St. Francis (Brooklyn) needed a drive to the basket for a game clinching bucket in the final minute Sunday to escape with their fifth road win in less than a month of the season.

Sheldon Hagigal drove the lane for a layup that would not go off the glass, but Wayne Martin was there to tip in the miss inches away from the rim to give the Terriers a 70-68 lead with 1.5 seconds remaining.

“One of our seniors on the team Ben [Mockford] told me that plays like this, ‘we’re going to drive to the basket and look for the tip in because it’s always going to be there,'” Martin said. “That’s exactly what happened.”

Off a Stony Brook timeout, Carson Puriefoy’s desperation heave from just inside half court hit the backboard, the rim and rattled out. Puriefoy, who led the Seawolves with 17 off the bench, said he thought it was good off his hands.

“I thought for once in my career, that we were going to get that bank and go in,” Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell said. “It looked good and that’s a good look.”

Jalen Cannon led all scorers with game-highs of 23 points and eight rebounds and made three three-pointers, none more important than a three with 39.3 seconds left to give St. Francis (Brooklyn) a 68-66 lead.

“I’ve been shooting a lot of three’s lately, but I wasn’t as comfortable coming into this game, but our coaching staff told me to stick with it,” Cannon said. “After I hit my first one, I got a little comfortable.”

His three-pointer from the right wing with three seconds left in the first half to give the Terriers a 36-28 lead. Cannon continued to trouble the Seawolves – creating off the dribble and his transition drive to the basket gave Jameel Warney his third foul three and a half minutes into the second half. The next possession Cannon drew Eric McAlister in the air for his third foul and his free throws gave St. Francis (Brooklyn) their largest lead at 46-37 with 16:02 left.

Cannon and Martin combined for 35 of the team’s 70 points, with Martin pitching in 12 points and three rebounds off the bench in 22 minutes.

“They have a good feel offensively,” St. Francis (Brooklyn) head coach Glenn Braica said. “It’s nothing I’m teaching them, they were born with it. They know when to pass the ball and know when to try and attack and I thought they did pretty well with that.”

In a game with a combined 56 fouls, the Seawolves struggled after Warney exited with two fouls in less than four minutes of first half game action. The sophomore scored season-low five points and grabbed five rebounds.

“It was just hard to get into a flow after sitting out 14 minutes of the first half,” Warney said. “St. Francis is a good defensive team and they surrounded me a lot, but there’s more, both me not getting in the flow and great defense.”

The Terriers have won road games at Miami (Florida), Florida Atlantic and at Coastal Carolina and a neutral-site game against Oakland prior to today, and hit the road one more time to Army before playing four straight home games.

“I almost feel more comfortable on the road,” Braica said. “We’re on the road so much we didn’t feel comfortable last week playing a Division III team, I feel more comfortable on the road now.”

Ryan Restivo covers the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and America East conference for Big Apple Buckets. You can follow Ryan on Twitter @ryanarestivo or contact Ryan at rrestivo[at]nycbuckets.com.