The men's basketball team cruised to an 81-64 victory over the College of Staten Island in the final matchup at the Doghouse between the two schools on Saturday afternoon. The Bloodhounds improve to 8-3 on the season. The Dolphins drop to 4-8 overall. 

Four players scored in double digits for John Jay. Senior Jayson Brower led the offense with his third double-double of the year with 19 points, 10 rebounds, and five assists. Senior Doug Levy also picked up a double-double, his seventh of the season, with 10 points, a game-high 13 rebounds, and a game-high three steals. 

Junior Kyle LaGuardia finished with 17 points and three boards. Sophomore Angel Rivera registered 12 points and a pair of blocks. Junior Romello Ford added seven rebounds and dished out five assists. Freshman Corey Jones Jr. came off the bench to have eight points, including a pair of three-pointers. 

Rivera made a layup to cut the deficit to 8-7 in the first but CSI followed on an 8-0 run. Down by 10, LaGuardia hit a basket and Brower drained a three to cut the lead to 19-14 with 11:51 left in the period. 

With CSI leading 29-27 with just over seven minutes on the clock, Jones Jr. hit back-to-back three-pointers to put the Bloodhounds ahead by four. That would ignite an 18-0 run to end the half and give John Jay a 43-29 advantage at halftime. 

The Bloodhounds defense shut out the Dolphins offense for three-and-a-half minutes into the second and would score 11 points in that span to increase the lead to 54-29. A layup by Brower gave the hosts a 26-point advantage with 14 minutes left to go. 

The Bloodhounds would cruise the rest of the half to collect their third straight regular-season victory over Staten Island. 

John Jay finished 29-for-64 (45.3%) from the floor, 8-for-17 (47.1%) from behind the arc, and 15-for-22 (68.2%) from the free-throw line. 

The Bloodhounds return to CUNYAC play when they visit Baruch College on Monday, January 6, for a 7:30 pm tip-off.