MEADVILLE, Pa. – A Brian Roberts Jr. layup with four seconds left secured victory for the Allegheny College Gators against the Kenyon College Lords in a 76-75 North Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball game at Mullen Arena.

Kenyon sophomore Ugnius Zilinskas gave the Lords a 75-74 lead with 14 seconds remaining. He was fouled on a converted layup, but was unable to complete the three-point play. Allegheny's Zach Ecker collected the rebound and the Gators called timeout.

Following the stoppage, Roberts Jr. got loose on the right wing, drove toward the hoop, pulled up and sank a short jumper with four seconds remaining. The Lords, now facing a one-point deficit, were able to get the ball down the court in a hurry, but a close-range shot at the buzzer missed its mark, ending the team's 2018-19 season in defeat.

The Lords led 40-39 at halftime, but the Gators went on an 11-2 run in the early portion of the second half to stretch their lead to a game-high nine points. Kenyon retook the lead on an Alex Cate tip-in with 7:05 left in the contest. From that point, the two teams exchanged baskets until the waning seconds of the contest.

Allegheny (10-14, 6-12 NCAC) shot seven fewer field goals than Kenyon, going 27-of-64 (42.2 percent), but had 21 free-throw attempts, of which it hit 13 (61.9 percent). At the other end, the Lords made three of just eight free-throw attempts.

The Gators, who will enter next week's NCAC Tournament as the No. 8 seed, were led by junior forward Jordan Rawls' 19 points, nine rebounds and six assists.

Kenyon (2-23, 1-17 NCAC) shot 30-of-71 (42.3 percent) from the field and hit 12-of-29 three-point attempts (41.4 percent). The Lords had four double-digit scorers, led by Zilinskas' 21 points, 11 rebounds and four assists. Cate and freshman guard Christian Watanabe were each able to add 10 points, as well.

Senior Matt Shifrin closed his Kenyon career with 15 points on 5-of-12 shooting (41.6 percent) with six of those points coming from deep. His career concluded with a scoring average of 10.5 points per game on 42.7 percent shooting over 93 contests.