BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - Jeffrey Short hit a go-ahead layup with 52 seconds left and Fordham earned a 70-68 victory over Pennsylvania in an NIT Season Tip-Off consolation game Monday.
The Rams trailed 66-65 after Penn's Steve Rennard hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:13 left, but Short's layup put Fordham up 67-66.
Branden Frazier drained a pair of free throws with 15 seconds left to put Fordham (1-3) up 69-66. A Fran Dougherty layup with six seconds left cut the deficit to 69-68, but Jermaine Myers' free throw a second later set the final margin.
Frazier finished with a team-high 19 points, boosted by 9-of-10 shooting from the free-throw line. Short had 12 points on 4-of-11 shooting.
Fordham shot 42.1 percent (8 of 19) from beyond the arc, with Bryan Smith (14 points) leading the way by going 4 of 5 from 3.
Dougherty and Miles Cartwright each had 20 points for the Quakers.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Fordham (1-3) « | 36 | 34 | 70 |
| Pennsylvania (1-4) | 35 | 33 | 68 |
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| Fordham Rams | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Leonard, F | 14 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| B. Frazier, G | 38 | 4-11 | 9-10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| J. Myers, G | 38 | 1-8 | 2-4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| B. Smith, G | 24 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| K. Robinson, G | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Short | 31 | 4-11 | 3-4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| M. Thomas | 20 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| R. Rhoomes | 15 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| R. Canty | 11 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Totals | 22-52 | 18-25 | 33 | 15 | 19 | 70 | |
| 42.3% | 72% | ||||||
| Pennsylvania Quakers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| F. Dougherty, F | 23 | 9-14 | 2-4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| H. Brooks, F | 13 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| M. Cartwright, G | 37 | 6-18 | 8-9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| J. Lewis, G | 30 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| S. Rennard, G | 22 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Jok | 18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| C. Crocker | 17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| P. Lucas-Perry | 17 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| S. Esprit | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Gunter | 6 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| T. Hicks | 5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Nelson-Henry | 5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| G. Louis | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-54 | 15-20 | 30 | 13 | 22 | 68 | |
| 46.3% | 75% | ||||||
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