BRONXVILLE, N.Y. - The Sarah Lawrence men's basketball team defeated the Elmira College Soaring Eagles by a score of 70-64 on Tuesday night at the Campbell Sports Center. The Gryphons have now won two-of-three games and head into the Skyline season poised to contend. 


By the Numbers

• Senior Rueben Egan scored a season-high 13 points and grabbed five rebounds to help the Gryphons
• Fellow senior Chris Torres scored 14 points and dished out four assists in the win
• Justin DiFabio scored a team-high points for Sarah Lawrence while shooting 55% from the field and 57% from deep
• Eamon Kelly grabbed 11 rebounds and narrowly missed a double-double as he scored nine points as well for the Gryphons
• JJ Babcock scored 11 first-half points for Elmira but was shut out by the Gryphons in the second half
• The Gryphons had a strong all-around shooting performance, connecting on 44.8% of their field goals as a team, including 45.2% from deep

How it Happened

The two teams battled at the start of the game, as neither team allowed the other to gain more than a one-possession lead throughout the first eight minutes. An Elmira triple with 11:19 remaining in the first half would bring the lead to four points for the Soaring Eagles, the largest lead of the game at that point. An answer from deep off the hands of Justin DiFabio brought the Gryphons within one and the two teams would remain in a one-possession game for the following five minutes until a fastbreak layup gave Elmira a six-point lead. With just under two minutes remaining, seven straight points by Egan would give the Gryphons an advantage and a layup by Lucas Murray with eight seconds remaining would secure a Sarah Lawrence lead at the half.

Torres began to take control of the game early in the second half with two made three-pointers to bring the Sarah Lawrence lead to seven points with under 16 minutes to play, a lead they would not surrender for the remainder of the game. Despite an Elmira run to lower the margin to four points with just over 11 minutes remaining, the Gryphons' shooting would keep them ahead as DiFabio hit triples on back-to-back possessions to halt any momentum going the way of the Soaring Eagles. As the clock hit zero the Gryphons found themselves ahead by 14 points and with a victory to carry over into the winter break.

Up Next

Sarah Lawrence (2-8, Skyline 1-1) will not compete for the remainder of the 2022 calendar year, but will return on January 3rd to host USMMA in Bronxville, N.Y. as part of a double-header with the Sarah Lawrence women's basketball team. The men's basketball team will kick off the night against USMMA with tip-off scheduled for 6:30 p.m. while the women's team will take on Old Westbury at 8:30 p.m.