PHILADELPHIA – Despite leading a majority of the contest, the HFU men's basketball team fell victim to a 10-18 run over the final 4:37 in a 68-74 loss to Molloy at the Campus Center on Tuesday evening
 
Individual Highlights

• Tazir Cantey (Lindenwold, N.J./Eastern Regional) led all players with five assists and a career-best three steals
• Ethan Pires (Dover, Del./The Pennington School (Millersville University)) paced the Tigers with 16 points, the game's second highest total, to set a career-best for the second game in a row
• David Robinson Jr. (Philadelphia, Pa./Chestnut Hill Academy) approached a double-double with 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting and eight rebounds, the games' second highest total
• Ryan Holmes (Philadelphia, Pa./William Penn Charter School (CC of Philadelphia)) scored in double-figures for the first time in his HFU career, finishing with 11 points
• Aamir Hurst (Philadelphia, Pa./Neumann Goretti) fell one point short of double-figures with nine

 
Inside the Box Score

• The Tigers made more field goals, 27-23, but were undone by a 6-for-20 performance from the free throw line, compared to the Lions making 21-of-27

 
How it Happened
First Half

• The opening 17 minutes were played within two possessions, with seven lead changes and six ties
• Molloy's largest advantage of 3-6 came just 2:43 into the action
• Pires started an 8-2 surge with a 3-point play that ended with back-to-back baskets by Izaiah Credle (Smyrna, Del./Smyrna (Chesapeake College)) and Robinson Jr. for an HFU-high eight-point lead, 35-27, 2:42 ahead of the break 
• The Lions scored the final six points though, cutting the deficit to two entering the locker room

Second Half

• Holy Family took two four-point advantages in the first 1:57, including on a Robinson Jr. dunk to make the score 39-35
• Molloy answered with the next six to take its first lead, 41-39, since the 8:38 mark of the first half with 16:01 to play
• The two teams traded points until a Jake McGonigle (Ocean City, N.J./Wildwood Catholic) jumper put the Tigers on top 48-45 with 11:33 showing
• Holy Family continued to lead, including by four again – 52-48 – on a Robinson Jr. with 9:31 left, until Molloy tied it at 56 on a three-point play with 6:38 on the clock
• Jason Shields (Scranton, Pa./Scranton (Jefferson University)) put the Tigers ahead one final time, 58-56, on a driving layup just over a minute later, but the Lions responded with yet another three-point play to go on top for good
• That came with 4:37 remaining, sparking six unanswered as HFU could only get as close as four twice down the stretch

 
Up Next
The Tigers take part in the Harlem Renaissance Classic, hosted in Gauchos Gym in Bronx, N.Y., this Saturday when it takes on Elizabeth City State University at 12 p.m.