SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) - Justin Sears grabbed an offensive rebound with 2 seconds left and laid it in to give Yale a 64-62 victory over Bryant on Wednesday night.
Sears had 20 points and nine rebounds, and Jeremiah Kreisberg scored 14 for Yale (3-6).
Dyami Starks had 22 points and Alex Francis 19 for Bryant (4-3), which had won four in a row.
The teams were never more than three points apart in the second half until Michael Grace's layup boosted Yale to a 47-42 advantage 5:16 in. Yale jumped ahead 50-43 on Austin Morgan's 3-pointer with 14:01 left.
With 7:51 remaining, Kreisberg's layup made it 58-51 for Yale, and Kreisberg struck again at 7:08 for a 60-51 lead. Bryant's Joe O'Shea and Frank Dobbs scored to close to 60-55, and O'Shea made a layup and Starks a 3-pointer to tie it at 62 at 2:19.
Neither team scored again until Sears' game-winner.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Yale (3-6) « | 30 | 34 | 64 |
| Bryant University (4-3) | 32 | 30 | 62 |
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| Yale Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Townsend, F | 27 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| J. Sears, F | 20 | 10-16 | 0-1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| J. Duren, G | 27 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| A. Morgan, G | 25 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| S. Martin, G | 23 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Grace | 25 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| J. Kreisberg | 22 | 6-8 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| A. Cotton | 18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| G. Kelley | 8 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| J. Pritchard | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 28-60 | 6-8 | 29 | 12 | 15 | 64 | |
| 46.7% | 75% | ||||||
| Bryant University Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Francis, F | 31 | 8-12 | 3-5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 |
| V. Kondratyev, F | 17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| D. Starks, G | 39 | 8-18 | 1-1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| F. Dobbs, G | 38 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| C. Maynard, G | 27 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. O'Shea | 31 | 4-8 | 0-2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| S. McLaughlin | 14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Scocca | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. McMath | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. McKinney | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-49 | 6-10 | 32 | 12 | 11 | 62 | |
| 51% | 60% | ||||||
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