PHILADELPHIA - Senior forward DeAngelo Horn (Detroit) had a team-best 18 points, including three key baskets in a late Caldwell run as the Cougars staged a second-half rally to defeat Holy Family, 69-65 in an exciting CACC men's basketball contest at Campus Center on Saturday afternoon.

The win was the fifth straight for Caldwell (5-8, 3-3 CACC).

Caldwell trailed by as many as eight in the first half at 24-16 with 3:52 left. But a follow-up layup by junior guard Isaiah Philbert (Bronx, N.Y.) started a 7-0 run that also included two free throws and a left corner three by junior guard Todd Rochelle (Laurelton, N.Y.) in a two-minute burst. HFU would score the last two baskets of the half, the second on a buzzer-beating layup, for a 33-27 edge at the intermission.

HFU (6-7, 0-5) took its largest lead of the game, 53-43, with 8:30 to play, before the Cougars would rally. A putback bucket by senior forward Roniel Oguekwe (Galway, Ireland) and pair of free throws by senior guard Melvin Evans (Bronx N.Y.) pulled CU to within six, and after HFU went back up by nine at 58-49 with 6:27 to play, CU battled back again, tying the game at 59 on a deft hook shot by Horn with 3:42 left.

Freshman forward Terence Thompson (Rochester, N.Y.) then blocked a dunk attempt at one end of the floor which started a fast break that ended in an Evans layup for CU's first lead, 61-59, since midway through the first half.

A minute later, Horn took an inbounds pass from Evans and laid it in for a 63-59 advantage with 1:44 left. Evans then stole an HFU pass and after CU ran the clock to under a minute, a three pointer with 51 seconds left pulled the hosts to within 63-62. Horn delivered another big basket with 25.2 ticks left for a three-point Cougars lead.

An HFU free throw made it a two point game, but Rochelle grabbed the rebound on the second, then sank two free throws for the four-point lead with 12 seconds left and two more with 3.3 to go to salt it away. 

Thompson recorded his third double-double with 11 points and a game-best 12 rebounds, while Evans dropped in 12 to go with five assists and three steals.

The Cougars next visit Bridgeport on Tuesday.