LIU Brooklyn beats Bryant 83-79 behind Hernandez, Clark
NEW YORK -- Joel Hernandez scored five of his 22 points in the final 2:16 and LIU Brooklyn rallied late to beat Bryant 83-79 on Thursday night to win its third straight.
Trailing by five at halftime, Bryant scored six straight points and led 73-68 on Hunter Ware's jumper with 4:08 left, but the Blackbirds tied it at 75 on Hernandez's free throw after a 7-2 run. Hernandez's layup tied it at 77, Julian Batts hit a go-ahead free throw, and Hernandez's dunk with 4 seconds left capped an 8-0 run for an 83-77 lead.
Batt's layup tied it at 34 and Jashaun Agosto's layup capped a 7-0 run for a 41-36 Blackbirds lead at halftime.
Raiquan Clark scored 21 points, Agosto added 18 and Batts 17 for the Blackbirds (9-11, 4-3 Northeast Conference), who shot 54.5 percent from the floor and made 12 3-pointers.
Adam Grant scored 20 points with five 3-pointers for the Bulldogs (2-18, 1-6), who hit 12 3-pointers and shot 47 percent from the field. Bosko Kostur and Ikenna Ndugba added 14 points apiece with Ndugba making eight assists, and Monty Urmilevicius had 10 points.
Game Information
- Referees:
- Guy Pagano
- Tony Chiazza
- Kevin Harrington
2023-24 America East Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Vermont | 15-1 | - | 28-7 |
UMass Lowell | 11-5 | 4 | 22-10 |
Bryant | 11-5 | 4 | 20-13 |
New Hampshire | 7-9 | 8 | 16-15 |
Binghamton | 7-9 | 8 | 15-15 |
Maine | 7-9 | 8 | 15-17 |
UMBC | 6-10 | 9 | 11-21 |
UAlbany | 5-11 | 10 | 13-19 |
NJIT | 3-13 | 12 | 7-21 |
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 |