Men's Basketball

February 27, 2008

BLAUVELT, N.Y.-Senior swingman Arthur Robertson (Far Rockaway, N.Y./Beach Channel) and junior forward Omar Robinson (Brooklyn, N.Y./Canarsie) each had 16 points, as the Post University men's basketball team was edged at Dominican College, 64-63, Wednesday evening at the Hennessy Center.

Robertson, who was named to the first-team All-Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) on Monday, shot 5-of-12 from the field on Wednesday. It was the 21^st game, in which he has scored double-figures this season, including his last 15 games for the Eagles (14-13, 10-6 CACC). He also grabbed six rebounds, and had three assists and three steals.

Robinson shot 50 percent from the field, knocking down 6-of-12 shots from the field, and had three three-pointers in 25 minutes off the bench.

After garnering third-team All-CACC honors on Monday, senior forward Peter Lawal (Uniondale, N.Y./Uniondale) had 14 points on 6-of-13 shooting. Lawal also grabbed five rebounds, and blocked one shot.

The Eagles jumped out to a 13-8 lead at the 11:45 mark, after a jump shot by junior guard James Lee (Montreal, Quebec, Canada/Vanier Prep). However, the Chargers went on an 8-2 run, capped by a three-pointer from Brendan McManus, giving Dominican a 16-15 lead with 8:14 left until halftime.

The lead would swing back in favor of the Eagles, with a 9-4 run, after a bucket from Robertson, giving the Eagles a 24-20 lead with 4:20 left in the half. Neither team found the bottom of the bucket, until 47 seconds left when Brandon Brock sank a pair of free throws to cut the Eagle lead to 24-22.

A trey by Robinson put Post up 27-22, but Dominican scored the final four points of the half, to go into the locker room trailing 27-26.

In the second half, the Eagles extended their lead to seven points, 35-28 after a jumper by Lawal. A Brock three, would jumpstart a 13-3 run, to give the Chargers a 41-38 lead with roughly 12 minutes left in the contest.

A pair of free throws from Robertson and a trey from Robinson gave the Eagles a 43-41 lead with 11:54 left, but a lay-up from Shelton Gibbs tied the game at 43-43. Kresimar Knez gave the Chargers a 45-43 lead with a pair of free throws.

Dominican extended the lead to 61-55 with 1:34 left, and freshman guard Garvin McAlister (Norwich, Conn./N.F.A.) cut the lead to three, with a three-pointer. Then a dunk by Lawal, with 47 second left cut the lead to 61-60.

Brock canned a jumper over three Post defenders, and McManus sank a charity stripe toss giving Dominican a 64-60 lead with seven ticks on the clock. Robertson drained a three-pointer as time expired and the game ended 64-63.

Post shot 39.1 percent from the field, connecting on 25-of-64 shots from the floor. The Eagles were held to just 26.1 percent, 6-of-23 from three-point range, and just 50 percent (7-14) from the free throw line, including 4-of-9 in the second half.

The Eagles did have a 43-38 edge on the boards, including a 12-8 margin on the offensive glass.

Dominican was led by Brock who had 16 points, while Will Carty added 14, McManus had 11, and Knez chipped in with 10.

Post, is the number-one seed in the CACC North Division, and will host number-four in the North Bloomfield College on Saturday afternoon at the Drubner Center. Tip-off is slated for 2 p.m.