NEWPORT, R.I. -- Salve Regina University men's basketball held visiting UMass Boston to 16 second half points and rallied for a 65-61 triumph in non-league action at the Rodgers Recreation Center in Newport, Rhode Island. Jojo Powers led the Seahawks (1-1) with 15 points on 4-of-6 from the floor with two 3-pointers and five free throws. The Beacons (0-1) shot 50 percent from the floor (17-for-34) in the first half including the same percentage from long range (7-for-14).

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Salve Regina 65, UMass Boston 61
Records: Salve Regina (1-1, 0-0 NEWMAC), UMass Boston (0-1, 0-0 LEC)
History: Salve Regina wins for the first-time ever in men's basketball against UMass Boston (1-4). The teams have now met three straight years after first meeting in 1983 and then again in 1985.

SUMMARY

• 1H | Emanuel Zayas led three Beacons in double figures in the first 20 minutes with 15 points. Cameron Perkins added 14 points and Xavier McKenzie poured in 11 as UMass Boston built an 11-point lead at the break. Brad Fowler led Salve Regina with 11 points. UMass Boston's largest lead was 15 points at the 6:18 mark. | Beacons 45, Seahawks 34
• 2H | Salve Regina trailed by 13 (51-38) before mounting its comeback. Declan Walmsley's tip in key the run that included a Jojo Powers' 3-pointer. Brady Spencer sank a bucket from long range and William Mensah made a pair of free throws and added a second chance basket in the paint to bring Salve Regina within one (51-50). The teams were scoreless for the next three and a half minutes. Anthony DeThomas had a reverse lay in that again made it a one point game at 7:55 (54-53). Mensah made back-to-back layups for a three-point lead (57-54) but the Beacons bounced back for a one-point edge (58-57) before DeThomas' floating jump shot at the wing put the Seahawks ahead for good.. | Seahawks 65, Beacons 61

NOTEWORTHY

• UMass Boston made only 21.4 percent of its shots in the second half (6-for-28) and missed all six attempts from 3-point range.
• Jojo Powers and William Mensah both sparked the Seahawks with eight second-half points apiece.
• Salve Regina scored 11 points off turnovers in the second half; the Seahawks also had 18 of their 31 points in the paint.

ON THE HORIZON
Salve Regina competes this weekend in the Jim Beaudry Classic hosted by the University of New England. On Saturday, the Seahawks tip off against the Mariners of Mitchell College at 7 p.m. On Sunday, the matchup will either be against the host Nor'easters or Maine Maritime.