By: John Jay Sports Information
Box Score The men's basketball team fell to the College of Staten Island, 76-67, on Saturday afternoon in Staten Island, NY. The Bloodhounds drop to 6-10 on the season and 3-6 in CUNYAC. The Dolphins improve to 10-7 overall and 8-1 in the conference.
Junior
Essien Epps led the way with a team-high 21 points, seven rebounds, a game-high seven assists, and a team-high two steals. Freshman
Kyle LaGuardia notched his second double-double of his career with 13 points and a game-high 11 boards. Sophomore
Doug Levy registered 14 points and seven rebounds. Junior
Jerome Petty added nine points and senior
Eric Sandoval Jr. had five boards.
LaGuardia opened up the contest converting a three-point play. With the score knotted at five, the Dolphins went on an 8-2 run to lead by six with 15:47 left in the first half. Epps then made a layup but the hosts responded by scoring eight straight points. With John Jay trailing by 11 with 3:51 remaining, Levy made a layup and two free-throws by junior
Luciano Cruz-Fernandez cut the lead to seven. A layup by LaGuardia with one second left cut the deficit to 44-37 heading into halftime.
Ninety second into the second, CSI increased its lead to 11. Down by eight, LaGuardia converted his second three-point play of the afternoon and a free-throw by sophomore
Hakeem Animashaun trimmed the lead down to 50-46 with 14:38 left to go. The Dolphins responded with five straight until Epps ended the run draining a shot from behind the arc.
With Staten Island up by seven, Epps scored three unanswered points. Once again, the Dolphins followed on a 5-0 run with 7:49 remaining. Successful free-throws would seal the victory for CSI.
John Jay finished 26-for-53 (49.1%) from the floor, 3-for-10 (30.0%) from behind the arc, and 12-for-22 (54.5%) from the free-throw line.
The Bloodhounds return home on Monday, January 22, for a conference game against Hunter College at 8:00 pm at the Doghouse. The game will be live streamed at
www.johnjayathletics.com/watch.
