Old Westbury, N.Y. – The College of Mount Saint Vincent Men's Basketball team fell for the 12^th straight time on Saturday afternoon after dropping a 95-77 Skyline Conference decision at Old Westbury. The Dolphins got career-highs from a pair of players, with Antonio Johnson (Fort Johnson, N.Y.) scoring a career best 22 points and Brandon Serrano (Hempstead, N.Y.) scoring a career-high 35 points.
 
Mount Saint Vincent would hold the lead briefly on Saturday in the opening 6:47 of the contest. The Dolphins gained their largest advantage of the game on a Serrano jumper that pushed the Mount in front 8-5 at the 14:13 mark of the contest.
 
Following four lead changes and a pair of ties after two Ray Parker free-throws knotted the score at 8-8, the Panthers jumped in front for good in the game at the 10:50 mark of the first half when a Floyd Leroy triple gave Old Westbury a 19-16 advantage. The lead grew to double-figures on a Jaquan Potter three-pointer at the 6:33 mark and moved to a half-high 18 points, at 42-24, in the final minute when Parker converted a free-throw.
 
The Dolphins held Old Westbury to 36.1-percent shooting in the opening 20 minutes, but allowed seven three-point field goals. The Panthers also secured eight offensive rebounds leading to a 14-5 edge in second chance scoring and forced 15 turnovers that led to 19 points. Mark Gjonlekaj paced Old Westbury with three triples in the half and 14 points.
 
Mount Saint Vincent went 10-for-27 in the first half from the floor with Johnson and Serrano combing to go 8-for-18. Johnson led the Dolphins with 10 points in the opening 20 minutes.
 
Old Westbury would come out of the intermission and grab its largest lead of the game when Gjonlekaj buried a triple two minutes into the half to move the Panthers in front 50-29. The lead would remain in double-figures for the remainder of the game, with Old Westbury only allowing the Dolphins as close as 10 points on a Johnson three-pointer with just over six minutes to play in the game.
Johnson closed the game with a career-high six three-pointers, going 6-for-15 from bonus distance in the game. He rounded out the game 8-for-21 overall and matched his career-high with a team-high six assists.
 
Serrano posted his second 30 point performance of the season after going 13-for-23 from the field and 9-for-14 from the free-throw line. He posted a double-double with a team-high 12 rebounds. His scoring output is the most in a game for the Mount since James Zuccaro scored 35 points against Sage on January 24, 2013.
 
Jesse Regina (Staten Island, N.Y.) and Christian Giles (East Elmhurst, N.Y.) each handed out four assists in the game, with Regina chipping with seven points.
 
Old Westbury had three different players score better than 20 points in the game with LeRoy leading the offensive charge with 27 points. Parker added 24 points for Old Westbury with Gjonlekaj adding 22 tallies. Andrew Andries chipped in with 10 points and 12 rebounds.
 
For the game, Old Westbury converted 46.3-percent of its field goal chances and went 25-for-30 from the free-throw line. The Panthers finished with a 21-11 edge in points off turnovers and a 27-18 edge in second chance points.
 
Saturday's loss drops Mount Saint Vincent to 1-12 overall on the season and to 0-7 in Skyline Conference play. The Dolphins will look to get back into the win column on Tuesday night when they head to Sarah Lawrence for a non-conference contest. Tip-off in Bronxville is set for 7:00 p.m.

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