SUNY Brockport Brock 1-5,0-0 Empire 8

St. Joseph's (L.I.) SJCLI 1-5,0-0 Skyline

SUNY Brockport Brock

1-5,0-0 Empire 8

Final

Nov. 26, 2024

St. Joseph's (L.I.) SJCLI

1-5,0-0 Skyline

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
SUNY Brockport Brock	33	37	70
St. Joseph's (L.I.) SJCLI	30	46	76

Summary
Box Score

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 11/26/2024 8:22:00 PM

Men's Basketball Secures First Win Over Brockport

Written by Julia Ruocchio

When and Where:
November 26, 2024 - Patchogue, NY

Records:
St. Joseph's (L.I.), 1-4
SUNY Brockport, 1-5

Results:
The St. Joseph's University (L.I.) men's basketball team earned their first win of the season with a hard-fought 76-70 victory over SUNY Brockport in a non-conference match-up at the Danzi Center on Tuesday evening. Senior Spencer Malloy recorded the 651st rebound of his career in the win to set a new program record, then he finished the game with 661 in his career.

Top performers:

Senior Alec Tabada recorded a double-double of 22 points and 11 rebounds to lead SJLI, while adding a game-high five assists and two steals. He shot 9-for-14 from the field
Malloy secured a double-double of 15 points and a game-high 14 rebounds
Graduate Student Justin Forest scored 20 points with six rebounds and four assists
Brockport was led by a 21-point performance by Tony Arnold, who also grabbed 10 rebounds for a double-double
Alex Tavarez contributed 15 points and three rebounds
Jakhi Lucas added a game-high five steals

How it happened:

Brockport built a 7-2 lead in the game's first two minutes, with a three by Lucas getting the scoring started for the visitors
The hosts came within one on three occasions in the next three and a half minutes, as they trailed 11-10 after Tabada made a jumper at the 12:33 mark
Brockport took a 13-10 lead, then SJLI's Forest made a three to tie the game at 13 with 11:55 on the clock
The visitors took back a 16-13 lead right away on a three-point play by Tavarez at the 11:43 mark
SJLI tied the game at 17 shortly after on a basket for Tabada with 9:57 on the clock, then Brockport went on a 7-1 run to take a lead of 24-18 with 7:48 remaining
Forest and Tabada each made three-point baskets to keep SJLI close, then another Tabada basket cut the hosts' deficit to one (29-28) at the 2:38 mark
Brockport scored four of the final six points to finish the half, as the visitors went into the break ahead 33-30
Sophomore Kenny Rodriguez made a basket to get the scoring of the second half started to trim the deficit to one, then the visitors took a lead of five (37-32) on four points scored by Arnold
St. Joseph's proceeded to take their first lead since the opening possession, as Malloy followed Forest's three-point play with a layup to put the hosts in the lead 39-38 with 17:25 on the clock
The hosts increased the lead to five (45-40) on a layup for junior Justin Turner about five minutes into the half
A three for Forest shortly after put SJLI ahead by six (48-42) at the 13:55 mark
St. Joseph's continued to increase their lead, as a three for Tabada and a layup for Rodriguez gave SJLI a lead of 11 (60-49) for their largest lead of the night with 8:52 remaining
SJLI made 10 free throws down the stretch to help them keep a lead over Brockport. Malloy's pair of free throws at the 5:37 mark gave the hosts a 10-point lead (67-57)
Brockport came within six of SJLI's lead on three occasions and within five once in the game's final four minutes, but St. Joseph's was able to hold off the visitors and retain their lead, as they defeated Brockport for their first win of the 2024-25 season by a score of 76-70

Notes:

St. Joseph's shot 49.1% from the field and 38.5% from beyond the arc
Brockport posted a 34.7% shooting percentage overall and 15.8% from three-point range
SJLI held the advantage in rebounds (45-39) and points in the paint (34-28)
Brockport received 36 bench points compared to SJLI's 10

Next up:
The Golden Eagles visit Cairn University on Saturday, November 30 when they face off with the Highlanders for a non-conference match-up at 3:00pm.

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