Nigel Haughton's driving layup with 12 seconds left gave the Chestnut Hill Men's Basketball team an 85-84 come-from-behind win over University of the Sciences Saturday afternoon at the Bobby Morgan arena in Philadelphia.

The win secured for the Griffins their first ever home Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Tournament game finishing the regular season with a conference record of 11-7 and overall mark of 14-12.    USciences, playing in the final game in the 120-year history of the program finished their season at 4-20 overall and 4-14 in league play.  (The school is set to merge with Division I St. Joseph's University later in the spring).

Chestnut Hill will host #3N Felician University on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. in Sorgenti Arena.

Haughton (Bel Air, Md.) finished the game just one assist shy of a triple double, scoring 16 points, equaling his career-high with 16 rebounds and dishing out nine assists.    Leading the team scoring wise was Amir Warrick (Washington, D.C.) with 21 points (8-15 FG).  Warrick also had seven assists and six rebounds.  Conor Regan (Mullica Hill, N.J.) added 18 points (7-9 FG) and MJ Iraldi (West Deptford, N.J.) chipped in 12 (6-9 FG).

The Griffins trailed by eight midway through the second half and were still behind by six 83=77 with 1:51 remaining when they began their comeback leading up to the Haughton layup.  Regan started the rally with a three-point field goal  to close the gap to three USciences Tom Gardler (10 points) added a free throw to push the score back to 884-80 with 1:34 left.  Haughton added three free throws over the 48 seconds to cut the Devils' lead to one 84-83.  A defensive stop by the Griffins with 16 seconds left started a fast break that led to Haughton's game winning layup.    USciences' Sean Simon (20 points) missed a shot in the final second as the Griffins secured the win and the season sweep of the Devils

Chestnut Hill took a six-point lead into the locker room at halftime an increased that to 11, 53-42 with 16:51 left in the game before the Devils came storming back, outscoring the Griffins 31-12 over the next seven minutes to take a 73-65 lead with 9:02 left.   Haughton, Regan and Warrick followed with back-to-back-to-back baskets to close the gap to two 73-71 with 7:49 left.  USciences pushed the lead back up to six twice over the next six minutes before the Griffins began their comeback in the final two minutes of action.

For the game, the Griffins shot an efficient season-best 55.9% (33-59) from the field while holding the Devils to 47.5% (29-61) from the field.   A total of 17 of USciences' 29 field goals however were three pointers as they shot 17-36 from beyond the arc (47.2%).  The Griffins held a 39-25 advantage on the glass and limited the Devils to zero second chance points.  Chestnut Hill also dished out a season-high 22 assists in the game while committing just 14 turnovers.

The CACC Championship Tournament opens on Tuesday March 1 with the winner of the opening game advancing to the semi-finals which will be held at Caldwell University on March 5