Junior Shark, Elijah Martinez, hit a 3-pointer with 12 seconds left in the game. Jakob Kimura, a sophomore, blocked a putback attempt in the last second. The Sharks defeated Dominican 75-72 in PacWest Conference play,at the Conlan Center on Tuesday.

The HPU Sharks 5-18 overall and 2-14 in the PacWest watched the Dominican Penguins used a 7-0 run in the final 49 seconds to tie the game.

Martinez was the Sharks’ scoring leader with 20 points. He drained five 3-pointers, including the game winning shot. Jackson Young, a redshirt freshman, scored 13 points off the bench. Trey Chapman, a junior, just missed completing a double-double, scoring 12 points and grabbing 9 rebounds.

Anthony Dennis of Dominican scored 22 points. Zamaria Odem hit for 21 from Zamaria Odom and Penguin Adam Parker grabbed six rebounds.

HPU shot 42 per cent from the floor, going 24 of-57. The Sharks hit an impressive 11-of-25 for 42 percent from the 3 point line. They also hit 16 of 21 for 76% from the foul line.

The Penguins were at 41 percent on 21-of-51 shooting. They hit 7 of 21 (33%), from 3 point range. They hit 23 of 27 shots for 85% from the foul line.

The HPU Sharks won the rebound battle 39 to 29. The Sharks had 14 turnovers compared to the Penguins 9.

For their next two contests the Sharks will be staying in the Bay Area, with Academy of Art scheduled for Thursday. Tipoff will take place at 5 p.m. HST. Then they are at Notre Dame de Namur’s Gleason Gymnasium, Belmont, Calif.