NEW YORK (AP) - Jesse Steele scored 20 points, including nine in a row during a second-half comeback that lifted Monmouth (N.J.) to a 71-67 victory over St. Francis Brooklyn on Thursday night in a Northeast Conference game.
Two free throws by Steele put the Hawks (7-11, 2-3) ahead to stay, 46-44, after they trailed 33-26 at halftime and 41-35 with 15:24 remaining. The senior guard added a layup for a four-point lead, hit a jumper after a St. Francis free throw, then sank a 3-pointer to make it 53-45 with 9:45 left.
Monmouth's lead reached 59-47 at the 7:45 mark on Khalil Brown's dunk, but the Terriers (7-9, 3-2) rallied to within 70-67 on Travis Nichols' 3-pointer at the 10-second mark. Dion Nesbitt added a free throw for Monmouth's final margin.
Ben Mockford scored 15 points, Akeem Johnson 14 and Jalen Cannon 13 for St. Francis.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Monmouth (7-11) « | 26 | 45 | 71 |
| St. Francis (N.Y.) (7-9) | 33 | 34 | 67 |
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| Monmouth Hawks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Brown, F | 25 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| T. O'Garro, F | 24 | 4-4 | 0-2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| J. Steele, G | 34 | 6-13 | 7-8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| S. Spinella, G | 33 | 3-6 | 3-4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| D. Nesmith, G | 26 | 2-8 | 1-2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Ware | 19 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| C. White | 18 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| E. Waite | 11 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Palm | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| M. DiLeo | 2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| G. Cox | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-50 | 18-27 | 41 | 12 | 20 | 71 | |
| 50% | 66.7% | ||||||
| St. Francis (N.Y.) Terriers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Cannon, F | 26 | 5-9 | 3-5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| A. Johnson, C | 28 | 6-8 | 2-3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| B. Mockford, G | 33 | 4-10 | 3-6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| A. Isailovic, G | 26 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| B. Jones, G | 19 | 1-8 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Calloway | 21 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| T. Nichols | 14 | 2-8 | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| A. White | 14 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| M. Milk | 8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| P. Santavenere | 7 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| L. Ulmer | 4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-68 | 11-21 | 34 | 13 | 22 | 67 | |
| 35.3% | 52.4% | ||||||
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