SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – New Haven made two free throws with five seconds remaining to defeat the Holy Family University men's basketball team, 55-56, on Sunday afternoon. 
 
HFU led by seven, 49-42, when Vernon Johnson (Teaneck, N.J./Teaneck) made a 3-pointer with 7:55 remaining and later by three, 55-52, on Tairi Ketner's (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Carroll) dunk with 2:30 left, but the Tigers did not score again as the Chargers closed on a 0-4 run. 
 
They first made a tip-in with 55 seconds showing, and after the two foul shots, HFU missed a potential game-winner at the buzzer. 
 
Individual Highlights

• Ketner led the Tigers with 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting
• RJ Delahaye (Newburgh, N.Y./The Storm King School) added nine points and a team-high six rebounds
• CJ Mundell (Somerdale, N.J./Sterling) led all players with three steals
• Omarion Jett (Montclair, N.J./Saint Benedict's Prep) and Karrington Wallace (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Wood) each dished out a team-high three assists

 
Inside the Box Score

• Holy Family held edges in both points off turnovers (14-2) and fast break points (13-2), but the Chargers converted a slightly better percentage from the field (.368-.415)

 
How it Happened

• After HFU jumped out to an 11-4 advantage on Wallace's tip-in 5:22 into the action, UNH matched its largest lead, 14-17, with 7:09 to go in the first half
• Najee Coursey (Egg Harbor City, N.J./Cedar Creek) totaled seven points in a 13-4 surge though, lifting the Tigers to a 27-23 halftime advantage 
• The lead reached as large as eight, 31-23, on back-to-back baskets by Ketner, the second coming 1:10 out of the locker room
• New Haven also went up three, 34-37, when it completed a 3-14 flurry with 13:44 to play
• Holy Family responded with eight unanswered and after one final tie at 42-42, Delahaye scored four straight prior to Johnson's 3-pointer

 
Up Next
Holy Family hosts College of Staten Island for its home-opener on Wednesday at 7 p.m.