BOSTON – Suffolk men's basketball's saw its four-game win streak come to an end Wednesday night as Western New England got hot from 3-point range in the second half to take down the Rams, 78-65, in Commonwealth Coast Conference play. The Golden Bears' 66.7 (8-12) conversion rate from 3-point land in last 20 minutes proved to be the difference maker. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 65 | Western New England 78
RECORDS: Suffolk (11-8, 7-5 CCC) | Western New England (15-5, 10-2 CCC)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk jumped out to a 7-2 lead in the first five minutes. Once the Golden Bears' offense got going, the Rams remained in front, 11-8, before six unanswered WNE points flipped the script, 14-11, and forced Jeff Juron to use his first time out of the game.  

Out of the huddle, the Rams outscored the Golden Bears, 17-7, to restore the advantage and grab its largest lead of the half, 29-22, with just under five minutes left in the first. 

WNE charged back as it put up eight consecutive points to go up, 30-29, at the 2:22 mark.  

Cole LeVangie knocked down trey to regain the upper hand for the blue-and-gold yet again. The tale of the back-and-forth affair continued as the score leveled for the second time, before Danny Yardemian banked in a lay-up to send the Rams into the locker room up 34-32.  

The lead flipped flopped five times and the playing field leveled once in the first 10 minutes of the second stanza. 

Three triples in a row from WNE's Brian Geitner stopped the see-saw affair and sparked a shooting show by the visitors. The Golden Bears poured in six buckets from downtown to build a comfortable 67-51 cushion with 6:45 left on the clock.  

The gap grew to as many as 20, twice, with the last at 74-54 with just under four minutes to play. That distance proved too much ground for Suffolk to make up and the Golden Bears walked away with the conference victory. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Yardemian was the only Ram in double figures as the graduate student provided 24 points on a 10-for-19 performance form the floor and a 2-for-5 showing from behind-the-arc. He added three steals, two assists and one rebound. 
• LeVangie was on the verge of double digits with nine points thanks to his 3-for-4 effort from the floor, all of which all came from 3-point range. The junior chipped in five caroms, two dimes, two swats and one takeaway as well. 
• Jake Gomez turned in a nine-point, five-rebound, one-steal performance.
• Suffolk shot 42.4 percent from the field (25-59), 31.6 percent (6-19) from downtown and 64.3 percent (9-14) from the charity stripe. 
• WNE was paced by Geitner's game-high 27 points. 
• As a team, the Golden Bears shot 5.17 percent from the floor (30-58), 45.5 percent from 3-point range and 88.9 percent (8-9) at the line. 
• The Golden Bears won the battle on the boards, 40-26. 
• WNE's reserves provided 44 points.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Yardemian had his third consecutive 20-plus point game. 
• Yardemian matched a career-high 24 points and set a new personal-best in field goals made with 10.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk heads across town to Wentworth Saturday, Feb. 3 for a 12 p.m. tip-off.