EASTERN GREENSBORO – The Stony Brook Seawolves’ free throw technique labored on the Colonial Athletic Affiliation (CAA) males’s basketball sport Saturday afternoon at North Carolina A&T’s Corbett Sports activities Middle.

However after a couple of calls from the Seawolves, the A&T Aggies bounced up and down Cal Irvin-Don Corbett’s court docket after a slender 61-59 win and celebrated.

The Aggies at the moment take their second consecutive win to .500 in CAA play at 3-3 and 8-11 general. The Seawolves, which got here in fourth place within the CAA, dropped to 7-11 within the basic classification and 3-2 within the league sport.

Aggies younger ahead marcus watson Nice for the second sport in a row. Watson completed with 18 factors, 7 rebounds and a couple of steals to observe Elon’s 20 factors, 8 rebounds on Wednesday.

“We wanted to get Marcus refocused and provides him credit score; he pressed the reset button,” stated the A&T interim head coach. Phillip Shumpert. “He performed two good video games in a row, so if he retains doing that and rebounds the basketball, we’ll be tremendous.

The important thing to his success is inside, doing publish isos, driving basketball and getting out within the passes. They will let him throw a triple. What they’re afraid of is it stepping into the paint. However it’s a steady course of and it is getting higher.”

Watson’s rebound and fast-breaking three-pointers from the key-top put the Aggies 57-56, with 3:23 to go. Each groups failed to attain for the subsequent 90 seconds till the A&T senior ahead. austin johnson missed a Watson and dedicated a foul within the sport from Frankie Policelli. Johnson completed the 3-point sport to take a 59-57 lead with 1:49 left on the Aggies.

A&T by no means gave up once more, however that does not imply heartburn has occurred. With 21 seconds left, A&T sophomore guard Cam Forest He fired two free throws to place the Aggies up 61-57.

After a Stony Brook break, the Seawolves had hassle getting the ball, inflicting Aggie to scream for a trustworthy five-second name. However they’ve sophomores as an alternative. I really like Bettis he’s making an attempt to chop the move that got here after he was lastly thrown at Tyler Stephenson-Moore. Bettis hit Stephenson-Moore on his option to steal, sending him to the free throw line.

He tied in each free throws, bringing the sport 61-59. Stephenson-Moore then fouled the freshman Duncan Powell earlier than the ball is in play. Powell missed the one-on-one entrance finish, giving the Seawolves an opportunity to attract or take the lead.

Tanahj Pettway selected to equalize the sport and Bettis fouled on his option to the basket with 13 seconds remaining. Nevertheless, Pettway missed the primary free throw, and Stony Brook led a time-out name to create a technique of intentionally lacking the second free throw in an try and retract the offense.

It nearly labored. Pettway missed the second free throw from the again ring and Policelli gave the rim a clean stare through the roll-over, however missed for a very long time. Stony Brook’s Keenan Fitzmorris had little likelihood of creating up for Polelli’s miss, however he missed it too, resulting in an Aggie celebration.

“Individuals thought this may be a rebuilding 12 months for us, however our guys got here in and competed on this league from the leap,” Shumpert stated. “We’re not removed from being profitable at this convention. It is a tribute to those guys who’re keen to play laborious and struggle to the tip.”

Woods led the Aggies with 19 factors on 15-on-7 capturing. Johnson had a career-high 10 factors and 6 rebounds, and Demetric 11 rebounds. Policelli had his seventh double-double to guide the league with 16 factors and 14 rebounds.

For the eighth consecutive sport, the Aggies discovered themselves trailing in double figures; this time the scenario was 30-20 and with 3:33 remaining to the tip of the primary half, the half was behind 30-26 with the final six factors of the half.

“We have now to take away the compulsion to remain behind and reciprocate,” Shumpert stated. “Generally that works however more often than not it does not. We go to Hampton on Martin Luther King Day and he will be leaping there. He is a pure opponent, so we will not exit within the first 10 minutes. and be dignified. We went to Hampton final 12 months and once we did it was unhealthy We received outcomes.”

The 2 HBCUs will play on MLK Day on Monday, January 16 at 7:00 pm on the Hampton Convocation Middle.