game, 70-56, Saturday afternoon in a Little East Conference game at Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium.
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Three-Point Barrage Ignites Warriors in LEC Victory
February 08, 2023WILLIMANTIC, Conn. – The Eastern Connecticut State University men’s basketball team connected on six consecutive three-point field goals in closing out the first half on a 24-2 run that turned a ten-point deficit into a 12-point halftime lead and sparked the Warriors to an 82-54 Little East Conference victory over Rhode Island College Wednesday night at Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium.
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Williams Nets 1,000th Point in Eastern Connecticut Win
February 04, 2023WILLIMANTIC, Conn. – The Eastern Connecticut State University men’s basketball team connected on four three-point field goals in the first five minutes and scored the game’s first 14 points on the way to a 69-40 Little East Conference decision over Castleton University Saturday afternoon at Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium.
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Late Free Throws (10-of-10) Lift Eastern Connecticut
January 28, 2023PLYMOUTH, N.H. – Simple math tells you that the Plymouth State University men’s basketball team should have gained a measure of revenge Saturday from its 20-point December loss to Eastern Connecticut State University at Francis Geissler Gymnasium.
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Woods, Lott Provide Second-Half Spark Off Bench in Eastern Connecticut's LEC Victory
January 25, 2023WILLIMANTIC, Conn. -- Senior guard Tyreice Woods (Hartford) and senior forward Quinton Lott (Bridgeport) came off the bench to contribute big second halves as the Eastern Connecticut State University men’s basketball team survived poor free-throw shooting in the second half to post a 68-65 Little East Conference win over the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Wednesday evening at Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium.
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Eastern Connecticut Holds Off UMB in Little East
January 21, 2023WILLIMANTIC, Conn. – Senior guard Tyreice Woods (Hartford) scored six of his game total of eight points inside the final minute to help the Eastern Connecticut State University men’s basketball team hold off a late charge from the University of Massachusetts Boston for an 81-73 Little East Conference victory Saturday afternoon at Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium.
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Twenty-Point Lead Vanishes in Eastern Conn. OT Loss
January 18, 2023WILLIMANTIC, Conn. – The Western Connecticut State University men’s basketball team whittled a 20-point first-half deficit in half by the break and erased a six-point deficit late in regulation to force overtime in a 98-91 Little East Conference victory over Eastern Connecticut State University Wednesday evening at Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium.
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Eastern Connecticut Can't Handle Red-Hot Huskies, Who Shoot 60 percent in LEC Win
January 12, 2023GORHAM, Maine -- The University of Southern Maine men’s basketball team shot nearly 60 percent from the floor and converted its first 16 free throws to post an 87-78 Little East Conference victory over Eastern Connecticut State University Thursday afternoon at Hill Gymnasium.
