SUNO's Jared Drake nailed a three-pointer with 7.6 seconds remaining in the game to put the Knights in front by three. The Pilots inbounded the basketball and got it the length of the floor for John Anthony Anglin to take a three point shot to tie the game. He appeared to be fouled on the shot but no call was made as the shot fell short of the basket to seal up the win for the Knights.
The Pilots led for most of the first half but trailed by one at the break. The second half was back and forth until the Pilots tied the game for the game's seventh tie with 7:04 to play after a pair of free throws from Derrick Parker.
LSU Shreveport took the lead after Parker's second free throw and extended their lead to five with 3:07 to go after Parker made another pair of free throws. SUNO tied the game with 1:07 to play after a three-pointer from Brent Leduff.
SUNO took a one point lead with 39 seconds to play and a foul was called sending Isiah Bazile to the line. He tied the game with a free throw with 34 seconds to play.
Before tonight's game five Pilot seniors were honored in front of a packed house at the Dock as they set to play their final regular season home game: Taylor Garrett, Jay Lincoln, Ernie Pickens, John Anthony Anglin, and Jared Stevenson.
Garrett got the crowd on their feet with a three-point bucket early in the game. He finished with five points, one rebound, and was a perfect one for one from beyond the arc in 4 minutes of action.
Lincoln played in 11 minutes and scored four points. He had four rebounds and was a perfect two for two from the charity stripe.
Pickens was one for two from the field and had four rebounds and scored three points in nine minutes.
Anglin was three for eight from the three-point line and finished with nine points and had one blocked shot in 20 minutes on the floor.
Stevenson once again led the Pilots in assists with six while he was a perfect two for two from the line in 28 minutes with 2 points scored.
Derrick Parker was the leading scorer for the Pilots with 20 points which included six of nine from the field and a perfect eight for eight from the free-throw line in 28 minutes of action. Parker finished with two assists, two blocked shots, and two steals.
Isiah Bazile scored 12 points for the Pilots in 23 minutes as he was 10 out of 14 from the line and was one for one from the field.
Mark Jackson competed in 28 minutes and finished with 10 points. Jackson was one of two from long range and five of six from the line.
Greg Shyne had seven points in 23 minutes while Brance Davenport scored four points in 18 minutes.
The next game for the Pilots will be on Thursday, March 4th, at 7:00 p.m. as the host the winner of the Loyola/SUNO matchup. Loyola travels to SUNO to decide who will get the Pilots in the second round of the GCAC Tournament.
