Hernandez leads LIU Brooklyn over Hartford 79-78
NEW YORK -- Joel Hernandez scored a career-best 27 points, grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds, and made a free throw with a second left to give LIU Brooklyn a 79-78 victory over Hartford on Thursday night.
Jashaun Agosto's free throw gave LIU Brooklyn (3-6) a 78-75 lead before Hartford's Travis Weatherington tied it 78-78 with a 3-pointer with five seconds remaining. Hernandez made the first of three free-throw attempts to end it.
Hernandez was 10-of-19 shooting from the floor and made 6 of 12 free throws. Julian Batts added 17 points and Agosto had 14 for LIU Brooklyn, which snapped a three-game losing streak.
Jason Dunne had 19 points to lead Hartford (3-5). John Carroll had 18 points and Weatherington chipped in 15.
The Blackbirds led 74-65 with 2:35 to play. Carroll scored six points, Dunne made a 3-pointer, and Hassan Attia split a pair of free throws with 19 seconds left to pull Hartford to 77-75 with 19 seconds remaining.
Game Information
- Referees:
- Tom Courtney
- Craig Lastres
- Sean Morgan
2023-24 Non-NCAA Division I Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Crown College | 0-0 | - | 0-0 |
Medgar Evers | 0-0 | - | 0-0 |
Molloy | 0-0 | - | 0-0 |
Elizabeth City State | 0-0 |
2023-24 Northeast Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Central Connecticut | 13-3 | - | 20-11 |
Merrimack | 13-3 | - | 21-12 |
Sacred Heart | 10-6 | 3 | 16-16 |
Fairleigh Dickinson | 9-7 | 4 | 15-17 |
Le Moyne | 9-7 | 4 | 15-17 |
Wagner | 7-9 | 6 | 17-16 |
Long Island University | 6-10 | 7 | 7-22 |
St. Francis (PA) | 3-13 | 10 | 8-22 |
Stonehill | 2-14 | 11 | 4-27 |