New York, New York – Nassau Community College used 44 points off of 29 BMCC men's basketball turnovers to defeat the Panthers, 93-69, in Region 15 action on Saturday afternoon at BMCC Gymnasium. The win improves the Lions to 14-4 (9-2 Region XV), while the Panthers drop to 8-7 (7-6 Region XV) with the loss.
Three of the five Panther starters finished the afternoon in double figures, led by freshman Daniel Laffitte's (New York, New York) team-high 13 points. Classmate Ysaia Marte (Bronx, New York) contributed 11 points and led the Panthers defensively with three steals. Underclassman Leverson Tulien (Roslyn Heights, New York) missed his team-leading fourth double-double by two rebounds joining classmates Jayden Jarrett (Bronx, New York) and Elijah Paul (Brooklyn, New York) to grab a game-best tying eight boards to go along with 10 points. Paul drained nine points, a new career high, while sophomore Jeremiah Cardi (New York, New York) dished out a game-high five assists, and Jarrett turned away a game-best two shots and scored eight points.
BMCC outrebounded Nassau Community College 36-30 and outscored them in the paint 44-38. The Lions got significant contributions from their bench, outscoring the Panthers 37-19 while edging them in second-chance points 17-16.
The Panthers came out swinging with the first four points with Adewale Fasanmi (Brooklyn, New York) and Marte layups at 18:47 and 18:20, and then the Lions exploded for a 17-0 run capping it with a Muldrow layin to extend their lead to 13, 17-4 at 14:19 mark. BMCC responded with six straight points with a Tulien bucket cutting the deficit down to seven, 17-10, at 13:38 before Nassau C.C. outscored them 30-6 over the next eight and a half minutes, building their lead to 17, 40-23 at 5:39 their largest of the first half on a Sean Walsh three-pointer. Both teams traded the final 20 points all the way to the halftime horn, with the Lions taking a 50-33 advantage into the locker room.
BMCC scored five of the first seven points of the second half to cut the Nassau lead down to as much as 14, 52-38 at 18:03 on a Cardi three-pointer, but the Lions wouldn't let the Panthers any closer. Nassau stretched the advantage to 27, 69-42, its largest of the afternoon at 12:04 on an RJ Thompson layin, and coasted to victory 93-69.
Nassau Community College had three players register double-figure scoring efforts in the contest. Freshman Madison Muldrow III led the Lions in three categories dropping a game-high 22 and corralling a team-best eight rebounds and a game-best six steals.
Freshman Jesse Taylor and sophomore Timothy Waite both recorded 18 points apiece, with Waite's coming off the bench to accomplish his effort. Freshman Donte Howard distributed a team-high three assists in the game and gobbled up five steals.
The Panthers head on the road looking to keep their top spot in the CUNYAC standings against conference foe Queensborough Community College on Tuesday, January 31, at 7:30 p.m. at RFK Gymnasium in Bayside, New York. For more information, visit the BMCC Men's Basketball Schedule Page.
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