In their final contest of the 2023-2024 season, Gordon College Men's Basketball traveled to crosstown rival Endicott College to face the Gulls in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) action, where the Gulls were able to come away with the 92-82 win.

To led the way for both squads was junior Bryce Smith with 21 points and five assists, while teammates Treyton Tebbs and Sean Quanico both notched 16 points for the Fighting Scots.

For the Gulls, Parker McLaren tallied 20 points and 12 rebounds, and teammates Jalen Echevarria and Mark Barrett tacked on 17 points each. 

How It Happened

• After a hot start by the Gulls, the Fighting Scots trimmed the home team's lead to three points midway through the first. The Gulls, however, were able to widen the gap to 15 with 3:04 to go in the half. Back-to-back three's by Tebbs and Micah Steely cut the deficit to 12 points, and the Scots continued to chip away has they went into half down by six points (42-36). 
• To build on where they left off, Smith connected from downtown in the opening seconds to cut the lead to three. Meanwhile, Endicott continued to get open looks around the rim to rebuild the lead again. Quanico scored the next five points for the Scots, but the Gulls made another run. However, the Fighting Scots were not done as the blue and white scored 13 straight points narrowing the lead to three (70-67) again, before making the Gulls take a timeout with 7:39 left in the game. Down the stretch the Gulls were able to use the hometown crowd to build momentum and hold on to the lead, taking the victory 92-82. 

Beyond The Box Score

• Bryce Smith scored 20 plus points six times this season.
• Senior, Justin Yu notched double-digits points in six out of the last nine games. 
• The Fighting Scots graduate Justin Yu as they head into next season.