HOUSTON (AP) - Art Bernardi had 22 points and 12 rebounds Saturday to lead Houston Baptist to its first Great West Conference win of the season, 66-57 over NJIT.
It was Bernardi's fourth straight game with 20 or more points. Caleb Crayton added 12 points for the Huskies (7-14, 1-3 Great West), who scored the last 10 points of the first half to lead 24-21 at the break.
Houston Baptist went ahead to stay at 36-33 on Crayton's 3-pointer.
Chris Flores led the Highlanders (11-11, 3-1) with 17 points and six steals. PJ Miller had 13 points and Ryan Woods scored 10 for NJIT.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| New Jersey Tech (11-11) | 21 | 36 | 57 |
| Houston Baptist (7-14) « | 24 | 42 | 66 |
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| New Jersey Tech Highlanders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Woods, F | 35 | 2-10 | 5-6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| D. Holiday, F | 22 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| S. McCarthy, C | 16 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| C. Flores, G | 39 | 5-14 | 5-5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| P. Miller, G | 34 | 4-8 | 5-6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| O. Nweke | 22 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| K. Howard | 15 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| N. Sydnor | 12 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Q. Bastian | 5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-51 | 18-22 | 36 | 6 | 22 | 57 | |
| 35.3% | 81.8% | ||||||
| Houston Baptist Huskies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Bernardi, F | 37 | 7-17 | 6-8 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
| C. Joyce, F | 26 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| A. Hill, G | 33 | 0-6 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| C. Crayton, G | 30 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| M. Smith, G | 23 | 1-5 | 6-6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Lewis | 20 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| D. Womack | 17 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| J. Harper | 10 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| D. Bowden | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-49 | 22-28 | 30 | 10 | 21 | 66 | |
| 40.8% | 78.6% | ||||||
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