Brooklyn Heights, N.Y. – The College of Mount Saint Vincent Men's Basketball team suffered its first loss of the season on Saturday afternoon following a 90-72 road defeat at Division I St. Francis Brooklyn. James Zuccaro (Gilbert, Ariz.) led the team with 20 points, while Ammad Alkhulaidi (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Jamir Ferebee (Staten Island, N.Y.) each totaled a career-high 17 points.

Mount Saint Vincent got off to a quick start on Saturday, taking its first lead of the day, at 12-10, on an Alkhulaidi three-point play with 15:52 left in the first half. The Dolphins would fall behind by three points after three straight triples from the Terriers, but rebounded with the next three points to tie the score at 19-19 with 11:24 remaining in the half.

Following a Tyreek Jewell bucket that gave St. Francis a 21-19 advantage, the Dolphins used an 18-3 run to gain their largest lead of the day following a Zuccaro three-pointer. The Dolphins knocked in three triples over the run and got 10 points from Zuccaro to take a 37-24 lead with just over six minutes left before halftime.

St. Francis Brooklyn would answer the Mount Saint Vincent run with a 20-6 stretch to close the half and take a 44-43 lead over the Mount into halftime. A pair of Kevin Douglas three-pointers aided the run for the Terriers, who held the Dolphins to just a pair of field goals in the final six minutes.

Mount Saint Vincent shot an efficient 60-percent from the floor in the first half and went 6-for-8 from three-point range. Zuccaro led all scorers at the break with 16 points on 6-for-7 shooting, with Ferebee chipping in with 14 points after going 4-for-7 from the floor and 3-for-3 from three-point range.

Mount Saint Vincent outscored St. Francis Brooklyn 16-10 in the paint over the first 20 minutes of play, but the Terriers used 11 offensive rebounds, leading to 14 second chance points to gain the advantage. Brent Jones led the Terriers at the break with 10 points.

Coming out of halftime, Mount Saint Vincent scored the first four points of the second period on layups from Zuccaro and Alkhulaidi to take a 47-44 in the first minute of the second half. The lead would be the largest of the stanza for the Mount, who saw St, Francis Brooklyn use a 27-9 run to open a 71-56 lead on a Jones conversion with 9:13 left in the tilt.

Mount Saint Vincent would not get its deficit under double-figures the rest of the afternoon and saw the Terriers take a game-high 22 point lead on a pair of Glenn Sanabria free-throws in the final 1:18. Layups from Mathew Sowah and Alkhulaidi in the final 1:07 would get the Dolphins to within the final 18 point decision.

After shooting 60-percent before halftime, Mount Saint Vincent was held to 31.3-percent shooting in the second period. The Terriers converted on better than 55-percent of their chances and outscored the Mount 46-29 after halftime.

Jalen Cannon scored 13 points after halftime for St. Francis Brooklyn to finish with 18 points on 8-for-9 shooting. He hauled in a game-high 12 rebounds and added five blocked shots. Jones led all players with 25 points to go along with six assists and six rebounds. Sanabria and Douglas chipped in with 15 and 11 points, respectively.

Zuccaro rounded out the game 8-for-19 from the floor on Saturday and finished with nine rebounds and three assists. Alkhulaidi finished 7-for-11 from the floor on his way to his career-high point total, adding three rebounds and a pair of assists. Ferebee went 4-for-10 overall from the floor, hitting three triples and knocking in six free-throws, to reach his career-high. He chipped in with two rebounds.

Overall in the game, Mount Saint Vincent shot 43.9-percent from the field and an even 40-percent from bonus distance. The Dolphins were outrebounded in the game 47-30, including 17-9 on the offensive glass, leading to a 20-6 edge in second chance scoring for the Terriers.

Saturday's loss drops Mount Saint Vincent to 6-1 overall on the season. The Dolphins will return to action on December 29 when they play host to local foe York (N.Y.). Tip-off at the Peter Jay Sharp Center is set for 6:00 p.m.