UDC Suffers Defeat at Bridgeport in Season Finale

BRIDGEPORT, CT – The University of the District of Columbia men's basketball team suffered a 95-63 loss at East Coast Conference foe Bridgeport on Saturday afternoon in the Firebirds' 2013-14 season finale.

The Firebirds were led by junior transfer forward Lenjo Kilo (Biology – Silver Spring, MD/Seton Hill), who registered a game-high 23 points along with five rebounds and two assists. Sophomore sharpshooter Omar Abbas (Electrical Engineering – Alexandria, Egypyt/Egyptian American HS) also added 18 points and seven rebounds.

The Purple Knights (16-10, 14-6 ECC), who secured the No. 2 seed in next week's ECC Tournament with today's win, led wire-to-wire thanks in large part to four double-figure scorers, including a double-double effort by Sean Berry (16 points, 12 rebounds).

Bridgeport scored the game's first six points and raced out to a commanding 19-6 lead after a layup by Curtis Loving. The Purple Knights led by as many as 14 in the first half and took a 44-31 lead at intermission.

The Purple Knights would then outscore UDC 11-5 in the first three minutes of the second half to open up a 19-point lead, 55-36. Still a 16-point Bridgeport lead at the 13:29 mark, the Purple Knights took complete control of the game with a 14-0 run over the next four minutes to go up, 75-45. UDC never got any closer than 25 points the rest of the way, as Bridgeport coasted to a 95-63 win.

The Firebirds, who had three marquee seniors out with injury and had to play with only seven available student-athletes for the majority of the season, finished the season with an overall mark of 3-23 and a league mark of 1-19. Kilo proved to be a bright spot in an otherwise tough season for the Firebirds, as he finished 3^rd in the ECC in scoring (19.0 ppg) and 2^nd in rebounding (9.5 rpg). Also freshman guard Reggie Sidbury ranks 2^nd in the ECC in three-point FG pct. at 41.5-percent.