Travis Gill scored a tying 3-pointer, but Joshua Gomez came up with a huge bucket on a putback with 30 seconds left to seal a 45-40 win for No. 2 Rice at Xaverian Sunday in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
Dowling-bound Greg Civiletti drove to the basket for the potential tying bucket with 10 seconds left, but missed. Brian Bernardi had 12 points for the ninth-ranked Clippers (8-5, 2-4 Brooklyn/Queens). Rice improved to 10-6, 4-2 in Archdiocesan New York.
No. 10 St. Francis Prep 87, Kellenberg 63: Glyne Straker had a game-high 24 points and Joe Salerno added 20 for St. Francis Prep (12-6) in a non-league win Sunday afternoon in Fresh Meadows. Marco Martino had 15 for Kellenberg (4-9).
St. Joseph by the Sea 67, Moore Catholic 60: Alan Siergiej scored 19 points, Mike Kelly had 12, Mike Nierva added 11 and Stephen Matrangelo netted 10 for St. Joseph by the Sea (5-12), which rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit Sunday in Graniteville. Matthew Padilla had 19 points, Mark Fiorello had 15 and Scott Schaefer drained 14 points for Moore Catholic (4-12).
