BOSTON, Mass.  –  Senior forward Malik Lorquet notched his 17^th double-double of the season, scoring 28 points and grabbing 18 rebounds, and set the all-time career rebounding record, surpassing Terry Kennedy's record of 788 rebounds, as UMass Boston Men's Basketball snapped a three-game losing streak and got back in the win column with an 82-66 victory over Plymouth State University on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS

UMass Boston 82, Plymouth State University 66

UMass Boston (14-7, 7-5 LEC)

Plymouth State University (9-13, 2-11 LEC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

Trailing 9-5, Plymouth State responded with a 9-0 run that included four free throws to take a 14-9 edge on UMass Boston with 14:14 remaining in the first half. Momentum would shift in the game with UMass Boston trailing by three, 16-13, when Lorquet made an emphatic dunk over the head of six-foot, nine-inch freshman center Avery Hazelton spurring a 10-0 run for the Beacons that saw them never relinquish the lead again.

Plymouth State would pull within two, 29-27, after a basket-and-one from Hazelton and trail by three, 32-29, heading into halftime after a layup from junior guard Kyler Bosse in the final minute. An 8-0 run in the opening minute and a half of the second half would give the Beacons their first double-digit lead of the afternoon, 40-29, after a three from senior guard Tommy Burris.

The Beacon lead would expand to as many as 21 points with 1:42 left in the game as Lorquet's big game in which he shot 50% from the floor and 8-of-11 from the free throw line was more than enough to propel UMass Boston to their double-digit home victory.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Returning from his four game absence, freshman guard Xavier McKenzie notched 13 points on 3-of-5 shooting while going 7-of-8 from the free throw line
• Freshman forward Connor Walden followed up his breakout game against WestConn with a 4-for-8 performance from the field with 11 points
• As a team, UMass Boston shot 45.6% from the floor and 40% from beyond the arc
• Malik Lorquet now has 933 career points, putting him 67 points away from becoming the 16^th player in program history to reach 1,000 career points

WHO'S NEXT
UMass Boston closes out their two-game homestand next week on Wednesday evening against Castleton University at the Clark Athletic Center at 7:30 PM. In the first matchup between the two teams, the Beacons came away with a dominant 76-47 road victory over the Spartans, improving to 7-0 all time against them.