STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Junior guard Zach Laput (Beacon Falls, Conn./Notre Dame HS) had a 21-point, 11-rebound double-double and graduate transfer Matt Leritz (St. Louis, Mo./St. Louis University HS) added 21 points as the Bentley University men's basketball team went wire-to-wire for a 95-82 win over Wilmington University (Del.) Saturday during the second day of the Tournament of Heroes at the College of Staten Island's Tank.

Bentley, which shot 60 percent in Friday's 113-70 win over Goldey-Beacom, picked up where it left off by making seven of its first ten shots to take a 19-6 lead. Graduate guard Mason Webb (Oklahoma City, Okla./Bishop McGuinness HS) scored the game's first five points and Laput also had five during the fast start.

Later in the first half, an 18-7 run extended Bentley's lead to 18 at 40-22. Four different Falcons connected from deep during the surge and Laput added five more points to his total.

In front 49-35 at the half following a steal and buzzer-beating three by Wilmington six-seven senior Randy Rickards (Milton, Del.), coach Jay Lawson's Falcons opened the second half with an 11-6 run to take a game-high 19-point advantage, 60-41. Junior guard Aaron Latham (Glastonbury, Conn./Glastonbury HS), who posted his second straight 19-point performance, had five points and one assist during that span.

The Wildcats, 1-1, moved to within four, 64-60 with 12:26 left, after a 14-2 run that including four three-pointers by sophomore guard Jordan Jackson (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

A three-point play by Laput with seven minutes remaining and a jumper by Webb with 6:25 to play restored the double-figure lead, 77-67, and Wilmington never got closer than eight again.

Latham scored with 1:39 remaining, finishing off a 7-2 spurt, and Bentley had a 13-point lead, 89-76, with under 100 seconds to play.

Laput, who had a 48-point weekend, made half of his 12 field goal attempts and was nine of 11 from the foul stripe. Leritz was nine of 13 from the field with three trifectas in as many attempts and also had six rebounds, three assists, a steal and a block.

Latham, in addition to scoring 19 on 6-of-8 shooting, recorded six assists and two steals. Webb (14 points) was the fourth Falcon to score in doubles and graduate student Brian Wright-Kinsey (Brooklyn, N.Y./Brooks School) was nearly the fifth. He finished with nine points, five assists and three rebounds.

Jackson, one of five Wildcats to score in doubles, finished with 18 and Ricketts followed with 15.

Bentley had another strong shooting performance, finishing at .550 overall, 12 of 22 from downtown and 17 of 21 at the line. Wilmington, which was outrebounded 32-25, shot 48 percent, both overall and from three.

Bentley, 2-0, will open its Northeast-10 schedule next Saturday at Saint Anselm.