Box score
Highlights :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq0QGBXCOho
The host St. Francis (NY) Terriers reversed a 51-47 deficit with 2:53 remaining and held on for a 57-54 Northeast Conference victory over the Wagner Seahawks, Saturday afternoon at the Pope Physical Education Center. The Terriers, who have now won four straight conference games, improved to 9-10 (6-2 NEC) while the Seahawks dropped to 3-18 (1-7 NEC).
Junior guard Ricky Cadell (5-9, 3-pointers) scored 19 points and joined the 1,000 point club to lead the Terriers. Classmate Akeem Bennett (4 steals) added 16 points and sophomore Justin Newton (4 steals) distributed a career-high 10 assists.
Wagner used consecutive treys by Chris Martin to take their first lead of the game, 51-47 with just 2:53 remaining. But Terriers’ sophomore forward Stefan Perunicic responded with a 3-pointer from the left wing to initiate a 10-0 run, and trim the deficit to just 51-50 with 2:31 left.
Senior center Herman Wrice completed a conventional 3-point play with 1:36 left and the hosts never trailed again. Bennett followed with a steal and layup at the 1:09 mark and Perunicic converted a layup after a Newton steal with 46 seconds remaining to extend the Terriers lead to 57-51.
The Seahawks refused to go away as Doug Elwell connected on a trifecta with 23 ticks left to bring the visitors within 57-54.
The Terriers then missed three straight one-and-one opportunities to leave the door open for the Seahawks, but Martin misfired on a long 3-point attempt with two seconds remaining and St. Francis was able to run out the clock.
The Terriers led by as many as nine points in the second half, 40-31, at the 13:40 mark, but the Seahawks held the hosts to just two field goals over the next 6:50 and eventually knotted the score at 45-45 with 4:40 remaining.
Danny Mundweiler (5-8, 3-pointers) scored 17 points to pace Wagner and Elwell (4-8, 3-pointers) added 12 points and 9 boards.
St. Francis was 20-of-46 (43.5 percent) from the floor and Wagner shot 41.7 percent (20-for-48).
The Terriers are off to their best start in the NEC since the 2003-2004 season when they won a share of the regular-season title.