'KEENE, N.H.  2/3/07 - Tony Barros (Dorchester, Mass.) had 25 points and Amigo Paniagua (Santiago, DR) and Anthony Matlock (Seattle, WA) added 17 points each to lead the UMass-Boston men's basketball team to a 90-86 Little East Conference victory over Keene State College at Spaulding Gym on Saturday.

Nate Anderson (Westminster, Mass.) had 21 points; David Sontag (Mont Vernon, N.H.) added 19 points, and Tyler Kathan (Ludlow, Vt.) finished with 15 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Owls.

UMass-Boston improves to 8-11 (4-6 LEC).  Keene State falls to 17-4 (7-3 LEC).

A pair of free throws by Kathan put KSC up 74-73 with 2:32 to play.  The Beacons scored the next eight points to take a 81 74 lead on a pair of free throws by A.J. Titus (Roxbury, Mass.) with 1:13 to play.

Paniagua and Mark Doran (South Boston, Mass.) connected on seven free throws in down the stretch to hold off the Owls. 

Barros had seven steals to become UMB all-time leader (239). 

 KSC scored the first eight points of the game. Later in the half, UMB went on a 22-1 run to go up 28-15 on a pair of free throws by Mark Doran (South Boston, Mass.) at the 8:53 mark. 

A spurt late in the first half got the Owls back into the game.  Anthony Licitra's (Glastonbury, Conn.) sneak-away lay-up with 53 seconds to go cut KSC's deficit to three (38-35) at the break.  

 UMB defeated KSC 81-67 in last year's LEC championship.

 On Tuesday, KSC is at Eastern Conn. while UMB is at UMass-Dartmouth.