Purple Knights Steamroll Molloy, 81-48, To Capture 2012-13 ECC Men's Basketball Regular Season Title And Top Seed In Conference Championship Tournament

Bridgeport, Conn.-The University of Bridgeport men's basketball team wrapped up the 2012-13 East Coast Conference regular season title and the top seed in next week's ECC Championship Tournament on Wednesday night, as the Purple Knights steamrolled the second-place Molloy College Lions, 81-48, for the team's twelfth straight victory and sixteenth win in its last seventeen outings.  The Purple Knights trailed only twice on the night at 3-0 plus 5-3, and raced out to a 35-16 halftime advantage.  Bridgeport led by as many as 37 points in the second half, as the team avenged its last loss, a 62-48 defeat at Molloy on January 9, 2013.

Junior JoJo Swift (Brooklyn, N.Y.) led a balance Purple Knights' offensive attack with 15 points off the Bridgeport bench.

Swift was joined in double-digit scoring by junior Ivan Simic (Belgrade, Serbia) with 13 points, and senior seniors Dion Waiters (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Omari Howard (Bronx, N.Y.) netted 11 and 10 points respectively.

Waiters was all over the court on Wednesday, as he finished with a double-double adding 10 assists to go with his 11 points, and he also added eight steals and three rebounds.

Tyler Hammet led the Lions with a double-double of 11 points and 14 rebounds.

UB closes out its regular season with a Senior Day home tussle against Dowling on Saturday afternoon at 3:00 p.m.