Waterbury, CT - The Post University men's basketball team lost an 86-66 game to the University of Bridgeport to open up Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play on Wednesday evening at the Drubner Center.

The loss puts the Eagles at 3-4 overall and 0-1 in the CACC. Bridgeport moves to 4-2 overall and 1-0 in the CACC.

D.J. Frechette led the Eagles with a career-high 28 points on 7-for-17 shooting, including 6-for-12 from three, His hot shooting kept the Eagles in the game early on.

Bridgeport opened up the game taking a 13-4 lead before a three from Cape Holden cut the deficit to 13-7. The Purple Knights opened the lead back up to 24-11, but a run fueled by four three pointers from Frechette, cut the Bridgeport lead to 30-25 with 5:18 remaining. The Eagles trailed 41-32 going into the half.

The Eagles conceded the first nine points of the second half to Bridgeport as the Purple Knights took a 50-32 lead just under two minutes into the half. Post once again cut into the deficit, going on a 12-4 run as three-pointers from Tyler Small and David Jasson gave the Eagles some life in the second half making it a 54-44 game.

However, it would be the closest the Eagles would get as Bridgeport went on a 22-7 run to put the game away. Malcolm Moye scored 13 of his team-high 21 points in the second half for Bridgeport.

Abdul-Basit Ajia finished with seven points, seven rebounds, two blocks and two steals. Holden finished with nine points. Small had seven.

Frechette's 28 points surpassed his previous career-high of 20, which he had achieved three times.

Ali Sumareh had 14 points off the bench for Bridgeport.

Up next, the Eagles head to Dominican University to take on the Chargers on Saturday, December 3 at 3 p.m.