Men’s basketball beats UMass Lowell 66-65

Vestal, NY – Senior Guard Jacob Falco Scored nine points in the final 3:15 and sank the winning free throw with 1.6 seconds remaining to beat Binghamton Men’s Basketball (7-10, 3-1 USA East) 66-65 to UMass Lowell (15-4, 3). -2 AE) Saturday afternoon in front of 2,014 at Dr. By Lee Court at the Event Center.

BU’s third consecutive win lifted the Bearcats to first place in the US East standings.

The game featured seven draws and five lead changes, with the entire second half being played within six points.

With the score tied at 65-65 and BU holding their final shot, Falco tried to drive down the lane but was denied, losing the ball momentarily. He remembered, drove into the paint and climbed up to the 13th foot, but was fouled with 1.6 seconds remaining. After missing the first free throw, Falco made a second free throw to give BU the winning margin. The Riverhawks inbounded to halfcourt, called a timeout, and ran a lob play to the left of the bucket with 1.4 seconds remaining. was out of

Binghamton trailed 60-55 with 3:33 remaining before Falco went to work. Despite being fouled, he hit a 3-point shot off the wing at 3:15, converting the free throw into a 4-point play to cut the deficit to 1, 60-59. On his next UML possession, Falco knocked the ball out in the lane and drove to the rim on the other side for a layup, with 2:31 remaining he gave BU his 61-60 lead. gave Falco then sent his 3-pointer to the rim, targeting BU’s next possession.But defense graduated Miles Gibson I deflected a UML dribble into the lane and returned the ball to Bearcat. Falco then drove to the basket for a layup, giving BU a 63-60 lead with 1:02 remaining. UMass Lowell fought back with his 3-pointer to equalize. Gibson’s layup (from Falco) with 34 seconds remaining was countered by two of his UML his free throws with 22 seconds remaining, setting him up for a decisive BU his possession.

‘Every win in the conference is very important,’ says head coach revel sanders Said. “Rowell came out early and was more aggressive and got punched in the mouth. Everyone stepped up Of course Jake took us home This is a win for a really good team for us Team that should have been the better team in the conference It gives the team the confidence that they can play with it. It gives them motivation for the next job.

Falco scored 19 points and 14 in the second half.junior center Tariq Balogun He added 16 points (4-of-4 FG) and 7 rebounds in 21 minutes.junior forward Amon Khalid Added 13 points.

A total of 36 fouls and 47 free throws were made in the physical game.

UMass Rowell started the game with a 10-2 run and at one point held a 20-4 margin on rebounds. The Bearcats took the chip and used an 8-2 second half run to tie it before the River His Hawks hit a 3-pointer in the final seconds of the half to take a 33-30 lead. Balogun scored 13 points in the first half, with Khalid contributing seven.

In the second half, BU held UML’s shooting percentage to just 30% (8 to 27).

Binghamton next head to Albany and Maine for a two-game, four-day trip.The Bearcats face Albany on Thursday in Troy, N.Y.