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Manhattanville MANHAT 15-7,12-3 Skylin

Mount Saint Mary MSMC-M 6-16,4-10 Skylin

Manhattanville MANHAT

15-7,12-3 Skylin

Final

Feb. 17, 2022

Mount Saint Mary MSMC-M

6-16,4-10 Skylin

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Manhattanville MANHAT	43	36	79
Mount Saint Mary MSMC-M	25	32	57

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 2/17/2022 10:42:00 PM

Knights Falter Against Manhattanville

Sienke, Yearwood score 10 points apiece

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Newburgh, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Men's Basketball team closed a home-and-home with Manhattanville on Thursday night with a 79-57 loss. Paul Sienke (Washington, D.C.) and Chris Yearwood (Red Hook, N.Y.) paced the Mount's scoring attack with 10 points each.

Thursday's loss, the Mount's fourth straight, drops it to 6-17 overall on the season and to 4-11 in Skyline Conference play. Manhattanville improves to 15-7 overall and 12-3 against conference rivals.

First Half

Manhattanville got out to a quick 8-0 lead following a pair of three-pointers from Mike Granda.
Mount Saint Mary responded with the next five points on a triple from Yearwood and a jumper from Mike Dedda (West Chester, Pa.) at the 16:37 mark of the first half.
The Knights would cut their deficit down to a single point, at 13-12, on a Jayden Racca (New Fairfield, Conn.) bucket with 13:50 left before halftime.
Tommy Lotito answered with a three-pointer for the Valiants to push the lead four points before back-to-back triples from Chris Maestre moved Manhattanville in front 26-14 with 9:39 left in the period.
Mount Saint Mary cut its deficit to 26-19 on a Sienke conversion, before Manhattanville closed the half on a 17-6 run to open a 43-25 halftime advantage.
The Valiants went 7-for-12 from the floor with a pair of three-pointers over the final 7:54 of the first half.
Mount Saint Mary shot 37.5-percent over the opening 20 minutes and knocked in a trio of three-pointers.
Manhattanville converted at a blistering 61.5-percent in the first half, including a red-hot 8-for-12 from three-point range.
Ryan Graham (Campbell Hall, N.Y.) came off the bench to lead the Knights in scoring in the first half with seven points.
Granda led all scorers at the break with 12 points for the Valiants, canning three triples.

Second Half

Manhattanville spread its lead to 47-26 on a Lotito jumper at the 17:30 mark of the second half and maintained a double-figure lead 6:38 mark of the period.
Jayden Figueroa (New Windsor, N.Y.) hit a three-pointer to get the Mount to within 55-46 and a Connor Cyran (Garfield, N.J.) triple at the 5:54 brought the Knights to within 58-49.
Following the Cyran three-pointer, Manhattanville put together a 17-2 run to gain a 75-51 advantage. The Valiants went 4-for-4 from three-point range over the run, including a pair from Matt Bielenda.
The Valiants' lead grew to go a game-high 25 points with 1:32 left to play, before a Tom Spero (Massapequa, N.Y.) bucket in the closing seconds brought the Mount to within the final 79-57 decision.
Mount Saint Mary finished the second half 9-for-26 from the floor and 4-for-14 from three-point range. The Knights split 20 free-throws in the second stanza.
Manhattanville continued its efficient shooting, converting at 44.8-percent, including a 5-for-12 showing from three-point range.
Sienke led the Mount with eight second half points.
Connor Yetman and Bielenda paced the Valiants with eight tallies apiece.

For The Knights

Sienke finished the night 3-for-4 from the floor and 4-for-5 from the free-throw line in reaching double-figures. He added three rebounds, an assist and a steal.
Yearwood connected on a pair of three-pointer for the Knights and recorded an assist and a steal.
Graham wrapped up the night with nine points, two rebounds and two assists.
Racca went 4-for-6 from the floor on the way to nine points.
Jack Lotito (Staten Island, N.Y.) paced the Knights with three assists and three steals.
Cyran led all players with seven rebounds and chipped in five points.

For The Valiants

Granda finished 5-for-8 from the floor and 4-for-7 from three-point range on the way to a game-high 15 points. He led the team with six rebounds and added an assist and a steal.
Tommy Lotito handed out eight assists, contributing nine points and two steals.
Jackson Leech came off the bench to score nine points and grab five rebounds.
Yetman, Maestre and Bielenda all finished up with eight points.

Game Statistics

Mount Saint Mary closed the night shooting 36.7-percent from the floor and went 7-for-24 from behind the arc.
Manhattanville converted at 52.7-percent overall and went 13-for-24 from three-point range.
Manhattanville posted a 31-17 advantage in points off of turnovers and a 32-18 advantage in points in the paint.

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