Newburgh, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Men's Basketball team is set for two key Skyline Conference matchups this week when it heads to St. Joseph's-Brooklyn on Tuesday and North Division rival Sarah Lawrence on Saturday evening. Live Stats and Video will be available for both Tuesday's 7:30 p.m. tip-off and Saturday's 6:00 p.m. contest.
At A Glance: Mount Saint Mary stopped a three-game slide on Saturday with an impressive 83-64 home win over Old Westbury. The victory pushed the Knights to 6-13 overall and 3-7 in Skyline Conference play, tied with Sarah Lawrence in a battle for the final Skyline Conference Championship berths.
Elijah Barnett (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.), who is coming off an 18-point performance in Saturday's win, leads three Knights scoring in double-figures with a team-high 12.1 points per contest while adding 4.7 rebounds and just under two assists per night.
Connor Cyran (Garfield, N.J.) is good for 11.7 and 6.0 rebounds per game with
Jayden Figueroa (New Windsor, N.Y.) averaging nearly a double-double with 11.3 points and 8.7 caroms per contest. Figueroa also ranks second in the Skyline Conference with 2.0 blocks per tilt.
Chris Yearwood (Red Hook, N.Y.) checks in with 9.7 points per game and a team-high 21 three-point field goals, while also leading the team in assists with just over two per outing.
Mount Saint Mary scores 67.7 points per game as a team and shoots 43.2-percent from the floor, 28.2-percent from three-point range and 65.1-percent from the free-throw line.
Scouting St. Joseph's-Brooklyn: The Knights and Bears will meet for the only time this season on Tuesday, with St. Joseph's having lost three of their last four games. The Bears are coming off an 87-66 loss at Manhattanville on Saturday and begin play on Tuesday with a 5-14 overall record and a 2-8 mark against league rivals.
Evan Sirakis is in the midst of a strong all-around year for the Bears, pacing the team with 14.5 points and 3.6 assists per outing while swiping better than one steal per game. Jonathan Reno supports the offensive attack with 14.3 points, 2.6 assists and a team-high 1.6 steals per night.
Joe Sheehan leads team on the boards, collecting 8.5 caroms per game, while chipping in just over eight points per night.
The Bears score just under 66 points per game on the season while shooting 37.3-percent overall, 30.2-percent from three-point range and 66.9-percent from the free-throw line.
Recent History: Since the start of the 2015-16 season, Mount Saint Mary holds a 7-2 record against the Bears and has won each of the last three decisions in the series.
Previewing Sarah Lawrence: The Knights close out the season series with the Gryphons on Saturday evening in Bronxville. Sarah Lawrence, who holds a head-to-head victory with the Mount, enters a Tuesday road contest at Yeshiva with a 5-14 overall record and a 3-7 mark against league rivals.
Three Gryphons begin the week scoring in double-figures, led by Eamon Kelly who tallies just over 11.1 points per night and is tied for the team lead with just over one steal per game. Amos Grey joins Kelly with a team-high 1.2 steals per night and paces Sarah Lawrence with better than four assists per outing.
Lucas Murray is good for 10.1 points and a team-high 7.6 rebounds per game with Chris Torres netting an even 10.0 points per night.
Sarah Lawrence is scoring 63.7 points per game as a team and shoots 38.0-percent overall, 32.0-percent from three-point range and 59.2-percent from the free-throw line.
Last Meeting: Sarah Lawrence came to the Kaplan Center on December 7 and came away with a 73-61 victory over the Mount.
Mount Saint Mary shot 45.8-percent overall in the game, but went just 2-for-15 from three-point range. Sarah Lawrence knocked down 13 triples in the game and outscored the Mount 12-5 from the free-throw line to earn the victory.
Yearwood led three Knights in double-figures with 18 points, going 8-for-10 from the floor, with Chris Dougherty leading five Gryphons in double-figures with 15 points off the bench.
Recent History: The two teams have met 15 times since January 12, 2015, with the Knights holding a 9-6 record in the series. Including the win earlier this season, the Gryphons have won five of the last six decisions against the Knights.
What's Next: Mount Saint Mary plays both of its games next week at the Kaplan Center, hosting Purchase on February 8 and Manhattanville on February 11.