Men’s Basketball Falls in Overtime to RIT, 77-72
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ROCHESTER, NY—Rochester Institute of Technology overcame a nine-point deficit with 3:01 to play in regulation to force overtime, where they eventually topped the York College men's basketball team by a score of 77-72 on Friday evening in the opening round of the 26
th Annual Harold J. Brodie Memorial Tournament.
The Tigers (3-3) outscored the Cardinals 12-2 over the final 4:45, including a 9-0 run over the final 1:31 to tie the game at 64-64.
Justin Heisig who had a career high 29 points, scored six of RIT's nine points in the push to tie. Freshman
Desmond Scott tied the score with a free throw with 31 seconds remaining. He finished with 10 points for the Tigers.
On York's next possession,
Mark Evans turned the ball over giving RIT a chance to win it in regulation. Scott drove the lane, but missed the layup as time expired sending the game into overtime.
In the overtime period, RIT outscored the Cardinals 13-8, picking up the win and snapping a three-game losing streak.
Eric Travis stepped up big for the Tigers, scoring eight of his career-high 11 points in the overtime.
RIT shot 44.2 percent from the floor on 23-of-52 shooting. The Tigers were 6-of-13 from behind the arc and were 23-of-36 from the foul line.
Heisig had a career-high 29 points for the Tigers on 9-of-18 shooting from the floor. The senior forward was 8-of-11 from the foul line and had seven rebounds, three assists and two steals.
Scott finished with 10 points, while Travis scored 11 off the bench for RIT. RJ Kalb had seven points and seven rebounds.
Tony Vails led York (1-8) with 18 points.
Michael Trowers added 12 points,
Omari Phipps had ten points and seven boards and
Shamir Wilkinson had 11 points and eight rebounds for the Cardinals, who will face Utica College at 1 pm in the consolation game.
Portions of story courtesy RIT Athletics
