BOSTON, Mass. - Junior guard Tayejon Lynch (Cambria Heights, N.Y.) netted a team-high 19 points and classmate guard Elijah Jean-Guillaume (New Haven, Conn.) chipped in with 18 to lift the Western Connecticut State University men's basketball team to a 98-70 victory at UMass Boston in a Little East Conference matchup on Tuesday afternoon. 

Sophomore center Marcel Henry (Yonkers, N.Y.) and senior forward Nick Boyce joined them in double figures with 12 and 10 points, respectively. Jean-Guillaume also came away with a game-high five steals. 

Raphel Laurent paced the Beacons with a game-high 20 points while Cameron Perkins added 13. 

The Wolves finished the contest canning 54 percent (34-of-63) of their shots from the floor while holding the Beacons to just a 39 percent (23-of-58) clip. The visitors also forced 26 turnovers which translated to 34 points while coughing the ball up just 19 times.

WestConn tallied the first basket of the game and would not look back as they led wire-to-wire. Henry got things started with a midrange jumper before Jean-Guillaume drilled a three-pointer to cap an opening 7-0 spurt. The Wolves would widen the gap to 21 midway through the first half when sophomore Juan Morel (Waterford, Conn.) raced in for a layup off a feed from rookie guard Avery Taitt-Christina (Queens, N.Y.). They would hold a 50-30 advantage at the break.

The second half didn't get any easier for the hosts as the visitors continued to pile it on, stretching the lead to 34 points on several occasions en route to the win. With the victory, the Wolves improved to 9-4 overall and 2-2 in league play, while UMass Boston sank to 7-6 and 3-1. WestConn returns to the hardwood when they host LEC nemesis Rhode Island College on Thursday at 7 p.m.