NORTON, Mass. - The Wheaton College men's basketball team fell to #14 WPI 79-57 on Saturday afternoon in New England Women's and Men's Conference (NEWMAC) action in Emerson Gymnasium. 

The Lyons fall to 8-8 on the season and 2-4 in conference action. The Engineers, who are ranked 14th according to the latest D3hoops.com Top-25 poll, improve to 15-2 overall and 5-1 in the NEWMAC. 

Ryan Fogarty led the way for Wheaton with 21 points on a 7-12 night from the floor and 6-9 performance from the free-throw line. Fogarty also led the team in rebounds with seven. Quinton Dale netted 10 points and pulled down six boards for the Lyons, while Liam Bruno scored seven points. 

Clyde Niba led all players with 28 points after shooting 11-18 from the floor, which included a 3-5 performance from three-point range. He also ended the game 3-4 from the charity stripe. Obi Obiora ended the contest with 12 points and Sean Doncaster netted eight. Ian Converse led the Engineers with nine boards, while Doncaster and Aaron Davis picked up a game-high four steals. 

WPI captured the lead right out the gate and never looked back, picking up an early 8-0 advantage courtesy of baskets by Niba. Fogerty pulled Wheaton within five points, 10-5, with 15:35 on the clock after draining a long range three and back-to-back free-throws. The Engineers responded with an 11-0 run that pushed their lead to 16 points. WPI kept its foot on the accelerator, taking a 45-19 lead into halftime.

The second half was a competitive back and forth but unfortunately for the home team the deficit was too large to overcome. The closest that Wheaton would get to WPI was 69-49 with 4:40 to go after a Bruno free-throw. 

Wheaton returns to the court on Wednesday, Jan. 27 at MIT for a 6 p.m. NEWMAC contest. 

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