PISCATAWAY, N.J.— Tana Kopa scored a career-high 17 points on Tuesday and he followed that up on Saturday with 19 against Rutgers.

The men's basketball team battled all afternoon long with tournament team Rutgers, going blow for blow with the Scarlet Knights. A Kopa three would get the Sharks within seven and put Rutgers back on its heels. Unfortunately for LIU, it also woke up their opponent as they went on a scoring run in the final few minutes to beat the Sharks 83-61.

Eric Acker narrowly missed his first career triple-double as he tallied nine points, eight assists and 10 rebounds.

C.J. Delancy had his best game of the season, scoring 12 points in a 6-7 shooting day.

Andre Washington added nine points.

The Sharks return to the court next week on Saturday when they travel to face old NEC foe Mount St. Mary's