Waltham, Mass. (February 9) -- No. 13 Bentley jumped out to an early double-digit lead, en route to an 84-60 victory as Saint Anselm dropped just its second game in the last 10 on Tuesday night. The two teams split the regular-season series, each winning on its home court.

Bentley jumped out to a quick 22-8 lead with 11:35 left in the first half, capped by a fast-break dunk by junior Brian Tracey (Bow Mar, Colo.), to force a Saint Anselm timeout. With the score 25-8, the Hawks ended Bentley's 8-0 scoring run with a runner in the lane from Hakeem Williams (Spring Valley, N.Y.). Bentley continued to pour on the offense in the opening half and pushed the lead to as many as 20 points twice in the half before taking a 46-32 lead into the break. Thomas Baudinet (Watertown, Conn.) led the Hawks with nine in the first half, while Joe Fremeau (Manchester, N.H.) led Bentley with 10 points as the Falcons were 6-for-12 from three-point land.

The Falcons led by at least 16 points for most of the second half to pick up their 20th victory of the season.

Baudinet led the Hawks with 18 points, along with a season-high 15 points from Branimir Zeko (Mississauga, Ontario). Tracey paced five Falcons in double figures with 18 points.

With the loss, Saint Anselm falls to 15-8 overall and 11-7 in the league, while Bentley improves to 20-3 overall and 15-3 in Northeast-10 play.

Saint Anselm returns to action on Saturday afternoon, hosting in-state rival Franklin Pierce for a 3:30 p.m. start. The game is part of the NCAA's "PinkZone" program, with all ticket proceeds being donated to the Jimmy V and Kay Yow Cancer Foundations. The program was created to promoted breast cancer awareness.