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Men's Basketball Rolls Into ECC Finals With 76-50 Win Over NYIT

Men's Basketball Rolls Into ECC Finals With 76-50 Win Over NYIT
March 6, 2010

Brookville, NY-The top-seeded University of Bridgeport Purple Knights advanced to the finals of the 2010 East Coast Conference Men's Basketball Championship Tournament with a convincing 76-50 victory over the fifth-seeded NYIT Bears on Saturday evening. With the win, UB lifts its record to 22-8. New York Tech closes out its season at 14-16. 

Leading 35-27, at the half, Bridgeport blew the game open with a 13-0 run to open the second half. "I was really pleased with our defense, said UB head coach Mike Ruane. When we defend hard like we did today it allows us to create offense by getting out on the fast break. Having not played in a week, I was a little concerned about our offense, but our defense really picked us up" 
 
Bridgeport limited NYIT to a field goal percentage of only 32.8 (20 of 61) for the game. The Purple Knights, on the other hand, connected on 30 of 55 field goals (54.5%).
 
UB also did a good job of taking care of the basketball dishing out 21 assists with only 13 turnovers. New York Tech had only eight assists with 16 turnovers in the game.
 
Seniors Kirk Williams (White Plains, NY) with a game-high 15 points in only 15 minutes played and Lee Frazier (Bridgeton, NJ) with 14 points led Bridgeport in scoring in the contest.
 
Freshman Dominic Scurry (Ozone Park, NY) led the Bears with 12 points.
 
Bridgeport now moves on to the ECC Men's Basketball Tournament Championship Finals on Sunday afternoon, where they will face either C.W. Post (number two seed) or Queens (NY) College (number three seed). Action gets under at C.W. Post University at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. The winner of the 2010 East Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament receives an automatic bid to next week's NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship Tournament.