STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The Long Island University men's basketball team had their four-game Northeast Conference win streak snapped Saturday afternoon at Wagner, as the Seahawks beat the Sharks, 72-64. Wagner (5-12, 2-4 NEC) took the lead 17 seconds into the game at the Spiro Sports Center, and LIU (9-10, 4-2 NEC) would trail for the rest of the contest.
 
GAME BREAKDOWN
LIU got on the board first Saturday, with a three from sophomore Virshon Cotton, but it was the only time the Sharks would lead. 15 seconds later, Wagner matched the three, and would go on a 10-0 run that gave the home team a10-3 advantage in the first six minutes. Another 7-0 run by the Seahawks a few minutes later would put them up, 19-8 with 11:08 to play.

LIU would come clawing back, putting together a 9-2 run and a 7-0 scoring spree that would bring them within two, 26-24 with 6:22 left in the first half, but Wagner would outscore LIU 16-9 over the final six minutes, and take a 42-33 lead into the break.
 
In the second half, LIU would come within striking distance of the Seahawks several times. A jumper by Jermaine Jackson Jr. would cut the lead to 50-45 with 12:57 to play, but Wagner was able to widen the gap again with a run of its own. At the seven-minute mark, junior Ty Flowers would make a three, and senior Raiquan Clark followed that up with a layup at 5:54 that cut the lead to three points, 60-57, and Wagner called a timeout. LIU would stay close, and two free throws by Cotton would make it 68-62 with 1:43 to play, but the Seahawks held out in the end, taking the win, 72-64.
 
SHARK BITES

• Senior Jashaun Agosto led scoring with 16 points, as he went 5-for-9 from the field and 4-for-6 from three-point range.
• Junior Ty Flowers had his ninth double double of the season, with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
• Senior Raiquan Clark had 11 points and six rebounds, while sophomores Virshon Cotton and Jermaine Jackson Jr. each had 10 points in the loss.
• LIU shot 50 percent from three-point range in the first half, but just 18.2 percent from long range in the second stanza.
• The Seahawks shot 60 percent from the field in the first half, in what would prove to be the difference in the game.
• Up next, LIU hosts the Pennsylvania contingent of the Northeast Conference, starting with Saint Francis U. in the Steinberg Wellness Center, Thursday, January 25 at 7 p.m.