PHILADELPHIA, Penn. - An 18-foot jumper by junior forward Matt Cohen (Forked River, NJ/Manasquan) as time expired allowed the Caldwell College men's basketball team to defeat the University of the Sciences, 53-51 in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference game at Morgan Arena Saturday afternoon. The victory moves the Cougars to 6-3 in league play and evens their overall record at 10-10 on the season. The Devils fall to 7-14, 5-6 CACC.

With the game tied at 51-51, senior guard Carl Augustin (Stony Point, NY/Don Bosco) missed a three-pointer with five seconds on the clock. Curtis Fitch grabbed the rebound and the Devils called a timeout. On the inbounds play, Fitch's pass was knocked away at half court by Augustin towards Cohen, who took a couple dribbles and buried an 18-footer as the final horn sounded. The buzzer-beater represented Cohen's only two points of the contest.

The Devils built a 19-10 lead over the first 10 minutes of the first half before Caldwell received two threes from freshman guard Malcolm Austin (Albany, NY/Christian Brothers Acad.) and another by sophomore guard Dante Rollins (East Orange, NJ/Bloomfield Tech) to help put the Cougars ahead 23-21. Following a pair of baskets by USP's Jarrod Frazier, a three-pointer by junior guard John Reed (Wall, NJ/Wall) gave the Cougars a halftime lead of 26-25.

Fitch scored the first basket of the second half as USP built a seven-point lead, 39-32 with 12:32 remaining. Caldwell eventually tied the game at 43-43 on an Augustin three-pointer at the 7:31 mark. The lead would change hands four times over the next three minutes, with the Cougars taking a 49-47 advantage with a three from Rollins. Following another basket by Rollins, Adewale Adefemi tied the game with back-to-back baskets to make the score 51-51 and set up Cohen's dramatic finish.

The Cougars hit eight three-pointers for the game, including three from Austin, who scored a team-best 12 points. Rollins finished with 10 points, while junior guard Eddie Crockett (Passaic, NJ/Passaic) registered eight rebounds and five assists. Frazier tallied a game-high 19 points to lead the Devils, who received 10 points, five boards and five assists from Adefemi.

Caldwell plays another CACC game at Felician College on Tuesday, Feb. 10, beginning at 8:00 p.m. in Lodi, N.J.