Box Score
Brooklyn Heights, NY - - -The host St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers continued their hot shooting as they edged the Bryant Bulldogs, 85-80, to win their second consecutive Northeast Conference contest on Saturday afternoon at the Pope Physical Education Center. The Terriers, who are now 7-2 on their home court, improved to 8-12 overall and 5-3 in the NEC.
Junior
Glenn Sanabria continued his torrid marksmanship as the guard scored a team-high 21 points on 7-of-13 shooting, including a 5-for-9 performance from behind the arc. Sanabria, who hit 6-of-9 treys in the win against Mount St. Mary's on Thursday, also added five rebounds and five assists with zero turnovers in 36 minutes. Sophomore guard
Rasheem Dunn contributed 15 points and seven rebounds and senior forward
D.J. Porter (6 rebounds, 5 assists) tied a career-high with 13 points. Freshman guard
Jalen Jordan contributed 12 points and snared a career-best eight caroms.
The Terriers, who shot an even 50 percent (33-of-66) in the contest, survived a late run to hold off the Bulldogs down the stretch. St. Francis Brooklyn looked to have the game in hand after Dunn swished a trey to make it 78-69 with just 3:03 remaining. But Bryant's Hunter Ware converted a layup to cap a 6-0 Bulldogs' run with 1:23 left, shrinking the score to 78-75.
Following a timeout, the hosts were able to grab a pair of offensive rebounds and Sanabria ended up with two foul shots with 38 seconds left. Sanabria converted both attempts to give his team an 80-75 advantage.
Ikenna Ndugba answered with a layup to bring the visitors within 80-77 and then elected to put Dunn on the line with 24 ticks remaining. Dunn calmly swished both attempts to re-store a five-point edge at 82-77.
Adam Grant, who scored a game-high 26 points, then misfired on a 3-pointer with 19 seconds left and Sanabria grabbed the rebound before he was fouled for a one-an-one chance at the line. However, Sanabria missed the front end chance and Grant followed with a triple from the top of the key to bring the Bulldogs within 82-80 with eight seconds left.
Bryant (2-19, 1-7 NEC) elected to foul Dunn with four seconds remaining and the Brooklyn native hit the first but misfired on the second to keep it a one possession game at 83-80.
Fortunately for the Terriers, after the rebound, Dunn came up with a steal and put the game away with a layup at the buzzer.
St. Francis Brooklyn, who led, 44-39 at the break, widened their lead to a game-high 11 points with 15:34 remaining after a jumper by sophomore forward
Milija Cosic.
The Terriers still led by double-digits at 56-46 with 12:31 remaining after Porter nailed a 3-pointer but the Bulldogs were able to keep the game in single-figures for the rest of the way after Ikenna Ndugba's long-range shot at the 12:18 mark.
The Bulldogs, who shot 51.6 percent overall (32-of-62) jumped out to a 5-0 start in the opening stanza, however, the hosts went on a 16-4 burst to take a 16-9 advantage with 13:03 remaining.
The visitors managed to battle back and even the game for the final time at 33-33 with 3:27 after Ndugba hit a trey. The Terriers went on an 11-6 spurt to grab the five-point halftime edge.
St. Francis Brooklyn made 12-of-27 (44.4 percent) 3-pointers and owned a 40-32 advantage on the boards.
The Terriers will travel to Fairleigh Dickinson on Thursday evening.
