FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) - Shane Gibson scored 33 points, Luis Montes had 25 and Phil Gaetano handed out a career-high 13 assists to lead Sacred Heart to an 82-68 victory over Monmouth in Northeast Conference play on Saturday night.
Monmouth led 56-46 on two foul shots by Stephen Spinella with 12:48 to go, but a 16-4 run put Sacred Heart ahead 62-60. Monmouth reclaimed the lead 68-67 on Marcus Ware's layup with 4:51 remaining, but the Pioneers scored the last 15 points of the game.
Gibson was 7 of 17 from the field and 15 of 17 from the line in his season-high 33 points for the Pioneers (8-11, 6-2), who have won three consecutive games. Montes made 9 of 13 from the field. The Pioneers shot 50 percent from the field (26 of 52).
Dion Nesmith scored 16 and Spinella had 11 for the Hawks (8-13, 3-5).
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Monmouth (8-13) | 40 | 28 | 68 |
| Sacred Heart (8-11) « | 35 | 47 | 82 |
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| Monmouth Hawks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. O'Garro, F | 20 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| D. Nesmith, G | 33 | 6-9 | 2-2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| J. Steele, G | 32 | 3-14 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| C. White, G | 31 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| S. Spinella, G | 30 | 4-8 | 3-4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Ware | 20 | 3-8 | 3-9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| M. DiLeo | 11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| E. Waite | 11 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| J. Palm | 9 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| G. Cox | 3 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 25-60 | 14-25 | 34 | 11 | 26 | 68 | |
| 41.7% | 56% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Greenbacker, F | 13 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| P. Gaetano, G | 38 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 5 |
| S. Gibson, G | 37 | 7-17 | 15-17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 33 |
| S. Glowiak, G | 34 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| L. Montes, G | 29 | 9-13 | 6-9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 25 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Falzon | 21 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| D. Tate | 18 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| M. Abdel Latif | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| L. Cramer | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-52 | 24-31 | 37 | 18 | 20 | 82 | |
| 50% | 77.4% | ||||||
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