St Francis (Brooklyn) beats Wagner 82-75

Dec 31, 2017, 08:50 pm

NEW YORK -- Rasheem Dunn scored 22 points and grabbed seven rebounds, Glenn Sanabria added 16 points and St. Francis (Brooklyn) beat Wagner 82-75 on Sunday.

St. Francis snapped a four-game skid in the series against its Verrazano-Narrows Bridge neighbor, Wagner.

Dunn and Sanabria combined for St. Francis' final nine points. Sanabria hit a 3-pointer for a five-point lead with 1:22 left and, following a layup at the other end by JoJo Cooper, added two free throws. After a missed 3 by Wagner, Dunn put St. Francis up by seven at the line and added two more with 21 seconds left to seal it.

Milija Cosic scored a career-high 16 points for St. Francis (5-9, 2-0 Northeast Conference). Dunn hit 10 of 12 free throws as the Terriers made 75 percent of their 36 attempts.

Blake Francis led Wagner (8-5, 1-1) with 23 points and Cooper had 16 points, 12 rebounds and four assists. The Seahawks were outrebounded 38-29 and turned it over 20 times.

Wagner led 31-29 at halftime after shooting 52.4 percent from the field and turning it over 14 times.