Box Score
The host St Francis Brooklyn Terriers drilled a season-high 16 3-point field goals en route to a 77-60 victory against the Central Connecticut State Blue Devils, in a Northeast Conference contest on Thursday evening at the Pope Physical Education Center.
St. Francis Brooklyn (6-11, 3-2 NEC), who led from start to finish, placed three players in double-figures led by sophomore guard
Rasheem Dunn's 21 points. Dunn went 7-of-15 from the floor, including 5-for-13 from behind the arc. Senior forward
Jagos Lasic contributed a career-high 16 points on 5-of-8 shooting, including 4-for-5 from long-distance. Freshman guard
Jalen Jordan added 13 points.
Jordan opened the contest with a triple and then forced the visitors to take a timeout after draining another long-distance bomb that made it 10-2 at the 16:38 mark. Blue Devil center Deion Bute (14 points) converted a layup to make it 13-6, however, the hosts rattled off nine straight to grab a 22-6 advantage with 11:53 left in the first stanza. Lasic, freshman guard
Josh Nicholas, and Dunn all splashed treys during the spurt.
St. Francis Brooklyn extended their lead to a first half high of 21 points, 38-17, after a layup by Jordan.
The visitors outscored the Terriers by a 12-3 margin to close within 41-29 with 51 seconds left after a 3-pointer by Kashaun Hicks. St. Francis Brooklyn eventually settled for a 43-29 halftime advantage.
The Red & Blue scored the first five points of the second half to build a 48-29 lead as Jordan hit a jumper and senior guard
Glenn Sanabria drained a trifecta.
Central Connecticut State (8-10, 1-4 NEC) was within 56-42 after Joe Hugley converted two shots from the line with 10:33 remaining but the Terriers put the game away with a 18-6 burst that saw the lead balloon to 74-48 with just 5:05 remaining in the contest. Senior
D.J. Porter came off the bench and scored seven consecutive points to ignite the stretch and Dunn contributed five points.
Tyler Kohl scored 28 points and added eight boards to pace the Blue Devils.
St. Francis Brooklyn shot 45.5 percent (25-of-55) overall, made 16-of-35 treys (45.7 percent), and went 11-for-17 (64.7 percent) from the foul line.
Central Connecticut State converted 20-of-47 (42.6 percent) overall attempts, went 4-for-13 (30.8 percent) from beyond the arc, and hit 16-of-18 (88.9 percent) free-throws.
St. Francis Brooklyn will host Sacred Heart on Saturday at 4:00 p.m. The Terriers defeated the Pioneers, 73-68, on December 29
th in Fairfield, Connecticut.
