FP
Outlasts Saint Rose, 75-69 in OT
Kwity and Scott post double-doubles to lead Ravens

RINDGE, N.H. (December 8, 2001) - Franklin Pierce University
outscored The College of Saint Rose, 12-6 in overtime, to post a 75-69 win in Northeast-10 Conference men's basketball action at the FP
Fieldhouse this afternoon. The win avenged a last-second loss to the Golden Knights (87-85) two weeks ago in Albany, N.Y.

Saint Rose rallied from a nine-point deficit with 7:55 to play with an 11-0 run, knotting the score at 59-59 with 2:50 to play. Junior guard Dwayne Beckford sparked the rally with six points for Saint Rose.

Sophomore Jimmie Hunt (Utica, N.Y./Mount Ararat (Maine)) put FP
back ahead, 63-61, but Saint Rose knotted the score on a Jesse Cort lay-up with 22-seconds on the clock.

After a Ravens timeout, junior Tom Waterman (Bangor, Maine/Bangor) had a chance to end the game, but his 17-foot leaner with two-seconds on the clock missed.

In overtime, a Phil Sellers jumper with 2:16 to play gave Saint Rose its last lead (69-68) as FP
scored the final seven points of the game to pull out the victory despite hitting just one-of-four from the line over the final two minutes.

Junior V.J. Kwity (Torrance, Calif./West) and senior Kevin Scott (Mississauga, Ontario/Iona Catholic) both registered double-doubles to lead the Ravens. Kwity totaled 16 points and 11 rebounds (all defensive) to go along with four assists, while Scott came off the bench to net 12 points and grab a game-high 13 boards (five offensive).

Hunt led all scorers with a game-high 18 points for FPC, on 8-13 shooting from the field, to go along with six rebounds and four assists. Sophomore Derek Rodgerson (Hampden, Maine/Hampden Academy) rounded out the Ravens double-digit scorers with 12 points. FP
shot 46.4-percent (32-69) from the field on the afternoon and limited the Golden Knights to a 40% (32-80) effort in the game.

Sellers led Saint Rose with 16 points, on 8-14 shooting from the field. Cort picked up his second double-double in three games as he totaled 13 points and 11 rebounds to go along with four assists and two steals. Junior J.T. Reed grabbed 11 boards and netted nine points.

Senior guard Matt Fryer dished eight assists to become just the fourth player in Golden Knights history to surpass 500 for his career. He moved into third-place on the school's all-time list with 505 helpers in his career.

FP
(4-3, 2-3 NE-10) returns to action on Wednesday when it travels to Manchester, N.H., to face in-state rival Saint Anselm College at 7:30 p.m. Saint Rose (3-3, 3-3 NE-10) travels to American International College on Sunday, December 16, at 4 p.m.