WORCESTER, Mass. – Sophomore Will Bayliss (Manchester, N.H./Tilton Academy) scored a game-high 23 points and grabbed seven rebounds to help Wheaton College upset No. 24 WPI 65-51 in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) men's basketball contest Saturday afternoon at Harrington Auditorium.

Senior Brendan Degnan (Narragansett, R.I./Bishop Hendricken) added 15 points, four rebounds, two assists and two steals as the Lyons (8-6, 2-1 NEWMAC) snapped the Engineers four-game win streak as well as a personal three-game losing streak to WPI (12-3, 2-1 NEWMAC). The win is the first for the Lyons over a nationally-ranked team since scoring an 84-77 win over No. 11 MIT on February 10, 2010.

The Lyons held the Engineers to 29.2 percent shooting (19-of-65) and owned a 45-36 edge on the boards, which helped them score nine fast break points, compared to zero for the home team. Wheaton also set a school-record by sinking all 14 of its free throw attempts (100.0 pct.) and made nearly 50 percent of its attempts from behind the arc (9-of-20, 45.0 pct.).

The score was tied at 12 nearing the midway point of the first half when Wheaton reeled off a 22-9 run to take a 34-21 halftime lead. Bayliss recorded nine of his 15 first-half points during the spurt, connecting on all four attempts from the field. Degnan added six points and senior Bruno Naylor (Santa Monica, Calif./Northfield Mount Hermon School) came off the bench to score five. Senior Matt Carr (Somersworth, NH/St. Thomas Aquinas) paced the Engineers with 12 points.

A pair of free throws and a layup by Bayliss in the opening 60 seconds of the second half gave Wheaton its largest lead of the game at 38-21. WPI ran off the next eight points to cut its deficit to nine before freshman Ryan Clinesmith's (New York, N.Y./The Hill School) three-point play with 10:21 remaining pushed Wheaton's lead back to double-digits.

WPI cut the Lyons lead to single digits on three occasions over the final 10+ minutes, but each time the Lyons answered with a triple to squash any hopes the Engineers had of a late rally. Freshman Jaycob Morales (Lawrence, Mass./Central Catholic) knocked down a triple with 9:10 on the clock to make it a 50-38 game, and three-pointers by Degnan at 7:03 and 4:46 kept WPI in check the rest of the way.

Wheaton senior Shawn Daily (Mount Vernon, N.Y./Mount Saint Michael Academy) pulled down a team-high nine rebounds while freshman Eddie Capstick (Worcester, Mass./Marianapolis Prep) came off the bench to snare eight boards in 18 minutes of action.

Carr led all WPI scorers with 21 points and grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds. Freshman Marco Coppola (Watertown, Mass./Watertown) – brother of former Wheaton standout Anthony Coppola – registered 10 points and nine rebounds.

The Lyons return to action on Wednesday when they entertain Springfield at 7 p.m. WPI travels down the road to visit Clark Tuesday at 7 p.m.