HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) - Travis Nichols scored 15 points and Brent Jones converted a late, go-ahead layup to lift St. Francis (N.Y.) over Quinnipiac 63-61 Thursday night in the Northeast Conference opener for both teams.
St. Francis (5-7), which trailed 28-25 at halftime, opened up a 50-42 lead with 10:19 left to play but Quinnipiac (4-8) rallied to tie the game at 54-all and take its first lead of the half, 55-54, at the 3:48 mark.
From there, the teams battled through three ties and three lead changes before Ike Azotam's layup tied the game at 61-all with 49 seconds remaining. Jones hit a layup with 9 seconds left to give St. Francis the lead and recorded a steal on Quinnipiac's next possession.
Quinnipiac's Dave Johnson had a layup attempt blocked with 3 seconds showing and Evan Conti's desperation 3-pointer at the buzzer rimmed off.
Zaid Hearst led Quinnipiac with 13 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| St. Francis (N.Y.) (5-7) « | 25 | 38 | 63 |
| Quinnipiac (4-8) | 28 | 33 | 61 |
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| St. Francis (N.Y.) Terriers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Cannon, F | 31 | 4-9 | 6-7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| A. Johnson, F | 20 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| K. Douglas, F | 14 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| B. Mockford, G | 30 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| B. Jones, G | 27 | 3-10 | 4-5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Nichols | 24 | 6-13 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| A. Isailovic | 20 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| P. Santavenere | 14 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| D. Calloway | 11 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| A. White | 5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Milk | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| L. Ulmer | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-62 | 12-16 | 35 | 13 | 20 | 63 | |
| 35.5% | 75% | ||||||
| Quinnipiac Bobcats | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Jackson, F | 30 | 5-10 | 2-7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| I. Azotam, F | 13 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| E. Conti, G | 36 | 2-11 | 2-6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| D. Johnson, G | 33 | 5-12 | 0-1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| Z. Hearst, G | 32 | 5-12 | 1-3 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Harris | 21 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| S. Shannon | 17 | 0-6 | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| O. Drame | 16 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| K. Ray | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Carey | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-64 | 11-26 | 56 | 15 | 18 | 61 | |
| 37.5% | 42.3% | ||||||
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