NEWTON, Mass. –  The Wesleyan men's basketball team shot over 60 percent in the first half and 58.7 percent for the game in a second straight lopsided road win, as the Cardinals dispatched Lasell 93-57 on Thursday night. Just 48 hours removed from defeating Worcester State 78-49, Wesleyan wins by 36 on the road to improve to 8-0, while the Lasers drop to 6-2 on the season.
 
In a blisteringly efficient shooting performance, Wesleyan went 37-for-63 (58.7 percent) from the floor on the night including a 20-for-32 showing (62.5 percent) in the first half alone on their way to a season-high point total. The Cardinals were 8-for-22 (36.4 percent) from three and a scintillating 29-for-41 (70.7 percent) showing for the night on two-point field goals.
 
Wesleyan led wire-to-wire in this one, getting a Nicky Johnson '25 three-pointer to fall on their first possession and never looking back. Shane Regan '25 went to work, scoring baskets on three straight possessions, before Johnson drove the lane for two, giving Wesleyan a field goal on each of their first five possessions to start the game.
 
Lasell worked their way into the game, coming back from an early nine-point deficit to tie the score at 20-20 with 13:13 left in the first half. In the face of the Lasell fight back, the Cardinals responded with a 10-2 run in a span of 90 seconds, taking their first double digit point lead at 34-24. Wesleyan's lead hovered around 10 points until the final minutes of the half when the Cardinals scored nine unanswered points to take a 52-33 lead into halftime.
 
The combination of Regan (18 points) and Johnson (12) led the way for Wesleyan, scoring 30 of the team's 52 points in the half.
 
Regan continued the scoring run with a three-pointer on the first Cardinal possession of the second half, capping the streak at 12 unanswered points. Points kept pouring in for Wesleyan who used another 9-0 run to take a 31-point lead at 68-37 with 13:54 remaining. That final streak of nine unanswered points signaled the end of a 25-4 Wesleyan run in a span of almost 10 minutes.
 
Wesleyan backed up an impressive offensive first half showing with a 17-for-31 (54.8 percent) performance from the floor in the second half while holding the Lasers to just 24 points on 9-for-34 (26.5 percent) shooting.
 
Regan led the Cardinals with a season-high 26 points (9-12 FG) to go along with four rebounds and three assists in 27 minutes. Johnson netted 20 points, also a season-high, as he went 8-for-12 shooting. The senior backcourt duo combined to score 46 points on 17-for-24 shooting from the floor against the Lasers.
 
Ben Lyttle '27 added 11 points and six rebounds while Sam Pohlman came off the bench and finished with 10 points and four assists.
 
Sitting at 8-0 on the season, Wesleyan hits the road for a Little 3 non-conference clash at Williams (6-1) on Saturday at 6:00 PM.