DARTMOUTH, Mass. -- Junior guard Alex Carlisle (Saint Johnsbury, Vt.) netted 18 points to lead the Wheaton College (Mass.) men's basketball team in a 93-63 season-opening loss to host University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in the opening round of the LaFrance Hospitality Tournament at the Tripp Athletic Center in Dartmouth, Mass. The Lyons fall to 0-1 on the season, while the Corsairs improve to 1-0.

UMass Dartmouth held Wheaton to 35.5% (22-62) shooting for the game and forced the Lyons into 21 turnovers, while the home team shot 46.8% (36-77) and committed just 12 miscues.

Carlisle added four rebounds, three assists and two steals to his night, while junior forward Aaron Williams (Springfield, Mass.) contributed with 12 points on 5-10 shooting and pulled down three rebounds to go with two steals and three blocks. Junior guard Evan Cook (Dunstable, Mass.) and first year forward Duncan Bubar (Newton, Mass.) both finished a rebound short of a double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds apiece.

Senior guard Marcus Azor (Brockton, Mass.) led the Corsairs with 18 points, seven rebounds five assists, three steals and a pair of blocks and senior guard Dhalyn Sanders-Dyer (Worcester, Mass.) came off the bench to net 17 points on 7-11 from the floor in addition to two rebounds, three assists and two steals. 

Wheaton 30-18 lead with 6:31 showing in the opening half, following a 21-4 run over a near eight-minute span. Bubar fueled the run with seven points for the Lyons. 

The Corsairs regrouped and closed out the half with a 21-3 stretch that saw their defense hold Wheaton without a point for the final 4:49 of the half. Senior guard Marcus Azor (Brockton, Mass.) (nine) and junior forward Jackson Zancan (Cumberland, R.I.) (seven) combined for 16 points to lead UMass Dartmouth in its comeback before the intermission. The Corsairs took a 39-33 lead into the lockerroom.

Williams made a lay-up for the first points of the second half to pull Wheaton to within 39-35, but it was as close as it would get as UMass Dartmouth controlled the second half and never trailed.

Following a Bubar lay-up, the Lyons cut the deficit to 47-41 with 16:14 showing on the second half clock, but the Corsairs put the game away with a 27-8 run. Sophomore guard Isaac Percy (Pittsfield, Mass.), scored 10 points during the outburst that gave UMass Dartmouth a 74-49 lead with 8:37 remaining in the game. Similar to the end of the first half, the Corsairs held Wheaton scoreless for the final two and a half minutes of their run.

The Lyons return to action in tomorrow's consolation game in Dartmouth against New England College at 12:00 p.m., while UMass Dartmouth hosts Fitchburg State College, a 95-89 winner over NEC, at 2:00 p.m. in the Championship game.