Tom Boonen, who was crouched and pushing his bike forward, finished just a sliver behind him.
Kareem Rush, the junior forward, finished with 17, but played only 27 minutes because of foul trouble.
Doug McDermott, the Blue Jays' high-scoring junior forward, finished with 21 points but shot 4 of 16 over all.
Howard, Wake Forest's all-American candidate at small forward, finished with 13 points, 14 rebounds and 4 steals.
But Matt Howard, the Bulldogs' star forward, finished 1 for 13 from the field with 7 points, and the star guard Shelvin Mack was 4 for 15 with 13 points.
Malone, the 37-year-old perennial All-Star forward, finished with 21 points as he made all five of his shots in the fourth.
Bathgate, a forward, finished his Rangers career as the franchise leader in goals, assists and points, and he won the Hart Trophy as the N.H.L.'s most valuable player in 1959.
Manny Malhotra, the Rangers' 19-year-old forward, finished the game portion of his two-week conditioning stint at Hartford on Saturday night but will continue to practice with the American Hockey League team through Wednesday before rejoining the Rangers.
The substitute Ezekiel had only been on the pitch a matter of minutes but his well-timed run reached Defour's drifted cross from the left, the forward finishing off the post first-time with Tottenham's defenders statuesque.
In contrast, Henri Bédimo is likely to edge out Benoit Assou-Ekotto at left-back thanks to an excellent campaign at Lyon, where, in addition to solid defending, he proved a regular threat going forward, finishing the season with one goal and eight assists.
The Dublin-born forward finished last term as League One's top scorer with 24 goals in 42 games.
