UB Men Struggle On Offense As Purple Knights Fall In ECC Action At Molloy, 78-69

Rockville Centre, N.Y.-It was a tough night of the offensive end of the court for the University of Bridgeport men's basketball, who came into Wednesday's play averaging 91.0 points per game, as the Purple Knight led only once at 3-2 and fell in an East Coast Conference contest to the host Molloy College Lions, 78-69.  With the loss, the Purple Knights are now 12-11 overall and 7-6 in the ECC.  The Lions up their season mark to 15-8 and run their conference record to 11-3.

Bridgeport shot only 33.3 percent (25-of-75) from the floor on Wednesday, including connecting on only 8-of-35 three-point shots (22.9%).

UB trailed by as many as 13 points in the first half, and the Purple Knights were down 47-42 at the half.  UB managed to cut the deficit to only two at 60-58 with 10:18 to play; however, that was as close as Bridgeport would come for the remainder of the contest.

Senior Eric Rankin (Bronx, N.Y.) led the Purple Knights with 16 points on Wednesday, and he was joined in double figures by classmate Dennis Green (Bronx, N.Y.) with 14 points and sophomore Hashem Abbas (Nablus, Palestine) chipped in 10 points.

Bridgeport junior Bakary Camara (Harlem, N.Y.) fell just short of a double-double at Molloy grabbing 10 rebounds and scoring nine points.

Mike Torre led the Lions with 21 points on the night.

Up next, the UB men's basketball team returns to the Park City on Saturday when the Purple Knights host Queens (N.Y.) College.  Game time is set for 3:00 p.m. in Hubbell Gym.