Box Score BROOKLYN, N.Y. – The Long Island University men's basketball team won their second-straight Northeast Conference game at home Saturday afternoon, knocking out the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights, 84-70. The Sharks (7-9, 2-1 NEC) had four players score in double digits, led by 20 points from senior Jashaun Agosto.
 
SHARK QUOTES
"That was a great, great home win by our team," head coach Derek Kellogg said postgame. "I thought our guys played pretty close to 40 minutes of LIU basketball. We shared the ball, we played really good defense, and I thought we showed some toughness and resiliency in the second half when Fairleigh Dickinson came back and made a run. I'm really proud of the way Jashaun Agosto played; I think that was his best game since I've been here as a head coach. I'm excited for our guys. I thought the hard work and attention to detail in practice carried over in these last couple of games."
 
GAME BREAKDOWN
FDU would grab an early lead on the Sharks, 4-2, but senior Julian Batts hit a three-pointer to put the home team up, 5-4, and LIU never looked back. Batts' basket sparked a 14-0 run over the next four minutes that would put LIU on top, 16-4. That run would eventually extend to a 26-7 outscoring effort, as the Sharks took a 28-11 lead with nine minutes left in the first half. FDU started to get some scoring done, but LIU held a comfortable lead at the halftime break, 46-30.
 
But the Knights weren't done fighting. The visitors came out in the second half, and capitalized on the fact that LIU's shots weren't falling as frequently. Over the first ten minutes of the second half, FDU put together a 20-7 run that would cut the lead to just six points, 58-52 with 9:25 to play.
 
But then senior Jashaun Agosto hit a three-pointer at 9:08, and senior Raiquan Clark got back to back baskets that put the Knights comfortably out of threatening territory, 65-54. Agosto would hit another three with 5:18 to play, but it was sophomore Virshon Cotton's dunk at 4:12 that made the momentum shift permanent in favor of the home team. Sophomore Jermaine Jackson Jr. also hit a three with 2:06 on the clock that helped seal the deal, and in the end, the Sharks took the emphatic win, 84-70.
 
SHARK BITES

• Senior Jashaun Agosto notched 20 points in the win for LIU, shooting 9-for-11 from the field. He also had five rebounds and three assists.
• Senior Raiquan Clark had 19 points, eight rebounds, three assists, two blocks and two steals.
• Sophomore Jermaine Jackson Jr. had 14 points, including going 3-for-4 from three-point range, while sophomore Virshon Cotton added 12 points.
• Junior Ty Flowers had a team-high 10 rebounds, along with eight points, a team-high five assists, two steals and a block.
• Senior Julian Batts added nine points, going 3-for-3 from three-point range.
• FDU had five players in double digits, but struggled from long range, shooting just 26.9 from three-point territory.
• Up next, the Sharks take on local rival St. Francis Brooklyn, Wednesday, January 15, in a matchup that will air on SNY.