WASHINGTON (AP) - Mike Phillips led the way with 19 points and 12 rebounds to help Howard rally late to beat American University 55-50 Tuesday night in nonconference play.
Calvin Thompson added 12 points for the Bison (2-7).
Trailing 46-43 at the 4:58 mark in the second half, Howard (2-7) closed out American with a 12-4 run to end the game.
Down three, Phillips hit a jumper to cut American's (3-5) lead to one, 46-45, but Tony Wroblicky answered with a jumper to push the Eagles' lead back to three, 48-45, with four minutes left to play.
Phillips responded, hitting back-to-back jumpers to give Howard a 49-48 lead with at the 1:59 mark.
Mike Bersch's tip-in with 45 seconds remaining put American within one, 51-50, but Thompson and Simuel Frazier went 6 for 6 on free throws in the last two minutes to seal the victory for the Bison.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| American (3-5) | 26 | 24 | 50 |
| Howard (2-7) « | 24 | 31 | 55 |
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| American Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Lumpkins, F | 37 | 4-11 | 2-4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| M. Bersch, F | 29 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| T. Wroblicky, C | 28 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| J. Schoof, G | 40 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| D. Munoz, G | 33 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Carroll | 21 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| D. Fisher | 12 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Totals | 21-47 | 2-4 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 50 | |
| 44.7% | 50% | ||||||
| Howard Bison | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Phillips, F | 39 | 8-16 | 3-6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| A. Leary, C | 29 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| C. Thompson, G | 35 | 3-11 | 4-4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| S. Frazier, G | 34 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| P. Okoroh, G | 31 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Boyomo | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Lee | 11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| A. Dickerson | 6 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| B. Ford | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-52 | 10-16 | 37 | 10 | 10 | 55 | |
| 38.5% | 62.5% | ||||||
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