PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rafael Maia supplied the inside game and Tucker Halpern was effective from the outside, leading Brown to a 69-56 nonconference victory over Sacred Heart on Thursday night.
Maia scored 19 points and grabbed 15 rebounds for the Bears (3-3), while Halpern made 5 of 8 shots from 3-point range, finishing with 17 points overall.
Halpern hit four of his 3s in the second half, including two that came 43 seconds apart and capped a 15-6 run at the start of the half that gave Brown a 46-33 lead with 12:53 remaining.
The Bears launched 36 3-point attempts, but Halpern's teammates were less successful, combining to make 5 of 28. Sean McGonagill was 2-for-14 behind the arc but handed out eight assists and made three steals.
Louis Montes scored 17 points, including 10 of 10 from the free-throw line, to lead the Pioneers (3-3).
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Sacred Heart (2-4) | 27 | 29 | 56 |
| Brown (3-3) « | 31 | 38 | 69 |
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| Sacred Heart Pioneers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Montes, F | 29 | 3-7 | 10-10 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| J. Swidowski, F | 22 | 3-10 | 4-5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| F. Akinpetide, F | 16 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| P. Gaetano, G | 40 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 7 |
| S. Gibson, G | 12 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Falzon | 23 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| D. Tate | 22 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| N. Greenbacker | 18 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| L. Cramer | 9 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| M. Abdel Latif | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-45 | 18-21 | 31 | 11 | 15 | 56 | |
| 40% | 85.7% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Kuakumensah, F | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| L. Yiljep, F | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| R. Maia, C | 33 | 7-16 | 5-11 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| S. McGonagill, G | 40 | 3-19 | 2-2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| M. Sullivan, G | 39 | 5-12 | 4-4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Ponticelli | 24 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| T. Halpern | 19 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| J. Sharkey | 13 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Schmidt | 4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-68 | 11-17 | 46 | 20 | 19 | 69 | |
| 35.3% | 64.7% | ||||||
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