Five players scored in double digits as the Chestnut Hill college men's Basketball team rallied from a ten-point second half deficit to defeat the University of Bridgeport 75-73 Saturday afternoon at UB's Harvey Hubbell Gymnasium in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

The win, Chestnut Hill's second straight, upped their conference record to 3-3 and 3-13 overall.  The Purple Knights fall to 7-8 overall and 1-3 in league play.

Alejandro Redondo Cybak led all scorers with 18 points (7-13 FG).  Playing all 40 minutes, Cybak also pulled down ten rebounds for his second consecutive double-double and led the team with four assists.  Donald-James Imo added 16 points (6-9 FG) while Lucas Dunn chipped in 15 (6-9 FG) and grabbed seven rebounds.  Kamal Lee (14 points) and Marshall Baker (10 points) rounded out the double figure scorers for the Griffins.  Neal Hill grabbed ten rebounds to tie Cybak for the team lead.

Trailing by ten 46-36 just two minutes into the half, the Griffins embarked on several runs that eventually had the team taking a lead late in the game.  The first of which was an 8-2 spurt that cut the lead to 48-44 with 15:35. Dunn (3 pt. FG) and Lee (2 pt. FG & 3 pt. FG) provided all the scoring for the run.

A three-point field goal for the Purple Knights pushed the lead back to seven 51-44 before the Griffins rallied to tie the game at 53-53 with a 9-2 run. Imo had four points during this run.  The Purple Knights countered with a 9-3 spurt to go back up by six 62-56 with 9:17 left. Six straight CHC points followed, and the game was again tied, 62-62 with 6:53 remaining.

The Purple knights went back up by three 57-54 before the Griffins scored eight straight points, taking their first lead of the game and increasing it to five points 72-67. With 3:31 remaining.  Back-to-back three point baskets put the Purple Knights back up by one 73-72 with 2:47 left.  Dunn flipped the score with a basket at the 1:45 mark.   CHC's defense held off UB on their next possession and the Purple Knights then fouled Lee with 20 seconds left putting him at the free throw line.  He made one of two to round out the scoring.

Bridgeport had an opportunity to tie the game with two free throws with 11 seconds remaining but missed both attempts.  UB did keep possession with an offensive rebound.  The Griffins had fouls to give and slowly whittled down the game clock with out putting the Purple Knights on the free throw line until UB turned the ball over on an inbounds play with two seconds left to seal the 75-73 win for the Griffins.
 
The first half was all Bridgeport, jumping out to a 14-4 lead and increasing the margin to as high as 13, 29-16 before settling in for a ten-point advantage at halftime 42-32.

For the game, the Griffins shot 52.8% (29-53) including a 58.3% effort in the second half (14-24).  The Griffins made five of six (83.3%) three point shots in the second half and finished shooting 7-for-16 (43.8%).   Chestnut Hill had a slight edge rebounding (30-27) and committed four fewer turnovers (11) to UB's 15.

The men's basketball team returns to action on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, for their final non-conference regular season game, hosting Mercy University at Sorgenti Arena.  Tipoff is set for 7:00 p.m.