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EAST STROUDSBURG - In a game that featured 22 lead changes and 11 ties, New Haven made the decisive run in the final five minutes to push past No. 15-ranked East Stroudsburg University for a 79-71 win in a match-up of 2014 NCAA Division II Tournament teams on Sunday night at Koehler Fieldhouse.

All-America center Eric Anderson had 23 points, 11 rebounds and four assists to lead New Haven (2-2), which ended ESU's 38-game home non-conference regular season winning streak that dated back to a 64-59 loss to Nyack on November 27, 2007.

Junior guard Jamal Nwaniemeka scored 15 points, sophomore forward Rasheed Moore had 14 points and nine rebounds and senior forward Lamont Tillery had 11 points and six rebounds for ESU (3-2).

Neither team had a lead of more than four points over the final 28 minutes until Anderson made two free throws to give New Haven a 75-69 lead with 1:17 remaining. Moore scored on a tip-in for ESU to cut the deficit to four points with 53 seconds left, but Anderson scored at the other end, then sank two free throws to seal the victory.

ESU's final lead was a 65-63 margin at the 5:46 mark after Nwaniemeka split a pair of free throws. His fourth three-pointer of the game gave the Warriors a 64-61 lead a minute earlier.

Samir McDaniels made two free throws for New Haven to tie it at 65-all with 5:35 left, the start of a closing 16-6 run for the Chargers down the stretch.

Jemal Mosley (19 points) gave New Haven a 67-65 lead, and Anderson scored eight of New Haven's final 16 points.

ESU had two 10-0 runs in the first half that ended with a 34-34 tie.

There were 10 lead changes in the first eight minutes of the second half before the Warriors squeezed out a 59-55 lead at the eight-minute mark on a steal and layup by senior guard Matt Tobin (seven points) and a layup by All-America senior guard Whis Grant (six points).

Mosley answered with a three for New Haven and Cyrus James (13 points, eight rebounds) had a dunk and three-point play to give UNH a 61-59 lead and set up the finish.

Both teams committed just 13 turnovers and shot better than 45 percent from the field.

New Haven shot 27-for-53 (50.9 percent) overall, 8-for-17 from the three-point line and 17-for-20 at the foul line.

ESU was 25-for-54 (46.3 percent) overall, 9-for-28 from long distance and 12-for-17 at the foul line.

New Haven was 21-9 a year ago and was the first of five NCAA Tournament teams the Warriors will face this winter.

ESU, coming off a record-setting 30-2 season and the school's second trip to the NCAA DII regional final in program history, has played in the NCAA Tournament in four of the last five years.

The Warriors (2-0 PSAC East) return to divisional play on Wednesday at Shippensburg and host Bloomsburg on Saturday at 3 p.m.

GAME NOTES
* ESU falls to 43-13 when playing with a national ranking in the NABC DII coaches poll.
* ESU falls to 26-5 at home, and lost for the 2nd time in its last 19 home games (17-2) when playing with a national ranking.
* ESU falls to 30-4 at home since the start of the 2012-13 season, and 64-14 since the start of the 2009-10 season.