STONY BROOK, N.Y. -- Jairus Lyles scored 24 points and Arkel Lamar, who'd made only one free throw in the game, calmly swished two with 1.7 seconds on the clock and Maryland-Baltimore County edged Stony Brook 67-63 on Wednesday night.

Lyles was 10 of 21 from the floor with nine rebounds and five assists, Lamar added 11 points off the bench with a pair of 3-pointers and UMBC (16-8, 7-2 America East Conference) has won three in a row and five of its last six and is off to its best start in 15 seasons in the AEC.

Akwasi Yeboah led with 20 points but Stony Brook (8-15, 3-6) has lost four straight and Wednesday was the sixth time the Seawolves lost a conference game in the final minute.

UMBC led by as many as 15 in the first half, but Stony Brook slashed that down to 28-27 with a Junior Saintel dunk to cap a 14-1 run and, while UMBC led for most of the last nine minutes, it was never by more than three until Lamar put the game away at the very end.

In a critical possession, Stony Brook appeared to lose track of the shot clock and had to heave up a deep 3 that missed, preserving UMBC's 65-63 lead with 2.2 seconds on the clock.