Men’s Basketball Surges Past SJC-Brooklyn, 72-66

Game Leaders

St. Joseph's (Bklyn.)
Pts: Matt O'Neill - 16
Reb: Michael Megafu - 18
Ast: 2 Players (#15, #21 - 4)
St. Joseph's (L.I.)
Pts: Andy Laurent - 22
Reb: TEAM - 8
Ast: Andy Laurent - 5

Team Stats

St. Joseph's (Bklyn.)
St. Joseph's (L.I.)

Field Goals

(23-64)
(25-52)

Field Goal %

35.9%
48.1%

Rebounds

43
36

Assists

13
17

Turnovers

14
16

Pts off Turnovers

8
14

2nd Chance Pts

14
3

Pts in the Paint

26
24

Fastbreak Pts

10
10

Bench Pts

10
9
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Dec 08, 2015

Patchogue, NY| The St. Joseph's College (L.I.) men's basketball team earned a gutsy 72-66 victory over sister college St. Joseph's College (Brkln) in the two sides' first-ever Skyline Conference match-up inside the Danzi Center on Tuesday afternoon. With the win the Golden Eagles improve to 3-5 (2-1 Skyline) on the season while the Bears fall to 4-3 (3-2 Skyline).

After scoring the game's first two buckets, the Golden Eagles allowed the Bears to compile a 10-0 run to build a 10-4 at 14:28. The hosts would battle back to draw the game to within two points (19-17) at 8:31 after guard Stephen Cohen sank a free throw.

Brooklyn would respond by opening up a six-point lead (30-24) at 2:56 of the opening frame, but a 6-2 run by the Golden Eagles—capped off by a Andy Laurent layup with two seconds remaining—ensured the deficit at the break was only two points (32-30).

Guard Fernando Vazquez's three-ball 11 seconds into the second frame gave the Golden Eagles their first lead (33-32) since 16:51 of the first half. After a three-point play from Brooklyn's Jamir Archer inched the guests back into the lead, Laurent drained another three-ball to regain the lead (36-35) for Long Island.

The Bears would pull back in front (51-49) following a Matt O'Neill three-point sequence at 9:38, and Brooklyn would eventually maintain their advantage (56-52) at 6:28.

Over the next four minutes the teams would trade points until, at 2:32, with the score 64-63 in favor of Long Island, a Billy Heenan three-ball fired the Golden Eagles to an 8-3 run to end the game and claim the 72-66 victory.

Laurent's 22 points on 7-16 shooting was a game-best. The junior also contributed five assists on the evening. Vazquez went for 17 points and four steals, and Cohen's 12 points was his second-highest total of the season.

The Golden Eagles were by far the better shooting team, having boasted a 48.1% field-goal percentage compared to Brooklyn's 35.9%. Long Island also outscored the Bears 14-8 off turnovers despite being outrebounded 42-33.

The Golden Eagles return to action on Saturday, December 12 when they host SUNY Purchase inside the Danzi Center at 3:00 PM. Live stats will be available here.