SPRINGFIELD, Mass. –Sophomore Azariah Harrison scored a team-high 15 points for the JWU (Providence) men's basketball team in a 69-44 loss at Western New England University Wednesday night at Anthony S. Caprio Alumni Healthful Living Center.

Graduate student Dylan Hooter added 10 points off the bench for the Wildcats (1-5, 0-1 CNE), who shot 32 percent from the field and were outrebounded 48-31. Freshman Khalil Thompson chipped in with six points and graduate student Silas Sawtelle scored six.

The Golden Bears (4-0, 1-0 CNE) shot 48 percent in the opening half and led by 20 at halftime (36-16). Harrison had seven for the visitors and Sawtelle dropped in five.

After connecting on 22 percent of its first-half shots, JWU picked up its shooting over the final 20 minutes (41 percent) and saw Hooter collected eight of his 10 points in the second half.