Old Westbury, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Men's Basketball team suffered its fourth straight loss on Saturday following a 71-46 road loss at Old Westbury. Junior Paul Sienke (Washington, D.C.) paced the Mount with 12 points in the contest.
 
Following a sluggish start that saw the two teams combine for 11 points over the opening seven-and-a-half minutes, the Panthers put together a 12-2 run covering just over three minutes to jump in front 16-9. Old Westbury went 4-for-5 from the field over the run with Shakirro Samuels leading the charge with seven points.
 
A Zack Swaby (New Windsor, N.Y.) free-throw got the Mount to within four points with 5:43 left before halftime, but the Panthers ran out to a 10-point lead, at 26-16, on a Pedro Marquez three-pointer with 1:23 left in the half. The Panthers would match the half-high lead and take a 28-18 lead into the locker room when Charles Wingate converted a bucket with 33 seconds left in the period.
 
The Knights shot just 25-percent from the floor in the opening 20 minutes and did not convert on nine three-point field goal attempts. The Panthers shot just under 41-percent prior to the break and hit on a pair of triples to build the double-figure halftime advantage.
 
Mount Saint Mary would not pull closer than the 10-point halftime deficit on Saturday and saw Old Westbury build its lead to 44-24 on another Marquez triple six minutes into the second frame. The lead ballooned to a game-high 30 points twice in the final 10:14 before a Dan Williams (Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.) bucket in the closing seconds but the deficit to the final 25-point disadvantage.
 
Sienke was the only Mount Saint Mary player to reach double-figures in the game, going 4-for-9 from the floor with four rebounds and a steal. Nick Lucas (Sparta, N.J.) chipped in nine points and five rebounds, with Ethan Fox (Wallingford, Conn.) hauling in a team-high nine rebounds. Kendall Francis (Great Neck, N.Y.) led the Knights with five assists, adding seven rebounds.
 
Old Westbury was led by 20 points from Marquez who led four players in double-figures. Wingate tallied 14 points and handed out four assists with Justin Alleyne-Washington and Samuels adding 13 and 10 points, respectively.
 
Mount Saint Mary finished the day shooting 26.4-percent overall and just 2-for-22 from three-point range. Old Westbury shot an even 50-percent from the floor, knocking down eight three-pointers.
 
Saturday's loss drops Mount Saint Mary to 4-12 overall and to 2-5 in Skyline Conference Play. The Knights return home on Tuesday when they play host to St. Joseph's-Brooklyn. Tip-off is set for 8:00 p.m.