Patchogue, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Men's Basketball team stopped its six game losing streak and ended the 2015-16 season on Saturday with a 67-63 road conference win at St. Joseph's-L.I. Four Knights scored in double-figures in the game, led by 16 points from sophomore Daniel Wolff (Holtsville, N.Y.).
 
Tightly contested throughout the first half, neither team could move in front by more than three points until a Wolff three-pointer pushed the Mount in front 31-27 with just under three minutes left before halftime. The triple was part of a 12-0 run that saw the Knights take a 36-27 lead on a Connor Bacci (Bayside, N.Y.) three-pointer with 1:13 remaining in the first stanza.
 
St. Joseph's would cut the disadvantage to six on a three-pointer after going over four minutes without a point. Bacci pushed the halftime lead to eight for the Mount with a lay-in with 31 seconds left in the half, sending the Knights into the intermission with a 38-30 lead.
 
Mount Saint Mary shot an even 50-percent from the floor in the opening 20 minutes and went 6-for-14 from behind the arc to build the halftime advantage. Wolff and Bacci led the Knights with a combined 21 points, going a combined 7-for-11 from the floor with five three-pointers.
 
The Knights ran its lead to 12 points out of the break and on back-to-back conversions from Tyler McDine (Suffern, N.Y.) and T.J. Patsalos (Newburgh, N.Y.) and maintained at least a seven point advantage until an Billy Heenan free-throw cut the Mount's advantage to 46-41 with 13:18 left in the contest.
 
Andy Laurent would later bring St. Joseph's to within four points, before a Connor Nicholson (State Island, N.Y.) three-pointer spread the lead back to 51-44 midway through the second half. The Knights would jump back in front by 11 on a Gerard Nocera (Holmdel, N.J.) bucket and pushed the lead to 15 points on a Wolff jumper with 5:34 left to play.
 
St. Joseph's would string together a 7-0 run and hold the Mount without a point for nearly three minutes to pull back to within 59-51 with 2:54 left. The Knights would see their lead whittled down to three points  with 61 seconds left, but a Nicholson transition bucket got the lead back to five points with 56 seconds remaining.
 
An Andy Laurent triple brought St. Joseph's to within a single point with 16 seconds left, but a pair of Bacci free-throws and a conversion from the line from Austin Stewart (New Paltz, N.Y.) closed out the game for the Mount.
 
The Knights were able to connect on just a single three-pointer after halftime, while the Golden Eagles hit on four shots from bonus distance in the second stanza. Fernando Vasquez hit three triples for St. Joseph's and scored 14 points in the second half. The Knights were held to 37-percent shooting after halftime and misfired on seven free-throws in the second period.
 
Wolff closed out the game 5-for-10, including three triples, from the floor and posted a double-double with a game-high 10 rebounds. Bacci contributed 12 points for the Knights and joined McDine with a team-high four assists in the game.
 
Patsalos struggled from the floor, but went 4-for-4 from the free-throw line on his way to 10 points and Nicholson closed out an efficient game 6-for-9 from the field, finishing with 14 points off the bench. Nocera finished off a solid game with nine points and eight rebounds for the Knights.
 
Vazquez led all scorers for St. Joseph's with 28 points, going 10-for-19 overall and 7-for-14 from bonus distance in the game. Dominique Spann led the team with eight rebounds and led all players with five assists.
 
Mount Saint Mary shot 43.6-percent from the floor in the game and the Mount defense held the Golden Eagles to a 35-percent effort on Saturday. 
 
Saturday's win rounds out the Mount's season at 8-17 overall and 6-14 in Skyline Conference play. 

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