FROSTBURG, Md. – For the second straight road outing, Urbana's
Shaunn Monroe hit a go-ahead shot in the final seconds but enough time was left for Frostburg's Daniel Alexander who hit a game-winner with two seconds remaining, lifting the Bobcats past the Blue Knights 63-62 Wednesday night.
Urbana (5-18, 4-13 MEC) overcame a six-point deficit in the final 1:29 and trailed as much as 11 midway through the second half.
A corner three from
Drew Thomas with 27 seconds left made it 61-60 and then Monroe hit a pull-up jumper with nine seconds. Urbana came up with a key stop by forcing a turnover off the full-court press to set up the go-ahead look.
FSU's Alexander, who scored 34 points, got the ball in his hands and hit a contested fadeaway from the right wing to win it. Alexander carried the Bobcats all night long, going 13 of 24 and 3 for 5 from beyond the arc. Frostburg only had two assists the entire game.
Monroe and
Mario Lacy Jr. each led Urbana with 14 points. Lacy logged his fourth double-double with a game-high 12 rebounds.
Brandon Michrina scored 10 points off the bench with a pair of 3-pointers. Thomas recorded a team-high five assists.
The game was tied 26-26 after a sluggish first half of action. The Blue Knights trailed by 10 at one point, but closed the opening period on a 9-0 run over the final three minutes.
The run continued into the second half as a
Tayler McNeal three put the Blue Knights up 31-26. Shortly after, a
Mike Ryan jumper made it 35-30 Blue Knights.
Alexander would bring the Bobcats back though, scoring nine points during an 11-1 Frostburg run to take a 41-36 lead. The Bobcats eventually led by double digits, 48-37, near the 10-minute mark as the run swelled to 18-2 over a six-minute span.
Eventually, Michrina stopped the bleeding with a layup and the freshman from Sterling Heights, Michigan drilled a corner three on the next possession, trimming the deficit to six, 48-42.
Urbana worked its way back into the game with solid rebounding as Lacy's layup with 6:43 remaining cut it to a three-point game, 52-49. The two teams would continue to exchange blows down the stretch.
The Blue Knights shot 42 percent overall and 54 percent from three-point range, hitting 7 of 13 shots from long range. However, Urbana's recurrent struggles at the foul line came back to hurt the Blue Knights after going 11 for 21 (52.4%).
Frostburg recorded a 36-percent shooting mark while going just 3 of 16 (18.8%) from three-point land. The Bobcats went 16 for 18 at the free throw line.
The two teams split the regular season series with each squad winning on its home court.
UP NEXT: Urbana will host Fairmont State (17-5, 12-5 MEC) on Saturday afternoon for a 4 p.m. tipoff in Grimes Center. The Fighting Falcons defeated the Blue Knights on a half-court buzzer-beater, 81-78, on Jan. 8.
