HOBOKEN, N.J. (February 19, 2015) – The Stevens Institute of Technology men's basketball team closed the regular season with a big-time upset of No. 16 St. John Fisher College, downing the Cardinals by a final of 60-54 in front of a #RedOUT crowd in the Canavan Arena.
 
Prior to the game, Stevens honored senior forwards Kenny Gan and Patrick Sabatino playing the final home game of their respective careers. Both players were strong for the Ducks as Gan finished with 14 points, five rebounds and four steals, while Sabatino tallied 10 points, eight boards, two assists, two steals and a blocked shot.
 
The Ducks were led throughout by freshman guard Chris Cosgrove who finished with 20 points, seven assists, three rebounds and a steal. The Duck rookie, who came on strong at the end of the year, recorded four or more assists in 12 of his last 13 games and tallied 24 helpers in his last three.
 
Stevens shot 48.1 percent from the floor and went 4-for-14 from three. The Ducks had 17 assists on 25 made baskets and accumulated 11 steals in the game. In addition to Cosgrove, Gan and Sabatino, freshman guard Jayson Winick finished with seven points and six rebounds in his first career start. Junior forward Alex Lorenz had seven points and five rebounds to pace the Duck reserves.
 
The Ducks were able to take a 29-26 lead into the intermission after opening a seven-point edge several times late in the half. Up one at 20-19 with 6:43 on the clock, a layup from Gan, a jumper from Sabatino and a three-pointer from Lorenz accounted for a 7-1 run to give the Ducks a 27-20 lead with 2:28 to go. The two teams traded baskets before the Cardinals closed the period on a 4-0 spurt.
 
A Winick layup with 14:37 remaining helped Stevens to an eight-point lead, and after the Cardinals trimmed the lead to one (41-40), a Cosgrove jumper gave Stevens some breathing room.
 
Fisher tied the game at 43 with a triple from junior guard Tyler Hart, but the Ducks responded, getting four points from its two senior forwards to go back on top by four. A pair at the line from Cosgrove with 3:58 on the clock lifted the Ducks to their largest lead of the night, and Fisher could get no closer than four the rest of the way.
 
Stevens played excellent defense in the second half, holding the nationally-ranked Cardinals to just seven field goals. Fisher ended up shooting 35.4 percent for the game and hit just 5-of-22 attempts from three. The Ducks' defense also caused 21 turnovers.
 
Stevens finishes the 2014-15 regular season with a record of 12-13, 8-8 in the Empire 8. Fisher falls to 21-4 and 14-2 in the conference, but will host the E8 tournament next weekend.