NEW YORK — Ansley Almonor had 19 factors and 9 rebounds, Terrence Brown added 17 factors and Fairleigh Dickinson beat Lengthy Island College 84-82 in additional time on Thursday evening after the Knights had been caught in an elevator earlier than the sport.
The FDU gamers had been rescued from an elevator — that takes gamers from the locker room to the court docket — by New York Metropolis firefighters at Steinberg Wellness Heart in Brooklyn.
The sport was delayed by about quarter-hour — and it was prolonged after LIU’s Tana Kopa compelled additional time by tying it at 79-all with 33 seconds left. Heru Bligen made FDU’s solely area aim in additional time, with 4:30 remaining and Kopa’s half-court heave on the buzzer rimmed out.
Bligen completed with 14 factors and eight rebounds for FDU (12-14, 6-5 Northeast Convention).
Kopa scored 18 factors and Nikola Djapa added 16 factors and 10 rebounds for LIU (6-18, 5-7).
