Wheaton (Mass.) 82, at Worcester Polytechnic 60

WORCESTER, Mass. (Interstat) — In a stunning reversal of recent history and statistical expectation, the Wheaton (Mass.) Lyons delivered a decisive 82-60 road victory over the Worcester Polytechnic Engineers in a NEWMAC men’s basketball game Friday night at Harrington Auditorium. Entering the contest as heavy underdogs with a projected win probability of just under 7 percent according to Interstat’s ELO system, the Lyons flipped the script on an Engineers team that had won 21 of its first 24 games and had defeated Wheaton twice already this season. The victory avenged a 77-72 loss on the same floor just six days… Read more...