Brooklyn, N.Y. – The 2012-13 men's basketball season came to a close on Saturday afternoon with the College of Mount Saint Vincent posting a 73-64 road win at league rival NYU-POLY. Junior James Zuccaro (Gilbert, Ariz.) led three Dolphins in double-figures with 19 points, with senior Michael Knott (Rockaway Beach, N.Y.) hauling in a career-high eight rebounds.
 
The Dolphins led wire-to-wire on Saturday and jumped out to an eight point lead after a Knott conversion at the 12:54 mark of the first half. The Dolphins would maintain at least a six point advantage over the next six minutes until Ed Klementowicz converted a basket to get the Jays to within 18-14 with just under six minutes to play before halftime.
 
Mount Saint Vincent would respond with an 8-3 spurt to jump in front 29-20 on a Shaquille Cunningham (Brooklyn, N.Y.) free-throw with 4:53 left in the half and used a Kevin Henry (Yonkers, N.Y.) bucket at the buzzer to take its largest lead of the half at 36-25.
 
The Dolphins converted on 33.3-percent of their field goal chances before halftime, but knocked down four three-pointers in the opening stanza to just one for the Jays. Mount Saint Vincent also outscored NYU-POLY 10-4 from the free-throw line in the first half.
 
Out of the half, the Mount used a three-point play from Zuccaro to spread its lead out to 14 points and maintained a double-figure advantage for nearly the first six minutes of the second half.
 
NYU-POLY pulled to within nine points on a pair of free-throws from Thomas Fabian at the 14:19 mark and got its deficit down to five points on a Stefan Stoyanovich jumper with 12:29 to play in regulation time.
 
Mount Saint Vincent quickly responded with a triple from Cunningham that started a 16-4 run covering nearly four minutes. The spurt led the Dolphins to their largest lead of the day when Zuccaro converted a jumper at the 8:46 mark to get the Mount out in front 61-44.
 
NYU-POLY would get the led under 10 points on two more Fabian free-throws with 5:32 left in the tilt , but would not be able to pull any closer then seven points the rest of the afternoon.
 
After halftime, Mount Saint Vincent converted on an even 40-percent of its field goal chances and canned five more triples. On the day, the Dolphins shot 36.5-percent overall and 37.5-percent from behind the arc, going 9-for-24. The Jays rounded out the afternoon shooting 33.9-percent, but went just 2-for-18 from behind the arc.
 
Zuccaro finished the game 6-for-10 from the floor overall and 6-for-12 from the free-throw line. He also chipped in with four rebounds, a pair of assists and a steal for the Dolphins.
 
The Dolphins received 14 points from Cunningham in his final contest and a game-high five assists. He grabbed four rebounds on the day and also led all players with three steals. Senior Sean Caputo (Staten Island, N.Y.) contributed 13 points for the Dolphins on the strength of three triples.
 
Anthony Woods (West Palm Beach, Fla.) came off the bench to score nine points, with Knott chipping in six points and two steals to his rebound total. Gerard Fraser (Staten Island, N.Y.) also totaled six points and eight boards and also added a pair of blocks.
 
Jamel Gist paced NYU-POLY with 19 points and Stoyanovich chipped in with 13 tallies and seven rebounds. Fabian led the Jays with three assists to go along with five rebounds.
 
With Saturday's win, Mount Saint Vincent sees its season close with an 8-17 overall record and a 6-12 mark in league play.