NEW YORK, N.Y.— John Jay men's basketball player Jamar Harry became the eleventh player in team history to net 1,000 points, but it came in a losing cause as the Bloodhounds lost at Baruch College 89-75 at Baruch Friday evening.
 
The loss is John Jay's third straight, and second in a row against conference teams. The Bloodhounds are now 11-8 (7-3 CUNYAC) this season, while Baruch is now 12-6 (8-2 CUNYAC).
 
Harry, who needed 19 points to reach the milestone, scored a team-high 26, with five assists and six steals. Korede Griffith had 16 points and seven steals, while Darryl Dennis had 13 points and six rebounds.
 
Harry started out with a quiet first half scoring four points through the first twenty minutes. He was held scoreless in the game until the final 1:19 of the period when he made back-to-back field goals. His nineteenth point of the game, and 1,000th of his career, came at the 6:11 mark of the second half on a lay-up.
 
Baruch was led by Granville Gittens with 29 points, including 15-for-15 from the free throw line, helping the host Bearcats to 84.1 percent from the foul line (37-for-44). John Jay went to the line half the number of times and shot 14-for-22 from the charity stripe (63.6 percent).
 
The Bloodhounds opened the game taking a huge lead early.  John Jay started the game all over Baruch, racing out to a 22-7 lead with eight minutes gone by. The opening run was capped by a dunk by Oshea Alexander. But the lead quickly evaporated as the Bearcats outscored John Jay 35-12 over the final twelve minutes to take the lead and draw distance as Baruch led 42-34 at halftime.
 
Baruch opened the second half with an 18-9 run to extend the lead to 17 as the Bearcats were up 60-43 with 10:52 to play.
 
John Jay pulled to within a few as six points later in the period but no closer.