NEWBURGH, N.Y. – Junior guard Brandon Weldon scored on a runner with 6.6 seconds left to lift Mount Saint Mary College to a 69-65 win over Stevens Institute of Technology on Saturday afternoon in a Skyline Conference men's basketball game at the Kaplan Center.

Weldon's basket broke a 65-65 tie, rescuing Mount Saint Mary (6-5, 4-1 Skyline). Stevens (4-6, 1-1 Skyline) trailed 65-54 with less than three minutes to play, but outscored the Blue Knights 11-0 in a span of 1:56 to tie the game.  Freshman guard Waleed Farid (Woodside, N.Y./Stuyvesant) scored on a layup following a steal by freshman guard Dennis Munch (West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon) with 30 seconds remaining.

Following a timeout, the Blue Knights used up most of the clock before Weldon scored on his drive to the hoop.  Then, after Mount Saint Mary burned another timeout, Roberto King stole a long inbounds pass near mid-court by Farid and was fouled. King drained both free throws with four seconds to play to seal the game.

King led Mount Saint Mary with a game-high 22 points and added eight rebounds.  The Blue Knights also received a strong effort from senior center Sergio Guzman who had 21 points on 9-for-16 shooting from the floor and grabbed 13 rebounds before fouling out with 1:30 to play.  Weldon added 14 points and 10 assists while Kenny Lane pulled down 12 rebounds.

For Stevens, sophomore Tim Williams (Selden, N.Y.) led the Ducks with 16 points on 7-for-10 shooting from the floor.  Farid finished with 12 points and shot 3-for-6 from behind the arc.  Junior guardIsaac Moore (Phoenix, Ariz.) added nine points.

Trailing 32-29 at the break, Mount Saint Mary quickly regained the lead and maintained the advantage for most of the second half.  With the Blue Knights ahead 54-51 with less than nine minutes to play, MSMC used an 11-3 run to open a 65-54 lead with 3:57 to play.

Stevens began its late-game surge when Moore made a lay-up with 2:26 remaining.  Then, in a critical juncture of the game with the Ducks down 65-61, Williams grabbed an offensive rebound following a missed shot by Moore and scored on a put-back with 36 seconds to play.  Munch’s subsequent steal off the inbounds pass and dish to Farid for a lay-up tied the game at 65-65.
For the game, Mount Saint Mary owned a 44-26 advantage on the boards.