WASHINGTON (AP) Howard's Big Three of Chad Lott, RJ Cole and Charles Williams teamed up to score 65 points and Howard made 6 of 8 free throws in the final 27 seconds to hold off American University 85-83 on Saturday.

Lott, who came in averaging 14.8 points per game, scored 24 on 9-of-13 shooting from the floor for the Bison (6-3). Cole, who leads the team with a 21.5 scoring average, finished with 21 points, tied his career high with 10 assists for his second double-double, and added seven rebounds. Cole, a sophomore, needs just 25 points to top 1,000 for his career. Williams scored 20 - right at his average - on 8-of-16 shooting. The trio combined to make 25 of 44 shots from the floor (57 percent). The rest of the Bison connected on 8 of 13 shots.

Sam Iorio knocked down 5 of 9 shots from 3-point range and scored 24 to top the Eagles (5-3). Sa'eed Nelson sank 13 of 14 free throws and scored 23, Mark Gasperini totaled 14 points and eight rebounds, and Marvin Bragg tallied 11 points, six assists and five boards.