WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) - Jesse Steele led Monmouth (N.J.) with 17 points as the Hawks held off St. Francis (Pa.) for a 65-60, Northeast Conference victory Thursday night.
Steele was 6-of-15 shooting, including 5 of 8 from 3-point range, as Monmouth (6-10, 1-2) knocked down 9 of 20 from beyond the arc.
The Red Flash (2-13, 1-2) held a 42-37 advantage in rebounds but shot just 31 percent (18 of 58) from the field and couldn't overcome a 37-28 halftime deficit.
St. Francis closed the gap quickly with a 10-2 run early in the second half and trailed Monmouth 41-38. The Red Flash led briefly following Dominique Major's 3-pointer with 10:36 left and forced a 52-all tie on Earl Brown's three-point play with 8:39 remaining, but committed five turnovers in the ensuing 5 minutes as Monmouth pulled away.
Brown had 11 points and 11 rebounds for his fourth straight double-double.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| St. Francis (Pa.) (1-13) | 28 | 32 | 60 |
| Monmouth (6-10) « | 37 | 28 | 65 |
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| St. Francis (Pa.) Red Flash | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Mosley, F | 29 | 1-7 | 5-7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| E. Brown, F | 26 | 4-6 | 3-3 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| U. Shannon, G | 32 | 1-8 | 1-4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| S. Whyatt, G | 24 | 4-7 | 2-3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| G. Brown, G | 22 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Drinnon | 20 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| D. Major | 20 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| B. Millaud-Meunier | 19 | 2-8 | 5-5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| O. Jackson | 6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Peters | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-58 | 16-22 | 42 | 11 | 22 | 60 | |
| 31% | 72.7% | ||||||
| Monmouth Hawks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Brown, F | 26 | 2-4 | 4-5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| T. O'Garro, F | 18 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Steele, G | 38 | 6-15 | 0-1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| A. Nicholas, G | 27 | 5-12 | 3-6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| D. Nesmith, G | 26 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Spinella | 16 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| E. Waite | 13 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| M. Ware | 12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| M. DiLeo | 11 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| G. Cox | 6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| C. White | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Palm | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-54 | 12-20 | 37 | 14 | 18 | 65 | |
| 40.7% | 60% | ||||||
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