WEST HAVEN, Conn. – Graduate guard Brooke Obar (North Yarmouth, Maine/Greely HS) and sophomore guard Niya Morgen (Swampscott, Mass./St. Mary's HS) each made three of Bentley University's nine three-pointers as the Falcons reached the 20-win plateau for the 37^th time in program history in Northeast-10 Conference women's basketball at the Charger Gymnasium.          
 
Obar led the balanced scoring attack with 11 points, graduate forward Maggie Whitmore (South Portland, Maine/South Portland HS) followed with 10 and Morgen scored nine.
 
The 51-41 win over the University of New Haven boosted the fourth-ranked team in Division II to 20-1 overall and 12-1 in the conference. Coach C White's squad has won 16 straight, the Falcons' longest win streak since a 37 streak from 2013-14.
 
Threes were flying in the opening quarter as Bentley hit five of 11 from deep to open a 16-6 advantage. Junior guard Cassidy Yeomans (Marion/Tabor Academy) and Morgen, the Division II national leader in three-point accuracy, each hit two, and  Obar nailed one from the left corner.
 
Bentley went inside in the second, making six of its first eight shots to extend the advantage to 14, 29-15, midway through the stanza. Morgen drained her third long ball of the game and both Whitmore and senior forward Kylie DuCharme (Wilmington, Mass./Wilmington HS) scored four apiece.
 
The Falcons were scoreless over the final five minutes of the first half, which allowed New Haven to tally nine unanswered to cut the Bentley advantage to five, 29-24, at the break. The Charger comeback included a pair of three-pointers from senior guard Sabira Ahayeva (Minsk, Belarus).
 
The Bentley offense stayed cold in the first eight minutes of the third quarter and New Haven (13-7, 8-6 NE10) took its only lead of the day, 37-35, on a basket by six-one junior Lindsay Hogan (Bayville, N.Y.),
 
In front 38-37 after three, the Bentley defense shut down the Chargers in the fourth, outscoring the home team 13-4 and giving up only two baskets in 13 attempts.
 
The final stanza included five points an a steal from Obar and four points from Whitmore.
 
Obar (3-for-4 from 3, 4 steals) and Whitmore (6 rebounds, 2 steals) were followed in the scoring column by Morgen (9), Yeomans (8) and DuCharme (7 with 6 assists).
 
Freshman guard Schuler Coles (Harrisburg, Pa.) led New Haven with a game-high 13 points.
 
Bentley outshot the home team, 41-33 percent, and had a 9-4 advantage in three-pointers.
 
The Falcons, who lead the conference by three games, will play their next three at home, beginning Wednesday against Pace.