Twitty led the Skyhawks with 15 points, including the 1,000th of his career, this afternoon (PHOTO BY Mike Tureski/SportsPix)

Covington three-pointer with 1.5-seconds remaining the difference

CALDWELL, N.J. (December 22, 2019) – Senior Vaughn Covington drained a three-pointer with 1.5-seconds remaining to lift Caldwell University to a 63-61 triumph over Stonehill College in non-conference men's basketball action on Mark A. Corino Court inside the George R. Newman Recreation and Athletic Center this afternoon. 

Leaders

Stonehill

Brandon Twitty: 15 points (5-for-5, 5-for-5 threes), including 1000^th of his career, two rebounds.

Will Moreton: Fifth double-double of the season (24^th career) with 13 points and ten rebounds, five assists, a blocked shot and steal.

Owen Chose: 10 points, five assists

Monty Urmilevicius: Season-high 10 rebounds, nine points (4-for-8)

Caldwell

Vaughn Covington: Game-high 17 points (7-for-13, 3-for-7 threes), including game-winning three-pointer with 1.5-seconds left, four rebounds, three assists and a steal

Anthony Cooper: 15 points (5-for-14, 4-for-9 threes), including ten in the second half, three rebounds, two assists

Eric Johnson-Alford: six points, six rebounds

Moreton posted his 24th career double-double with 13 points and ten rebounds (PHOTO BY Mike Tureski/SportsPix)

How it Happened

• Covington's three-pointer with 1.5-seconds left capped a Caldwell comeback from a nine point deficit early in the second half as the Cougars scored the final five points of the game in the closing 1:13 to take its first lead since the opening five minutes of the game.
• Twitty netted the 1,000^th point of his career with his first basket of the game, a three-pointer 38-seconds into the contest, becoming the 41^st in program history to reach the plateau. He finished the game with 1,013 points, which ranks 38^th all-time in program history, in 88 career games.
• Caldwell snaps Stonehill's run of 20-straight wins in the month of December dating back to an 84-82 setback at the University of Bridgeport on December 30, 2015. The loss also ends a string of four-straight wins for the Skyhawks this season.
• Sophomore Josh Mack scored a layup with 1:13 remaining that gave Stonehill a three-point lead (61-58). Junior Manley Dorme drained two free throws on Caldwell's next possession and after a miss and turnover from the Skyhawks, Covington drained the deciding three from the top of the arc after a pair of timeouts. Moreton had a late bid to tie from just inside midcourt carom off the backboard to complete the comeback win for Caldwell.
• Stonehill led by six at the half (30-24) and then stretched its advantage to nine (35-26) after a layup from Urmilevicius less than two minutes into the second half.
• Caldwell scored seven straight to draw within a possession (37-35) after a layup from Johnson-Alford less than five minutes into the half.
• Stonehill's lead see-sawed between a possession and six or seven points until Caldwell answered a Twitty three-pointer that gave the Skyhawks a six point lead (48-42) with 11:12 left with a Cooper triple and two Dorme free-throws to close within a point (48-47) with ten minutes to go.
• Stonehill wouldn't lead by more than four the rest of the way, as it was unable to shake Caldwell, setting up the closing run by the Cougars.
• Caldwell led by a point (10-9) five minutes into the game, when Stonehill used a 12-5 stretch to grab a six-point lead (21-15) after a layup from Chose with 9:22 to play in the first half. Moreton and Twitty sparked the run with three-pointers, while Mack chipped in four points.
• Moreton's 13 points give him 1,502 points in 97 career games, moving into ninth place on Stonehill's career scoring list ahead of David Donnelly, '99 (1,498) as one of nine 1,500-point scorers in program history.

Up Next

Stonehill (7-5, 4-2 NE10) is off until the New Year, when it hosts Daemen College, ranked 15^th in the D2IDA Top 25 media poll and 19^th in the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) poll, at Merkert Gymnasium on Saturday, January 4, at noon. Caldwell (6-5, 2-2 CACC) visits Rutgers University on Monday, December 30, at 7 p.m.

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