BABSON PARK, Mass.—Sophomore Joey Flannery (Acton, Mass.) poured in a game-high 26 points and pulled down eight rebounds, helping 23rd-ranked Babson College defeat visiting Lasell College, 87-65, in non-conference men's basketball action on Tuesday night at Staake Gymnasium.

With the victory, Babson is now 2-1 on the year, while Lasell drops to 0-1.

Senior John Wickey (Manchester, N.H.) added 16 points and a game-high five assists, classmate Eric Dean (Gilford, N.H.) contributed a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds, and fellow senior David Mack (Holden, Mass.) added a season-high 11 points to go along with three boards and two steals for the Beavers. Sophomore Sam Bohmiller (Franklin, Mass.) also chipped in with eight points and a career-high five rebounds on the night.

Junior Pat Marchand (Cranston, R.I.) had 16 points and six rebounds, while sophomore Yordan Villalon (Miami, Fla.) contributed six points and a team-high nine boards for the Lasers. Senior Angel Ortiz (East Lyme, Conn.) and junior Pedro Pabon (Queens, N.Y.) each scored seven points.

Flannery scored the first 10 points of the game for the Green and White, which used a 16-5 run to build a 27-14 lead with 9:40 left in the first half. Leading by just two at 11-9, the Beavers knocked down four straight free throws and then got five straight points from Wickey to push their lead to 11. Five quick points by Marchand pulled the Lasers back within 20-14 before the hosts ripped off seven straight points, capped by a Dean three-pointer, to take a 13-point lead.

Despite going without a field goal over the final seven minutes of the opening stanza, Babson went 16-for-22 at the free throw line in the opening 20 minutes and led 40-24 at the break.

Lasell, which trailed by as many as 20 early in the second half, cut its deficit to 55-39 on a three-pointer by Ortiz with 11:28 to go in the game before the Beavers exploded for a quick 12-3 spurt to put the game out of reach. Flannery followed a Wickey layup with a trifecta, and Mack and Wickey each knocked down a pair of free throws on back-to-back possessions to make it 64-42.  A Wickey steal and three-point play on the following possession gave the Green and White its biggest lead of the game at 67-42 with 8:58 left to play.

Babson shot 52.8 percent (28-for-53) from the floor and outscored the Lasers 44-24 in the paint. The Beavers also scored 18 points off 16 Lasell turnovers and held a 41-28 edge on the glass.

The Lasers shot 36.4 percent (24-for-66) on the night and scored 14 second-chance points off of 13 offensive rebounds.

Babson returns to action on Saturday when it travels to Skidmore College for a 2 p.m. tipoff, while Lasell will host Rhode Island College in its home opener on Thrusday night at 7 p.m.

GAME NOTES: The Beavers are now 9-3 all-time against the Lasers and have won eight of the last 10 meetings going back to 2006…Babson is now 12-3 in its last 15 games at Staake Gymnasium going back to the start of last season…Wickey needs just 31 points to become the 25th player to reach 1,000 points in program history.