RINDGE, N.H. – Sophomore guard Cash McClure (Readfield, Maine/Maranacook HS) scored 23 points and senior guard Zach Laput (Beacon Falls, Conn./Notre Dame HS) followed with 23 as Bentley University started fast and never let up en route to a 102-54 win over Franklin Pierce University in Northeast-10 Conference men's basketball Wednesday night at the FPU Fieldhouse.

Bentley, after reaching the century mark for the sixth time this season and stretching its winning streak to six, improved to 19-8 overall and 14-6 NE10. The Falcons remained in sole possession of second place in the NE10, two games back of St. Michael's, which clinched a tie for the regular season conference title.

After the host Ravens (4-22, 2-18 NE10) scored the game's first basket, the Falcons more than answered with ten in a row. McClure drained the first of 15 three-pointers for the visitors, senior forward Ivan Misic (Toronto, Ont.) followed with a fastbreak lay-up, graduate wing Kellan Bochenek (Kettering, Ohio/Fairmont HS) sank his 80^th three-pointer of the season and Laput scored on a drive.

Franklin Pierce interrupted the run with a lay-up, only to see Bentley string together 14 unanswered to grab a 20-point lead, 24-4, eight-and-a-half minutes into the game. Seven of those were scored by McClure as he got to ten points three minutes before Franklin Pierce did as a team.

Coach Jay Lawson's Falcons closed the first half with an 11-0 run and took a commanding 49-19 lead into the break. That surge included eight points by Laput as he finished at the basket three times and also made two free throws.

The second half included a 14-0 run that put the Falcons up 40, 79-39, midway through the second half. Sophomore forward Joe Carroll (Cedar Grove, N.J./Don Bosco Prep) buried two three-pointers during that stretch.

The lead peaked a 51 on a fastbreak dunk by freshman Cooper Farrall (Valparaiso, Ind./Culver Academies).

Bentley shot 53 percent overall, finished 15 of 31 from downtown, outrebounded the Ravens by 11, turned 19 FPU turnovers into 26 points, handed out 25 assists and scored 23 fast break points. All of the starters were out by the 7:47 mark of the second.

McClure made eight of ten shots overall, all three of his attempts from downtown and four of four free throws. He also finished with seven rebounds, six assists, two blocks and a steal.

Laput matched McClure's assist total and also had four steals and four rebounds. He moved past Kevin Van Dam '02 into 11^th on the program's all-time scoring list with 1,589 points.

Bentley also received 12 points apiece from Carroll, the fourth time in five games he's scored in doubles off the bench, and Bochenek, with all his scoring coming via the long ball. His 83 triples this year is good for fifth on the program's single season list and is the most since Tim Forbes and Sean Cooke during the 2004-05 season.

Franklin Pierce shot only .354 overall, including four of 24 from three, but blocked ten Falcon shots.

Two home games remain on the regular season schedule, Pace on Saturday and Southern Connecticut on Tuesday.