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Wendell Gibson had 20 points and 10 rebounds to lead Hofstra to an 87-77 victory over St. Peter's on Tuesday night despite Keydren Clark of the Peacocks scoring 38 points.
The Pride (4-5) also got a double-double from freshman guard Carlos Rivera who had 15 points and 11 rebounds, while Danny Walker and Loren Stokes each had 16 points and Kenny Adeleke added 10 points and nine rebounds.
Clark, a 5-foot-9 sophomore who is second in the nation in scoring at 26.3 points per game, set a Hofstra Arena record for an opponent with the 38 points and seven 3-pointers.
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Clark, whose previous season-high was 37 points against Yale and who had 48
points as a freshman against Northern Arizona, had just three points in the
game's first 17 minutes. He had seven in the final three minutes of the first
half and then took over for the Peacocks (5-3), scoring 28 of their 47 points
in the second half.
Hofstra opened the second half with a 14-1 run that gave it a 50-31 lead. Rivera had the last five points of the spurt.
Clark's 3-pointer with 11:42 left brought St. Peter's within 65-57, but Stokes, a freshman making his first start, and Walker each had five points in a 15-3 run that gave the Pride an 80-60 lead with 7:49 to play.
Hofstra finished with a 47-24 rebound advantage that led to 20 second-chance points.
Clark finished 11-for-23 from the field, including 7-for-14 from 3-point range, and had two assists and five steals.
St. Peter's was 12-for-27 on 3s, while Hofstra was 4-for-9. The Pride were 29-for-39 at the free throw line compared to the Peacocks' 13-for-19.
The building's record for points is 40 by Hofstra's Speedy Claxton against Hartford on Jan. 16, 2000, two weeks after the arena opened.