Final Statistics

Throggs Neck, N.Y. – Four College of Mount Saint Vincent players scored in double-figures, including Pat Panetta (Ridgefield Park, N.J.) who posted 15 points and 14 rebounds, as the Dolphins ended a three game losing streak with a 90-72 win over Bard Tuesday night. Panetta matched his career-high in rebounds and rookie Sean Caputo (Staten Island, N.Y.) netted a career best 17 points for the Mount.

The Dolphins came out shooting and their first three buckets in the contest came from behind t

Pat Panetta matched his career-high with 14 rebounds to go long with 15 points against Bard.

he arc on triples from Joe Ecock (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Dino Johnson(Amsterdam, N.Y.) and Nick DiMaggio (Croton, N.Y.).

The Mount would open a lead as large as eight points in the first 9:30 of the half, but Bard responded with a quick 9-0 run to take its first lead of the night at 23-22 on a Forrest Alvarez jumper with 9:22 to play before the half.

Mount Saint Vincent quickly retook the lead on a Johnson bucket and used a 17-4 run over the final 7:43 of the half to open a 43-29 lead heading into halftime. A Caputo triple with 17 seconds left in the period capped the run and gave the Mount its largest lead of the game to that point.

The Dolphins shot just under 43-percent from the floor in the opening half and knocked down half of the 12 three pointers they took. Caputo was 3-5 from distance in the half and led all scorers at the break with 11 points.

Mount Saint Vincent would run its lead out to 18 points in the first seven minutes of the second half, but let the lead slip to just seven points after an 11-0 spurt by the Raptors. The Dolphins quickly pushed the lead back to double-figures on back-to-back buckets from Panetta and Cody Guavard (Rockaway Park, N.Y.) with 10:17 left in regulation.

The lead would grow to a game-high 19 points with just under eight minutes to play on a Caputo fast break bucket and the Raptors would never get closer then 12 points the remainder of the night. Val Arranz (New York, N.Y.) capped the scoring with a three late in the tilt to give the Mount the final 18 point edge.

Panetta finished the night 4-for-7 from the floor and 7-for-10 from the free-throw line on his way to 15 points. He matched his career-high with 14 rebounds, including four on the offensive glass, and also picked up three steals.

Caputo knocked in four triples and has now made nine in the last two games. He also dished out five assists and swiped four steals. DiMaggio responded after not scoring in the previous two games with 16 points on 5-of-12 shooting overall.

Rounding out the quartet in double-figures was Johnson who finished with 11 points to go along with a game-high six assists. Ecock also turned in a solid effort with nine points, six boards and four helpers for the Mount.

Overall the Dolphins shot just under 46-percent for the game and finished 13-for-26 from long distance. The Mount scored 44 points off of 34 Bard turnovers and the Dolphins' bench outscored its opponents 35-24.

The win moves Mount Saint Vincent back to .500 on the season at 7-7 overall and to 4-6 in league play. The Dolphins will hit the road on Thursday to take on Yeshiva. Tip-off with the Maccabees is set for 8:00 p.m.