NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) - Matt Hunter scored 23 points and Central Connecticut State was near-perfect at the foul line to edge St. Francis (Pa.) 84-81 Thursday night in double overtime.
The Blue Devils (13-15, 9-8 Northeast Conference) led 39-30 at halftime, but a layup by St. Francis' Ollie Jackson (18 points) with 0:02 left forced overtime. St. Francis (5-23, 5-12) led 75-72 in the first OT, but Central Connecticut's Malcolm McMillan was fouled on a 3-point shot and made three free throws to tie it.
Greg Brown (20 points) scored all six Red Flash points in the second overtime, but Hunter (7 for 7 at the line) scored four points, including two foul shots with 2:03 left for an 84-79 lead. The Blue Devils hit 15 of 16 free throws.
St. Francis made a season-high 14 3-pointers, but took 38 treys.
Kyle Vinales scored 19 points for CCSU and Joe Efese added 16.
| Scoreboard | |||||
| Final | 1 | 2 | OT | 2OT | T |
| St. Francis (Pa.) (5-23) | 30 | 42 | 3 | 6 | 81 |
| Central Connecticut State (13-15) « | 39 | 33 | 3 | 9 | 84 |
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| St. Francis (Pa.) Red Flash | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Brown, F | 44 | 4-6 | 4-6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| R. Drinnon, F | 31 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| G. Brown, G | 46 | 7-17 | 4-4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
| O. Jackson, G | 40 | 7-17 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| A. Ervin, G | 20 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Major | 33 | 2-10 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| B. Millaud-Meunier | 23 | 6-9 | 3-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| T. Peters | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Ritter | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-65 | 13-16 | 32 | 13 | 17 | 81 | |
| 41.5% | 81.3% | ||||||
| Central Connecticut State Blue Devils | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Efese, F | 37 | 8-12 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| B. Peel, F | 25 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| M. Hunter, G | 50 | 7-11 | 7-7 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 23 |
| M. McMillan, G | 50 | 2-4 | 3-3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| K. Vinales, G | 46 | 7-15 | 3-3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Burbage | 32 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| T. Allen | 7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| A. Hurd | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 31-55 | 15-16 | 31 | 19 | 13 | 84 | |
| 56.4% | 93.8% | ||||||
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