LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. (AP) - Daniel Stewart recorded 18 points and 13 rebounds, and Lindsey Nurideen hit late free throws to help Rider beat Monmouth 65-62.
Trailing 37-22 at halftime, Monmouth (1-2) opened the second half on an 11-0 run - seven points by Dion Nesmith - to close the gap to 37-33.
Rider (2-1) responded with a 13-6 run of its own to push the lead to 50-39, but Monmouth answered right back.
Trailing 50-39 with 10 minutes remaining, the Hawks used a 23-12 run to tie the game at 62. Marcus Ware capped the run with a layup.
Lindsey, fouled by Nesmith, hit two free throws with 54 seconds left to give Rider the 64-62 lead.
Following a missed 3-pointer by Monmouth's Jesse Steele, Lindsey hit one free throw with 18 seconds left to extend the lead 65-62.
Andrew Nicholas missed a desperation shot with three seconds left.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Monmouth (1-2) | 22 | 40 | 62 |
| Rider (2-1) « | 37 | 28 | 65 |
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| Monmouth Hawks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Waite, F | 16 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| M. Ware, C | 19 | 3-8 | 2-3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| A. Nicholas, G | 36 | 3-17 | 2-2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| J. Steele, G | 35 | 4-20 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| D. Nesmith, G | 26 | 6-9 | 2-2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Spinella | 24 | 4-6 | 4-5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| T. O'Garro | 14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| K. Brown | 11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| M. DiLeo | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| G. Cox | 6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Palm | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. White | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-70 | 12-16 | 38 | 10 | 22 | 62 | |
| 32.9% | 75% | ||||||
| Rider Broncs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Stewart, F | 27 | 6-7 | 6-7 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| J. Fortunat, F | 12 | 0-2 | 0-4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Thompson, G | 34 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| A. Myles, G | 31 | 1-8 | 3-4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| N. Lindsey, G | 16 | 1-3 | 5-8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Pereira | 19 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| S. Valentine | 19 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Z. Sadler | 18 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| D. Nd-Ezuma | 15 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| J. Nwaniemeka | 5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Alford | 4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-49 | 17-26 | 46 | 9 | 18 | 65 | |
| 40.8% | 65.4% | ||||||
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