Wayne, N.J.— The John Jay men’s basketball team lost on the road on Wednesday as the Bloodhounds were defeated by William Paterson University, 69-58, ending their winning streak at three games. The Bloodhounds now stand at 3-2 on the season.
Vaughn Mason (Bronx, NY / Alfred E. Smith), who knocked in 12 points, nailed a three point field goal in the game’s opening possession to grab the initial lead.
But the host Pioneers went on a 9-0 run from there to take a 9-3 lead and William Paterson led the rest of the contest from there.
William Paterson took its biggest lead of the first half, 13, on a three point field goal, one of 10 by the Pioneers in the contest, with four seconds remaining and went into halftime up 34-21.
John Jay cut into the lead in the second half, and narrowed the deficit to as little as eight, most recent came on a pair of free throws by Alex Valerio (Flushing, NY / Francis Lewis) to make the score 53-45 with 9:09 to play. Valerio had a team-high 18 points and a game-high eight rebounds in the contest.
But William Paterson went on a game sealing13-2 run from there to take a 66-47 lead with 4:17 to play.
The Bloodhounds never got the deficit back to within single digits, but went on a 7-0 run to get the deficit down to 12 on a Mason jumper at the 1:35 mark. But the Pioneers kept the Bloodhounds at arms length distance the rest of the way as John Jay loses by double figures for the first time this season.
John Jay returns to action on Sat. Dec. 1 at Rutgers-Newark at 7:30 p.m.
