Trailing the entire second half, Bates tied the game, 65-65, with 59 seconds remaining on a Rob Stockwell ’07 (Temple, N.H) transition layup.
He stole the ball near half court and hit the layup on a give-and-go play with Zak Ray ’07 (Bangor, Maine). Stockwell’s steal came after Brian Gerrity ’05 (Augusta, Maine) drained a fall-away jumper from the right wing. Fouled on the play, Gerrity hit the free throw to pull the Bobcats within two, 65-63.
Answering Stockwell’s score, Josh Oxton ’05 (Center Harbor, N.H.) pulled up for 13-footer with 27 seconds remaining to give Endicott a 67-65 lead.
Bates’ Jon Furbush ’05 (South Portland, Maine) had a chance to take back the lead, but his 3-point attempt from the left baseline hit off the back rim with :09 on the clock.
Endicott’s Nemanja Marinkovic ’07 (Belgrade, Serbia) connected on the front end of a one-and-one with four ticks remaining, but Ray’s desperation 3-pointer from the right corner fell short as time expired.
Oxton scored a game-high 28 points with five rebounds for the Gulls, while Marinkovic scored 21 with seven assists. Sam Evans ’07 (Philadelphia, Pa.) collected a game-high 10 boards.
Stockwell and Furbush each scored a team-high 18 points for the Bobcats; Stockwell had seven rebounds to Furbush’s five. Gerrity finished with 13 points; Ray had six assists.
Endicott is now 4-4.