Four players scored in double figures and the Western Connecticut State University men's basketball team avoided a second half comeback by Green Mountain College and held on for a non-league  87-80 victory at Feldman Arena on Thursday afternoon.

Freshman Leroy Mayers (Bronx, NY) led the Colonials' offense with 19 points on eight of 10 shooting from the field.  He also collected eight rebounds. 

Freshman Daquan Brooks (Bristol, CT) and senior guard Dewayne Dickens (Danbury, CT) added 14 and 13 points, respectively.  Freshman Gary Robinson (Torrington, CT) added 10 points and pulled in a team-high nine boards.

WestConn led by as many as 19 points, 76-57, with 4:44 remaining in the second half following a jumper by Brooks.

The Eagles, now 11-8, pecked away at the lead and scored 23 of the next 27 points in the contest to draw within five points, 85-50 in the closing seconds of the game.

Green Mountain was led by the duo of Rui Carmo (Cape Coral, FL) and Fabian Ferreira (Queens, NY) who scored 23 and 22 points for the visitors.  Carmo had a game-high 10 caroms for the Eagles.

WestConn's Tyshawn Gillespie (Hartford, CT) dished out a game-high 10 assists and the Colonials recorded an assist on 28 of their 32 buckets from the field.

The Eagles return to action this Saturday, February 7th, when they travel to NAC opponent Johnson State College.