Purchase, N.Y. – The College of Mount Saint Vincent Men's Basketball team had its season-high four game winning streak stopped on the road at #13 Purchase on Wednesday night with a 68-48 loss to the Panthers. Kevin Henry (Yonkers, N.Y.) led a pair of players in double-figures with a team-high 11 points.
 
The lead changed hands twice in the early going on Wednesday, before the Panthers took the lead for good on a Andre Nixon three-pointer at the 15:22 mark. The triple was part of a 19-7 spurt for Purchase that saw it move in front 23-12 on a Franklyn Mickens three-pointer with 8:50 to play in the opening period.
 
The Dolphins would respond with an 11-4 run of its own to pull to within 27-23 on a Henry conversion with just under four minutes left before halftime. The bucket would be the last points for the Dolphins in the first half, as the Panthers tallied the final six points of the period to take a 33-23 advantage into the intermission.
 
Mount Saint Vincent held Purchase to 38.2-percent shooting in the first 20 minutes and a 4-for-17 effort from three-point distance. Purchase outscored the Mount 18-8 in the paint to build the halftime lead and held the Dolphins to 31.3-percent shooting and 16.7-percent from long distance. Joel Neri led the Panthers with 12 points at the break.
 
Purchase doubled its lead in the first 3:53 of the second half, scoring the first 10 points of the stanza to move in front 43-23. The Mount would not score after halftime until Henry converted a lay-in with 14:16 left in regulation time.
 
The 18 point disadvantage following the Henry bucket would be as close as the Mount would get the rest of the contest. The Panthers built a lead as large as 28 points on a pair of Jake Stevens free-throws with just under seven minutes remaining.
 
Purchase finished the game shooting just shy of 38-percent, but placed three in double-figures led by a game-high 17 points from Neri. He went 7-for-11 from the floor in the game and grabbed 13 rebounds to go along with four blocked shots.
 
Nixon scored 15 points for Purchase in the win and David Haughton added 13 in the winning effort to go along with 10 rebounds. Nixon led all players with four assists and matched the game-high with a pair of steals.
 
Henry wrapped up the game 5-for-9 from the floor for the Dolphins and also hauled in seven rebounds. Brandon Serrano (Hempstead, N.Y.) scored 10 points and led the Mount with eight rebounds, while Jesse Regina (Staten Island, N.Y.) knocked down three triples on his way to nine points.
 
Mount Saint Vincent was held to a season-low 29.7-percent shooting and finished the game converting 41.7-percent of its free-throws. The Dolphins were outscored 26-14 in the paint and 23-11 in second chance points after surrendering 22 offensive rebounds to the Panthers.
 
Wednesday's loss drops Mount Saint Vincent to 5-13 overall on the season and to 3-8 in Skyline Conference play. The Dolphins will return home on Saturday when they welcome league rival Old Westbury to the Peter Jay Sharp Center. Tip-off is set for 3:00 p.m.

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