NEW YORK (AP) - C.J. Garner scored 16 points, Brandon Thompson had 14, and Jamal Olasewere tallied 13 to help LIU Brooklyn turn a six-point halftime deficit into a 75-65 win over Monmouth on Saturday in Northeastern Conference play.
Garner, Thompson and Olasewere each made five shots from the field and combined to hit eight 3-pointers for LIU Brooklyn (8-10, 3-3), which shot just 38.5 percent (10 of 26) in the first half and trailed 36-30 at intermission.
Olasewere opened the second half with a three-point play and Thompson hit a 3-pointer to tie it. Then, after Monmouth's Jesse Steele hit a layup, Garner converted a trey to give LIU Brooklyn the lead for good, 39-38.
Steele had 16 points for Monmouth (7-12, 2-4), which cut the deficit to one-point twice but could never retake the lead.
LIU Brooklyn made 14 of 24 shots after intermission, where they led by as many as 11.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Monmouth (7-12) | 36 | 29 | 65 |
| LIU-Brooklyn (8-10) « | 30 | 45 | 75 |
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| Monmouth Hawks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. O'Garro, F | 24 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Steele, G | 39 | 5-17 | 4-4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| D. Nesmith, G | 35 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| S. Spinella, G | 29 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| C. White, G | 27 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Waite | 15 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| M. Ware | 15 | 1-5 | 6-6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| M. DiLeo | 9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| G. Cox | 5 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| J. Palm | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-60 | 14-15 | 27 | 12 | 20 | 65 | |
| 38.3% | 93.3% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Olasewere, F | 26 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| K. Onyechi, F | 13 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| J. Brickman, G | 38 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| C. Garner, G | 38 | 5-11 | 4-4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| B. Thompson, G | 30 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Hucks | 18 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| E. Reed | 17 | 2-2 | 5-6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| G. Martin | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Murphy | 6 | 1-2 | 2-5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| T. Joseph | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Griggs | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-50 | 15-20 | 39 | 14 | 14 | 75 | |
| 48% | 75% | ||||||
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