Final Statistics
Annandale-On-Hudson, N.Y. – The College of Mount Saint Vincent Men's Basketball team ran its
winning streak to a season-high three games with an impressive 116-82 win at Skyline foe Bard on
Wednesday night. Five Dolphins scored in double-figures on the night with
Carson Miller (New Oxford, Pa.) leading the assault with a career-high 25 points and 12 rebounds.
The two teams traded the lead over the first minute and a half of the contest before a Cody Gauvard (Rockaway Park, N.Y.) three sparked a 16-4 run that saw the Mount pull in front 19-8 with just 4:55 gone by in the first half.
Bard would get to within six after back-to-back threes from Adam Shear, but an 11-1 spurt from the Dolphins increased their lead to 16 points after a Shaquille Cunningham (Brooklyn, N.Y.) triple.
After the Raptors closed to within nine points with 5:46 left in the stanza, Mount Saint Vincent closed the half on a 23-9 run to carry a 23 point advantage at 62-39 into the intermission. Sophomore Eric Van Tine (Hawthorne, N.J.) closed the run with a layup with seven ticks left to end the half.
Van Tine led a hot shooting Dolphins club with 18 points on 8-for-9 shooting in the opening 20 minutes. He also knocked in a pair of triples and joined Sean Caputo (Staten Island, N.Y.) in double-figures after the rookie shooter scored 11 of his own. As a group the Dolphins shot 57.5-percent from the floor in the half and a blazing 69.2-percent from behind the arc.
The game never got tighter then 23 points in the second half and the lead grew to a game-high 36 points after a Cunningham lay-in in the final half minute. The Mount knocked in five more triples in the frame as it reached a season-high point total of 116.
Miller took over the second half, scoring 16 of his 25 after halftime and swatting six of his game-high seven blocks. The point total, block total (7) and totals for field goals made (10) and attempted (15) were all career bests for Miller.
Van Tine also set a new scoring mark for his career with his 18 tallies in the first half. Cunningham has reached a new career-high in back-to-back games as he netted 22 points for the Mount and also posted a new best for assists with seven.
Caputo also had a career-night for the Mount, matching his scoring mark with 17 and handing out six assists. He drilled four of the Mount's 14 triples on the night as he and Joe Ecock (Brooklyn, N.Y.), who netted 14 points, combined for eight of the team's three pointers.
Overall for the game the Dolphins shot an even 50-percent and went 14-for-24 from behind the arc, converting on 58.3-percent of their opportunities. The Mount defense also had a strong effort on Wednesday, holding Bard to 35.4 percent shooting and forcing 18 turnovers.
The win moves Mount Saint Vincent to 11-13 overall and 7-12 in league play heading into Saturday's regular season finale. The Dolphins will host Maritime on Senior Day on February 20. Tip-off with the Privateers is slated for 2:00 p.m.
