LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. (AP) - Anthony Myles scored 23 points and Jonathon Thompson added 18 as Rider defeated Niagara 72-69 Thursday night, handing the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference leader its second straight loss.
Daniel Stewart added 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Broncs (13-12, 8-5), who trailed 30-26 at halftime but took a 33-32 lead on Nurideen Lindsey's layup with 16:49 remaining.
Rider led the rest of the way, though never by more than 10 points. Thompson made 4 of 6 free throws in the final 24 seconds.
Myles, who tied his career scoring high, also grabbed seven rebounds for Rider.
Ameen Tanksley scored a career-high 29 points for the Purple Eagles (14-10, 10-3) and had 11 of their first 25 points.
Niagara was without its top scorer, Antoine Mason, who rested a lower leg injury, while its No. 2 scorer, Juan'ya Green, made just 1 of 16 shots and finished with seven points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Niagara (14-10) | 30 | 39 | 69 |
| Rider (13-12) « | 26 | 46 | 72 |
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| Niagara Purple Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. White, F | 18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| J. Green, G | 40 | 1-16 | 5-8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| M. Jordan, G | 37 | 4-12 | 0-2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| A. Tanksley, G | 37 | 10-16 | 7-8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 29 |
| T. McCall, G | 24 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Lemmons | 22 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| T. Cline | 14 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| J. Thomas | 8 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| L. Johnson | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-62 | 16-23 | 41 | 12 | 28 | 69 | |
| 37.1% | 69.6% | ||||||
| Rider Broncs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Stewart, F | 29 | 5-10 | 4-7 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| D. Nd-Ezuma, C | 13 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| J. Thompson, G | 40 | 4-12 | 8-11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| A. Myles, G | 37 | 8-13 | 3-4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 |
| N. Lindsey, G | 16 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| Z. Sadler | 21 | 0-3 | 1-4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| T. Pereira | 19 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Fortunat | 12 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| S. Valentine | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| K. Alford | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Stewart | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-56 | 20-32 | 44 | 12 | 19 | 72 | |
| 41.1% | 62.5% | ||||||
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