PITTSFORD, N.Y. – RIT junior guard Brock Bowen scored a career-high 24 points in the Tigers 95-77 loss at St. John Fisher in the opening game of the Mark's Pizzeria Crosstown Shootout, Thursday.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Bowen hit a three-pointer early in the first half to give RIT a 9-2 lead.
• Junior guard Chase Dickens made a pair of free throws with 15:09 to play to extend the Tigers' lead to 17-7.
• Akinlana Papoola capped off a 12-2 Fisher run with a pair of free throws to tie the game at 19-19.
• Bowen hit another three-pointer off an assist from senior guard Matt Caggiano with 1:53 remaining in the opening half to tie the score at 36-36.
• Daniel Cook scored for the Cardinals with 13 seconds to play in the half to give Fisher a 40-38 halftime lead.
• Cole Thompson hit a three-pointer with 15:17 to play in the second half to give Fisher a 54-55 lead.
• Bowen struck again from beyond the arc with 13:03 to play to cut the Fisher lead to 57-50, while Caggiano scored with 7:37 to play to make it an 11-point deficit.
• Brad Fowler scored with 12 seconds to play to give Fisher its largest lead of the game of 20 points.
• First-year Zac Ditzel hit a jumper with time expiring to make it a 95-77 final.

 
GAME NOTES

• RIT shot 26-of-66 from the floor, including 13-of-38 from beyond the arc.
• Bowen shot 8-of-15 from the floor and had seven three pointers
• Senior Brandon Weiss added 14 points, while senior Kenny Wilburn scored 12 points.
• Fisher outrebounded RIT, 46-24

 
WHAT'S NEXT
RIT returns to action on Saturday (Nov. 18) against Nazareth at 6:00 p.m. at St. John Fisher.