LOWELL, Mass. – UMass Lowell's Isaac White made a driving and one layup with 1.3 seconds remaining to hand the Sacred Heart men's basketball its second loss in 48 hours in nonconference action at the Tsongas Center on Wednesday night.

The three-point play capped a 10-2 River Hawk run over the final 2:29 of the game. Cane Broome, who recorded his first career double double with game-highs of 20 points and ten rebounds, had previously tied the score for the 14^th time on the evening with a transition layup with 23 seconds left. The basket ended a stretch of seven straight River Hawk points.

Up 82-77 with 3:53 left after Jordan Allen beat the shot clock buzzer with a 15-foot jumper, SHU would score just the two points the remainder of the contest. UMass Lowell's Jahad Thomas began the run to retake the lead with two foul shots at the 2:29 mark before Logan Primerano knotted things up at 82 with 1:59 showing after a three-point play. The comeback was complete when Mark Cornelius converted a layup with 1:19 left.

Allen joined Broome and two others in double digit scoring with 16 points and also added a game-high five assists and five rebounds. Chris Robinson set new career-highs with 16 points and eight rebounds, while Quincy McKnight contributed 11points.

Sacred Heart shot 58.5 percent in a loss, including 69.6 percent (16-23) in the second half, its highest percentage in a defeat since shooting 54.5 percent against Lipscomb on November 23, 2011, but it was that turnovers plagued SHU for the second game in a row. Finishing with 25, tied for its most in the last five seasons, the Pioneers have now turned the ball over at least 20 times in consecutive games for the first time since January 31 and February 2 of 2013. Those 25 turnovers led to a 31-10 advantage in points off turnovers for UMass Lowell.

Shooting 46.3 percent from the field, the River Hawks also had a 43-15 edge in bench points, led by 17 from White, who also had a game-high four steals. Thomas matched Broome's 20 points on 8-12 shooting and 4-5 from the line to lead UMass Lowell, and also grabbed a team-high nine rebounds. Ryan Jones and Keith Hayes chipped in with 12 and ten points, respectively.

Sacred Heart will look to end its current two-game losing streak on Saturday when it renews its cross-town rivalry with Fairfield. The 7 pm tip will be part of a doubleheader at Webster Bank Arena with the women, who tip at 5 pm.

Noteworthy

• Robinson's career-high came in the first 7:54 of the game
• UMass Lowell's 55 first half points were two shy of its total in last year's entire game
• The Pioneers have scored at least 76 points in eight straight games dating back to last season
• Sacred Heart has now let up at least 87 points in back-to-back games for the first time since January 5-7, 2012.
• The game was tied for 7:10

 Inside the Numbers

• UMass Lowell made seven three-pointers to Sacred Heart's three, six of which came in the first half.
• The teams were nearly even at foul line, with SHU making one more, 19-18.
• Sacred Heart won the rebounding battle for the first time this year, 37-29.
• SHU had season-highs of 12 assists and four blocks.

 How it Happened

• First Half
  • UMass Lowell made their first five shots of the game, jumping out to a 13-5 lead on White's three-pointer just 2:35 in
  • SHU scored ten of the next 12 points, including eight straight, evening the score back up at 15 on Allen's fifth straight point, an and one with 15:02 showing
  • After three River Hawk points in a row, SHU took its second lead of the game when Robinson made consecutive free throws with 13:06 remaining, capping six unanswered.
  • Sacred Heart continued the run after two UMass Lowell free throws, taking its largest lead of the game, 26-20, on back-to-back free throws by Eyimofe Edukugho at the 11:29 mark.
  • The River Hawks regained the lead with eight straight points ending with a Mark Cornelius layup with 9:21 on the clock
  • Neither team gained larger than a two point from that point on until Ryan Jones made a free throw with 4:36 left to put UMass Lowell up 44-41. Moments before SHU had taken its last lead of the half, 41-39, on a Broome jumper to make it 41-39
  • A 17-7 surge to end the half followed that jumper, including ten straight points, as SHU scored just six points in the final 5:31. Keith Hayes scored the final five on a three-pointer and two free throws, the latter pushing the advantage to 49-41 just 3:39 before the break
  • An Isaac White free throw 11 second before the buzzer ended the first half scoring, giving the River Hawks a 55-47 lead heading into the locker room

•  Second Half
  • SHU quickly erased the halftime deficit, scoring the first eight points just 2:06 out of the break to tie the game. Robinson evened the score with a steal and transition layup.
  • The River Hawks outscored the Pioneers 20-10 over the next 7:33, ending with a 16-4 run. A Thomas layup with 10:21 remaining gave UMass Lowell the largest lead of the game, 75-65.
  • Sacred Heart would storm back with the next 15 points, holding the River Hawks scoreless for 6:09. It all began with an Edukugho three-point play at the 9:56 mark and ended with McKnight's layup with 4:42 to go.
  • Dontavious Smith ended the UML scoreless stretch with a tip in with 4:12 left