Lee Ferris

Box Score

Purchase SUNYPC 4-16,4-8 Skyline

Mount Saint Mary MSMC-M 6-12,4-6 Skyline

Purchase SUNYPC

4-16,4-8 Skyline

Final

Feb. 07, 2022

Mount Saint Mary MSMC-M

6-12,4-6 Skyline

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Purchase SUNYPC	26	33	59
Mount Saint Mary MSMC-M	30	32	62

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 2/7/2022 11:50:00 PM

Mount Saint Mary Outlasts Purchase, 62-59

Yearwood nets game-high 21 points

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Newburgh, N.Y. – Chris Yearwood (Red Hook, N.Y.) led three Knights in double-figures with a game-high 21 points as the Mount Saint Mary College Men's Basketball team stopped a seven-game slide on Monday night with a hard fought 62-59 victory at the Kaplan Center.

Monday's win improves Mount Saint Mary to 6-13 overall on the season and to 4-7 in Skyline Conference play, while Purchase drops to 4-15 on the season and 4-8 in league competition.

First Half

Mount Saint Mary got out to a quick 10-3 advantage following triples from Yearwood and Jayden Figueroa (New Windsor, N.Y.) around a jumper from Mike Dedda (West Chester, Pa.) in the opening 3:03 of the contest.
The Knights' lead grew to double-figures when a pair of Yearwood free-throws moved the Mount in front 23-13 with 8:01 left before halftime.
The Mount used a Paul Sienke (Washington, D.C.) lay-in at the 7:13 mark of the first half to surge in front by a game-high 12 points at 25-13.
Following the Sienke conversion, Purchase answered with a 13-5 stretch to close the half and pull to within 30-26 at the intermission.
Purchase went 3-for-5 from three-point range over the run and held the Mount to 2-for-12 shooting over the seven minute stretch.
A Jordan Knochen three-pointer trimmed the Mount's lead to 27-24 before the Mount got a three-point play from Figueroa with 1:17 left before halftime.
Mount Saint Mary converted at 33.3-percent in the opening 20 minutes and hit in four three-pointers before halftime.
Purchase shot 27.6-percent with five of its eight field goals coming from behind the arc.
Yearwood and Figueroa led the team at the break with eight points apiece.
Knochen led the Panthers with seven tallies at the intermission.

Second Half

Mount Saint Mary built its lead back up to 34-27 on an early Yearwood lay-in in the second half.
Purchase answered with a 10-2 run capped by a Malcolm Hansford-Whyte three-point play to take its first lead of the game at 37-36 with 15:52 left in regulation time.
Mount Saint Mary regained the advantage and pulled in front 40-37 on four straight free-throws from Connor Cyran (Garfield, N.J.).
The Knights spread the lead to 46-41 on a Yearwood triple with 8:57 left in the second half.
After a pair of Sienke free-throws gave the Knights a 50-45 lead, Purchase got a pair Terrence Mason buckets and a triple from Justin Mason to pull in front 52-50 with 5:24 showing on the second half clock.
Mount Saint Mary answered quickly with a Yearwood jumper to knot the score at 52-52, but Elijah Holmes countered with a jumper for the Panthers to give them the slim lead back.
J.P. Egan (Lansdale, Pa.) converted a layup to tie the score at 54-54 before Figueroa buried a three-pointer to give the Knights a 57-54 advantage with 2:30 left to play.
The back-and-forth continued when Hansford-Whyte sunk a triple to even the score again at 57-57.
Mount Saint Mary was finally able to pull in front for good when Figueroa hit on a pair of free-throws to give the Knights at 59-57 edge with 1:41 left to play.
Including the Figueroa conversions, the Knights made five of six free-throws down the stretch to seal the victory.
Purchase had an attempt to tie trailing 61-59 with three seconds to go, but could not convert and could not get shot off at the horn trailing by the final three-point decision.
Mount Saint Mary shot 36.4-percent overall after halftime and outscored the Panthers 14-3 in the second half from the free-throw line.
Purchase converted at just over 39-percent in the second half and went 4-for-10 from three-point range.
Yearwood led the Knights with 13 second half points.
Justin Mason led all players with 15 points after the break for the Panthers.

For The Knights

Yearwood scored at least 20 points in a game for the seventh time this season after going 7-for-17 from the floor with three triples. He added four rebounds and an assist to the winning effort.
Figueroa contributed 13 points and a team-high nine rebounds, going 4-for-9 from the floor with two three-pointers.
Cyran chipped in 10 points on the strength of 5-for-6 shooting from the free-throw line to go along with five rebounds.
Egan hauled in seven rebounds and totaled five points off the bench.
Sienke led the team with three assists and chipped in five points, four rebounds and a blocked shot.

For The Panthers

Justin Mason led Purchase with 15 points, going 6-for-11 from the floor and 3-for-5 from three-point range.
Hansford-Whyte posted a double-double with 12 points and a game-high 12 rebounds, adding a game-high six assists.
Holmes and Knochen each contributed nine points.
Terrence Mason narrowly missed a double-double with eight points and nine caroms.

Game Statistics

Mount Saint Mary finished the contest shooting 34.5-percent overall, including 6-for-15 shooting from three-point range.
Purchase shot 33.9-percent overall and went 9-for-26 from three-point range.
Mount Saint Mary shot 85.7-percent from the free-throw line and outscored the Panthers 18-8 from the charity stripe.

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