LORETTO, Pa. (AP) — Umar Shannon scored 23 points, including the game’s final seven, to lead St. Francis (Pa.) past Colgate 69-66 on Monday night.
The Red Flash (1-1) trailed 65-58 with 2:56 left, before going on a 6-1 run sparked by four points from Shannon. Shannon’s 3 put St. Francis ahead 67-66 with 37 seconds left for its first lead since 41-40 with 16:33 to play.
Colgate’s Yaw Gyawu then missed a jumper with 25 seconds to go, and four seconds later the Raiders (0-2) fouled Shannon, who made both free throws.
Shannon made 8 of 10 free throws in the game as St. Francis shot 75 percent from the line (18 of 24), compared to 66.7 percent (14 of 21) by Colgate.
