New York, NY --- The Brooklyn College Men's Basketball team suffered a 70-61 setback tonight against City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) rival Lehman College in a game played at the Borough of Manhattan Community College.

Win the loss, the Bulldogs fall to 10-4 overall and 3-2 in conference play; while the Lightning improve to 9-8 overall and 5-1 in league play.

Senior guard Tyshawn Russell led all scorers for Brooklyn with 23 points, to go along with a team-high eight rebounds and three assists. Junior forward Kavon Baker added 13 points and six rebounds, while senior guard Amil John finished the night with 12 points and seven rebounds. Junior forward Keiran Halton chipped in with seven points and seven rebounds.

For Lehman, George Nimmons led the Lightning with a team-high 16 points. Mathias Raggiotto finished the night with a double-double netting 15 points and grabbing a game-best 13 rebounds, while Kelvin Gil contributed with 13 points.

The opening half featured a tight contest as both teams battled back-and-forth. Following a basket from Dwight Nangle which tied the game at 28 all with 7:08 remaining before the break, the Bulldogs got buckets from both Halton and John to give BC a 32-28 lead at the 5:25 mark. Brooklyn would lead the rest of the period and eventually head into the locker room up 42-36.

The second featured much of the same with neither team able to pull away early on. After a pair of free throws put Brooklyn up 53-46 at the 10:55 mark, the Lightning began to chip away at their deficit and eventually regain the lead, 57-53, with just 6:11 left in the game, using an 11-0 run.

A Baker jumper ended the Bulldogs scoring drought to make it 57-55 (5:42); however, Lehman would go on another run, this time a 10-0 run to put the game away, to go up 67-55 with just 1:24 remaining before the final buzzer. The Lighting would eventually close out the Bulldogs by a final score of 70-61.

For the game, the Lightning shot 37.3% (28-75) from the field and 25.0% (5-20) from three, while going 9-for-14 (64.3%) from the free throw line.

Brooklyn shot 38.6% (22-57) from the floor, including 28.0% (7-25) from beyond the arc. The Bulldogs also hit 71.4% (10-14) from the charity stripe.

Lehman held the rebounding edge 50-34.

BC will be back in action this Saturday, January 21st, as the Bulldogs will play host to the Bearcats of Baruch College in another key CUNYAC contest. Tip-off is scheduled for 3:00 pm at the West Quad Center. 50 tickets to an upcoming New Jersey Nets game will also be raffled off during the game.