Box Score Las Vegas, NV: The Ramapo College men's basketball team fell to St. Vincent College 73-71 in their final game at the D3hoops.com Classic. The Roadrunners now stand at 7-5 overall while Bearcats improve to 7-2 overall. St. Vincent received votes in the most recent D3hoops.com Top 25 poll.
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Neither team led by more then eight points in the game while the Bearcats scored the game winning basket from JC Howard with under two seconds remaining.
Frank Nock was able to get a last second shot off for Ramapo but it banked off the backboard as time expired. The game was tied five times with ten lead changes.
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Howard led both teams with 19 points in the game while fellow teammate Pat Jones tallied 14 points and nine rebounds. Bobby Swartwout added 13 points, six rebounds and two blocks. The Bearcats shot 44% (26-58) from the field in the game, 40% (8-20) from the three-point line and 50% (13-26) from the free throw line.
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Ramapo was led by
Thomas Bonacum and
Christopher Moseley who each scored 18 points in the game. Bonacum added seven rebounds and five assists while Moseley tallied eight rebounds and two blocks.
Frank Nock posted 11 points, nine rebounds and three assists while
David Haye finished with eight points.Â
Josh Ford and
James Long each contributed with six points. Ramapo shot 36% (24-65) from the field, 35% (5-14) from the three-point line and 85% (18-21) from the free throw line.
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The Roadrunners return to action on January 6th when they host NJAC rival The College of New Jersey at the Bradley Center at 7:30pm. Live stat and live video links can be found on www.ramapoathletics.com.
D3hoops.com interview with head men's basketball coach Chuck McBreen