'On This Day' Harrison Bucket Ensures Streak Continues with 8th Straight Victory

'On This Day' is a Wells College Athletics feature series taking a look back on events that occurred on this day, Feb. 5, a decade ago in 2011.

AURORA, N.Y. - Terry Harrison scored with 22 seconds remaining and the Wells defense held over the final seconds as the Express went on to defeat the SUNY IT (now SUNY Poly) Wildcats 86-84 in North Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball action Saturday afternoon, Feb. 5, 2011, in Aurora.

Harrison finished with 29 points, 13 rebounds, and four steals to lead the Express. The Express have now won eight straight games, including seven straight in the NEAC.

 Mabior Mayen notched a double-double with 22 points and 13 rebounds. Dave Foltz was a perfect 6 of 6 from the floor, finishing with 17 points, while Terrance Wright added nine points to round-out the scoring for the Express.

Both teams shot exceptionally well. The Wildcats were an impressive 53.1 percent from the field, 6 of 14 from behind the arc, and 10 of 17 from the charity stripe. The Express shot 45.3 percent from the floor, including 8 of 16 from behind the arc, and finished 20 of 31 from the free-throw line.

 The Express came out red hot. Harrison hit a lay-up to start things and 3-pointers by Wright, Benito Perez, and Foltz propelled Wells to quick 22-6 lead with 14:51 to play. The Express continued to dominate the Wildcats, extending their lead to as many as 22 points in the half. SUNY IT had little to answer the Wells onslaught as they would enter the break trailing the Express 56-36.

 Foltz finished the first half with 14 points, including 3-of-3 from behind the arc. Harrison had an equally impressive half, finishing with 17 points, including two thunderous dunks.

 Wells came out in the second half and quickly extended their lead to 24 points (62-38), but the Wildcats began chipping away at the lead. A 3-pointer and two jumpers by the Wildcats cut the lead to 12 (65-53). Meanwhile, the Express' hot shooting in the first half had disappeared as they would go nearly nine minutes without a field goal. The Wildcats continued to stay hot from the floor going 7-of-9 over a four-minute stretch, highlighted by two straight 3-pointers from Brignola, cutting the lead to two (77-75) with 4:12 to play.

 After trailing the entire game, the Wildcats tied the game up on a free-throw and just 30-seconds later they hit one of two free-throws to give SUNY IT their first lead of the game, 84-83, with 35-seconds to play.

 Down but not out, the Express called a quick timeout, and on the ensuing play Harrison drove to the hole and finished a lay-up to give Wells an 85-84 lead with 22-seconds to play. The Wildcats would be unable to convert on the next play as the Express defense would cause a tie-up in the paint with four-seconds remaining and, with the arrow pointing in the Wells direction; the Express took possession, sealing the thrilling victory. Despite the close game, the Wildcats led a total of just 13 seconds.

Boxscore: http://wildcats.sunypoly.edu/sports/mbkb/2010-11/boxscores/20110205_5fc4.xml?view=boxscore