PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Graduate student Mike Rogers scored a team-high 17 points for the JWU (Providence) men's basketball team in a season-opening 81-69 win over Salve Regina University Saturday afternoon in non-conference action at the Wildcat Center.

Junior Izaiah Shaw-Glen picked up a double-double with 14 points and 11 boards to go with four steals, four dimes and two blocks as the Wildcats avenged a 33-point loss to the Seahawks in Newport to open the 2023-24 campaign. Senior Josh Zangerle and freshman Roel Figueroa each dropped in 13 points and graduate student Sean Duke was the fifth JWU student-athlete to reach double-figures as he netted 11 points.

The Wildcats trailed by two at the half (40-38) as the Seahawks knocked down 54 percent of their shots – including 7-of-14 from downtown. Shaw-Glen paced JWU with nine first-half points while Zangerle canned a pair of triples and had eight at the break.

Rogers scored 10 his points over the final 20 minutes while Figueroa collected nine second-half points and Duke had eight. The Wildcats held the visitors to 39 percent shooting in the second half and closed the game with a 34-20 edge in points in the paint.

Salve Regina struggled at the charity stripe all afternoon, finishing just 10-of-21 from the line (47.6 pct.). JWU dominated the glass, pulling down 41 boards compared to 30 for SRU. Zangerle snared six rebounds while Duke grabbed five.