Huge Run To End First Half Lifts Dowling To Win Over Men's Hoops
Golden Lions Post 77-75 Win In ECC Opener For Both Teams
Oakdale, N.Y.-Trailing 24-14 with 8:30 to play in the first half, the Dowling College Golden Lions blitzed the visiting University of Bridgeport Purple Knights with a 29-6 run to end the opening stanza to take a 43-30 halftime lead which they never relinquished, as DC posted a 77-75 win in the 2013-14 East Coast Conference for both schools. UB is now 2-4 overall and 0-1 in conference action. Dowling raises its overall mark to 4-1, and the Golden Lions are 1-0 in the ECC.
Junior Antoine Brown (Brooklyn, N.Y.) led four UB scorers in double figures with 21 points. He was joined in double-digit scoring by JoJo Swift (Sr., Brooklyn, N.Y.) with 17 points, sophomore Ernest Rouse (Freeport, N.Y.) with 12 points and senior Ivan Simic (Belgrade, Serbia0 netted 11 points.
Dowling's Darien Davis led all scorers on the afternoon with 22 points.
The Purple Knights will look to snap a three-game losing streak when they return to the court on Wednesday, December 11 for an ECC tilt versus Molloy College.