SeaWolves Roll To Longest Win Streak Of Season

AMHERST, Mass.—The Southern Maine Community College (SMCC) men's basketball team extended its win streak to six, its longest of the season, defeating Yankee Small College Conference (YSCC) Hampshire College 108-44 on Saturday, Jan. 27.

Everyone contributed to the scorebook in SMCC's back-to-back 100-point outburst. Junior captain Dylan Silvestri(Pelham, N.H.) led all scorers in the game with 19 points, shooting an efficient 8-12 from the field.

First-years Sean Bowering (Englewood, Colo.) and Seth Provencher (Hampton, N.H.) went off for season-highs—Bowering with 18 points powered by 3-6 from beyond the arc, and 16 from Provencher to go along with six rebounds, two steals, and a block.

First-year Oumar Keita (Bridgeport, Conn.) was 5-6 from the floor to include two highlight reel dunks.

The Black Sheep were paced by Forel Kourouma and Chris McCarthy who poured in a combined 27 points.

SMCC improves to 10-3 as the three-seed in the conference table, 15-7 overall. Hampshire remains winless in YSCC play at 0-12, 1-13 overall.

Conference action continues when the SeaWolves visit #1-seed NHTI on Thursday, Feb. 1 and on a mission to avenge a loss in part-one of the season series. SMCC holds the slight advantage all-time, having won 55 of 108 meetings. Tip off in Concord, N.H. is set for 8 p.m. Watch the action live HERE.

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