Behind Brown, Eastern (6-1) overcame a 14-point deficit in the first minute of the second half to move into the tournament final Sunday at 3 p.m. against York University (NY). The Cardinals, who trailed by nine with nine minutes left, upended  host Rochester, 80-76, behind 36 points and ten rebounds from 6-foot-3 inch senior guard Omar St. John, a pre-season Division III All-America.

Brown scored eight straight Eastern points to vault the Warriors into a five-point, 57-52 lead with 6:31 left.  With the Warriors down by three, Brown converted a conventional three-point play to tie the game, 52-52, with 8:24 left,  then blocked a shot and sank one of his five three-point field goals to push Eastern into the lead for good, 55-52, with 7:27 left. Sophomore forward Hugh Lindo's (Enfield) inside hoop off a pass from junior guard Kevin Leumene (Stamford) then made it 57-52 a minute later.

Eastern missed three of four free-throws over the final two minutes (two of the misses front ends of one-and-ones) to help Stevenson (4-2)  to within three with 1:17 left, but Brown's fourth block of the game with 20 seconds left returned the ball to Eastern, and Brown scored an inside basket following Lindo's rebound to close out the scoring.

Leumene added 11 points and a career-high 13 rebounds, Lindo nine points, eight rebounds and three blocks and junior guard Trachone Preston (Enfield) ten points and six assists.

Eastern's three starting guards missed 14 of 17 field goals in a first half where Eastern shot 25.8 percent as a team,  never led and trailed by 13, 34-21, at the break.  The Warriors outscored the Mustangs 34-15 to move out to their 57-52 lead with 6:31 left.