St. Peter's pulls away from Fairleigh Dickinson 69-60
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) Marvin Dominique scored 18 points, Tyler Gaskins and Desi Washington had 17 each, and St. Peter's ended the game on an 11-0 run to defeat Fairleigh Dickinson 69-60 on Tuesday.
Dominque's three-point play with 1:27 left put the Peacocks (5-7) up 61-60. Gaskins followed with a basket and Washington hit all four of his free throws sandwiched around Trevis Wyche going 2 of 4 in the game-winning surge.
The Knights (4-6), whose last point came with 3:02 left, missed their last five shots, plus three free throws, and had three turnovers.
Mustafaa Jones had 18 points and Darian Anderson 14 for Fairleigh Dickinson.
Anderson scored nine of the Knights' final 11 points to close the half on a 10-3 run for a 36-27 lead.
Gaskins had nine points as the Peacocks opened the second half with a 20-5 run to go up 47-41. But the Knights settled down until the closing minutes.