Lafayette pulls away from American 90-83 behind Petrie (Feb 17, 2018)
EASTON, Pa. (AP) Alex Petrie scored 27 points and E.J. Stephens scored 16 with six assists and three rebounds and Lafayette pulled away from American with a 90-83 win on Saturday.
American took its final lead of the game with a 3-pointer from Sam Iorio to make it 63-62 with 12:06 left before Eric Stafford followed with a quick 3-pointer for Lafayette.
Stafford hit a jump shot and Stephens made a 3 and it was 74-67. Stafford made another jumper to extend the lead to 79-69. The Eagles used a 14-7 run and drew within 86-83 with 24 seconds remaining on Sa'eed Nelson's layup but never got closer.
Justin Jaworski scored 17 points for Lafayette (8-18, Patriot League), Matt Klinewski, 12 and Stafford, 11. The Leopards finished 31-of-48 shooting (64.6 percent) from the field,
Iorio led American (3-12, 6-20) with 26 points and 11 rebounds, Nelson scored 20 and distributed six assists, Larry Motuzis scored 16 and Cheikh Diallo 12.
