GARDEN CITY, N.Y. – Two free throws from graduate forward Chris Coalmon (North Babylon, N.Y.) with 1.3 seconds to play reversed a one-point differential and gave Adelphi University a 75-74 win over Bentley University in a match-up of division leaders in Northeast-10 Conference men's basketball Tuesday night at the Center for Recreation and Sport.

Bentley, number 18 in this week's NABC Division II coaches poll, saw its eight-game winning streak come to an end and left the court at 14-3 overall (9-3 NE10).  Adelphi, with its fourth straight win, improved to 14-6 overall and 9-4 conference.

Coleman, a 67 percent foul shoot, stepped to the line with his team down one and about ten seconds after Bentley graduate guard Colton Lawrence (Myerstown, Pa./ELCO HS) misfired on two free throws at the other end.

During a second-half that saw seven lead changes, Bentley regained the lead with

55 seconds left when graduate guard Jordan Mello-Klein (Sharon/Thayer Academy) scored an inside basket to make it 72-71. Following Lawrence's third rebound of the final two-and-a-half minutes, sophomore guard Zach Laput (Beacon Falls, Conn./Notre Dame HS) made two free throws with 25 seconds left, extending the Falcon advantage to three points.

Senior guard Ronnie Silva (Nashua, N.H.), the game's top scorer with 33 points, responded with a drive with 13 seconds left, bringing Adelphi to within one. Lawrence was fouled but was unable to capitalize.

Bentley had a final chance but a three from senior guard Mason Webb (Oklahoma City, Okla./Bishop McGuinness HS), after a perfectly thrown baseball pass from graduate forward Pete Blust (Hinsdale, Ill./Hinsdale Central HS) was off the mark at the buzzer.

Bentley started fast, making 13 of its first 18 shots to open a 33-19 lead with 5:46 left in the first half. By intermission, the lead was just two as the Panthers closed with 16-5 run over the final 5:30. Silva, who was quiet up until that point, tallied 10 of the 16.

The Falcons maintained a slim lead until Silva sank one of his eight threes with 11:20 to play to make it 56-55. That was the second of three triples he knocked down in a span of 80 seconds.

Laput led Bentley with 20 points and 10 rebounds, the double-double his second straight and third of the season. Lawrence, six of nine from the floor, followed with 14 points, and senior guard Brian Wright-Kinsey (Brooklyn, N.Y./Brooks School) added a dozen off the bench. Mello-Klein (9 rebounds) and Blust each scored nine points.

Silva, who scored 21 of his team's 40 second-half points, finished 12 of 28 overall, and 8 of 21 from three-point land. Coalman's winning free throws gave him seven points for the night.

Bentley outshot the Panthers by a wide margin, 53-43 percent, and were a plus-ten on the boards, 38-28. However, those numbers were offset by Adelphi making 12 three-points (the Falcons were only 3 of 14 from deep) and committing only five turns, as compared to Bentley's 11.

Bentley, whose only two losses since Thanksgiving have been one-pointers, will be back on the court Thursday for a home game against Stonehill College. That contest was moved from Wednesday when the Adelphi game was rescheduled due to the storm.