SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Wagner saw a 13-point lead melt away with 12 minutes to play thanks to solid shooting by the Bryant University men's basketball team, who completed a second-half comeback in the final minutes to edge the host Seahawks, 66-65, Thursday night at the Spiro Center.

A 19-4 run spanning just over seven minutes gave the Bulldogs (13-13, 10-5 Northeast Conference) their first lead since the 6:16 mark of the first half, 57-55, entering the final five minutes of the contest. Wagner (9-17, 7-8) would tie the game up twice, including at 60-60 with 2:39 left in regulation, but a Dyami Starks (Duluth, Minn.) jumper with 1:08 remaining gave the visitors a lead they wouldn't relinquish in the waning seconds en route to the come-from-behind win to wrap up 2014-15 road action.

Starks would finish the affair with a game-high 28 points, including a 12-for-13 mark from the free throw line, also scoring 10 of the team's 19 points during its crucial second-half run. Sophomore forward Dan Garvin (Bethel, Conn.) picked up his fifth double-double of the season with 16 points and a team-leading 10 rebounds, while senior Joe O'Shea (Burlington, Vt.) would tie Garvin's mark on the glass, falling just a single point shy of his own double-double effort. Redshirt-freshman Bosko Kostur (Melbourne, Australia) chipped in nine points with nine boards, while Garvin added five blocks – including a key stuff with three minutes to go – and three steals on the night.

Mike Aaman paced the host Seahawks with 22 points and a contest-best 15 rebounds, going 10-for-15 from the field, while the Bulldogs limited the league's leading scorer in Marcus Burton to only 14 points. Bryant edged Wagner on the glass in the tilt, 42-41, while both teams shot below 40 percent in the outing.

The teams went a combined 0-for-19 from 3-point land through the opening 20 minutes, with Wagner's 43.3 percent first-half shooting clip from inside the arc trumping Bryant's just 22.6 percent accuracy for a 35-26 halftime advantage.

The Seahawks built up a double-digit lead, 41-31, by the 16:52 mark of the second stanza and maintained that margin through the opening seven minutes. Wagner's lead came to a peak with 12:23 remaining, 51-38, on a triple from Aaren Edmead, but it would be the last Seahawk basket for nearly five minutes as the Black and Gold scored eight-straight points to close that gap to 51-46 with 8:31 to go.

A Kostur three a minute later made it a four-point game, 53-49, and Starks would continue the stretch with a basket followed by two made freebies to knot the score at 53-53 with 5:46 left to play. A 55-55 tie two baskets later set up Starks to take over the 57-55 advantage for the Bulldogs with 4:49 remaining, setting up Bryant's final-minute heroics for the one-point win.

The Bulldogs now return home to close out their 2014-15 regular-season schedule and will host Robert Morris at the Chace Athletic Center Saturday at 4:00 p.m. The game is the second half of an NEC men's/women's doubleheader and can be seen live on NECFrontRow.com.