Senior Ryan Jaziri led all scorers finishing with 29 points in Saturday's loss to Wentworth.
Pilgrims Drop Final Game to Leopards
New England College men’s basketball dropped their final game of the 2007-08 season losing to the Wentworth Institute of Technology Leopards 74-94 Saturday afternoon in Boston. The loss wraps up the Pilgrims season as they finish with a record of 7-18 overall and 2-11 in conference play.
Wentworth would take the early lead opening the game on a 15-3 run. NEC would battle back using a 12-2 run of their own to cut the Leopard lead to just 17-15. The two teams would battle back-and-forth through much of the half but the Leopards would close out the half out scoring the Pilgrims 11-4 in the final minutes to head into halftime up 49-39.
The Pilgrims would struggle in the second half shooting just 37% from the field. Wentworth would build an early 22 point lead in the second half as the Pilgrims would be unable to recover falling to the Leopards 94-74.
Leading the way for the Pilgrims was Ryan Jaziri (Norwich, Conn.) who finished with a game-high 29 points on 10-for-26 shooting. NEC’s Bridell Thomas (Hamden, Conn.) finished with 14 points and Rafael Salado (Boston, Mass.) was the only other Pilgrims to score in double figures chipping in 11 points.
