NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Chris Flores scored 17 points and made the game-winning layup with 1 second left as New Jersey Institute of Technology overcame a poor shooting performance and a 14-point deficit to rally past Army 69-67 Tuesday night.
Ryan Woods added 16 points, including the 3-pointer that tied the game at 67 with 16 seconds to go. The Highlanders (5-4) went on a 7-0 run in the final 1:21, with Daquan Holiday's layup starting the burst.
Tied at 15 at the 5:25 mark, the Black Knights (4-5) closed out the half on a 9-1 run and took their biggest lead at 41-27 with 13:02 left.
Army still led 63-51 with 3:06 remaining when Flores made two layups to start the NJIT surge.
The Highlanders shot 32.8 percent from the field (22 of 67).
NJIT held Army's Ella Ellis, who had back-to-back 23-point games, to 16 points and Andrew Stire added 13 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Army (4-5) | 24 | 43 | 67 |
| New Jersey Tech (5-4) « | 16 | 53 | 69 |
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| Army Black Knights | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Ellis, F | 29 | 3-6 | 8-9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| L. Toomey, F | 19 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| J. Springer, C | 15 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| K. Toth, G | 28 | 1-6 | 3-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| D. Cox, G | 16 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Stire | 21 | 4-5 | 5-6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| K. Wilson | 21 | 3-7 | 4-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| M. Gramling | 17 | 2-4 | 5-8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| J. Herbeck | 14 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| T. Plomb | 10 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Lenox | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Ferguson | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| M. Williams | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-43 | 27-35 | 48 | 9 | 23 | 67 | |
| 44.2% | 77.1% | ||||||
| New Jersey Tech Highlanders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Smith, F | 20 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| S. McCarthy, C | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| C. Flores, G | 39 | 6-20 | 2-5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| R. Woods, G | 36 | 4-19 | 4-4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| P. Miller, G | 27 | 1-5 | 4-6 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Sydnor | 20 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| K. Howard | 18 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Q. Bastian | 11 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| D. Holiday | 11 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| O. Nweke | 8 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 22-67 | 16-28 | 35 | 15 | 28 | 69 | |
| 32.8% | 57.1% | ||||||
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