ELKINS, W. Va. — Trailing by as many as 16 in the second half, a Davis & Elkins comeback effort came up short as Jaylon Johnson converted two of three foul shots with less than one second remaining in regulation to break a scoreless tie, allowing the visiting Bobcats to escape with a 76-74 conference victory over Davis & Elkins on Tuesday night.
 
The Senators surged back over the final five minutes of regulation, slicing into the deficit before tying the game at 71 with 1:07 left in the contest. Donte Doleman buried a layup off a Teemu Tumanoff feed with just 14 seconds left, but the Bobcats eventually netted the daggers at the foul line.
 
Doleman and Erkam Kiris each poured in a team-high 20 points for Davis & Elkins, which converted just three shots from beyond the arc on the evening. Meanwhile, Daniel Alexander netted 33 points in 38 minutes for Frostburg State, all while playing with four fouls for much of the final moments of the second half. Myles Monroe recorded a double-double behind 14 points and 11 rebounds and Terrance Lakes chipped in eight points off the bench.
 
THE RUNDOWN

• Frostburg State 76 (2-4, 1-1 MEC)
• Davis & Elkins 74 (3-4, 1-1 MEC)
• The McDonnell Center – Elkins, W. Va.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Frostburg State jumped out to a 6-0 lead, but a 15-2 run by the Senators gave them a 21-18 lead midway through the first half.
• Daniel Alexander would score 12 points in the final ten minutes of the half to give the Bobcats a 42-31 lead going into the break.
• The Bobcats led by as much as 16 with 13:06 remaining, but D&E would go on a 7-0 run to close the gap, keeping the game within single digits through most of the second half.
• Following a two-and-a-half-minute scoring drought for both teams, Kiris' three-pointer put the game within one with 1:48 remaining.
• Kiris would tie the game 71-71 with a pair of free throws with 1:07 left in the game.
• The two teams would exchange free throws in the final minute, but Doleman tied the game at 74 with a lay-up with 14 seconds remaining.
• A foul was called on Jaylon Johnson's game-winning three-point attempt, and he sunk two of the free throws to give the Bobcats a 76-74 victory.

 
GAME NOTES

• Kiris (20 points and 13 rebounds) and Myles Monroe (14 points and 11 rebounds) both finished the game with a double-double. This was Monroe's first double-double of his D&E career.
• Doleman took 15 free-throw attempts, the most by a D&E player since Kevin Bracy-Davis in 2017.
• The two teams combined for 45 fouls on the evening as both sides were in the double minutes with over five minutes remaining in the second half.
• D&E shot just 17.6 percent from long range, as eight different Senators attempted three-pointers.

 
UP NEXT
D&E continues their extended home stand, as their December 4th game originally scheduled to be played at Wheeling has been moved to Elkins, due to Wheeling hosting the Atlantic Region Volleyball Championships. The Men's game will tip-off at 7:30 P.M. next Wednesday as part of a doubleheader.
 

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