Box Score PATCHOGUE, N.Y.—Though the Gryphons tied the game, 55-55, with under nine minutes to play, Sarah Lawrence College men's basketball beaten down the stretch by Skyline opponent St. Joseph's College Long Island, 84-71, at Danzi Athletic Center on Wednesday.

IN SHORT
St. Joseph's L.I. (2-5, 1-1 Skyline) def. Sarah Lawrence (2-4, 0-3 Skyline), 84-71.

IN THE RECORD BOOK
Skyline Rookie of the Week Parker Hagmaier (Oakland, Calif./Bishop O'Dowd) recorded the SLC program's first-ever triple double. He scored nine points in the second half to finish the day with 11 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. Hagmaier is the second player in NCAA Division III to record a triple-double this season, following Adam Marlow of UC Santa Cruz on Nov. 22.

FIRST HALF FLOW
Sarah Lawrence had its first taste of the lead when junior Mat Gerak (Monroe, Conn./Masuk) made a pair of free throws to put SLC in front, 4-2. A three-pointer by classmate and captain Graham Gilleran (San Francisco, Calif./Archbishop Riordan) gave the Gryphons a 7-4 edge for what would be their last lead of the game. St. Joseph's scored the next six points and racked up a 19-6 run to take a double-digit advantage, 23-13, after ten and a half minutes.

Sophomore Malin Segal (Wenham, Mass./Concord Academy) made back-to-back field goals, and a layup by junior Stevan Radosavljevic (Lazarevac, Serbia/Grammar School Lazarevac) cut the deficit to two, 24-22, with six minutes to play in the period. SJC went up by six 35-29 late in the half, but another Gilleran trey made it a three-point game at the intermission, 35-32.

SECOND HALF DRAMA
The Gryphons were held scoreless on their first three possessions of the period, while St. Joseph's added to its edge, 41-32. A three-pointer by Segal triggered a Gryphon rally, and four minutes into the half, SLC was down by one, 43-42. SLC was held without a point for the next four and a half minutes, but a staunch Gryphon defense kept the Golden Eagles from pulling away. Hagmaier scored a layup to keep the deficit at four points, 50-46, with 11 and a half minutes remaining.

St. Joseph's scored the next five points to go up 55-46, but SLC responded with three field goals in under a minute. Hagmaier converted a three-pointer, Radosavljevic drove to the basket for a layup, and rookie Gabe Eng (Brooklyn, N.Y./The Beacon School) added a layup to make it a 55-53 ballgame. With eight minutes and change remaining, Gilleran tied the game with a field goal, 55-55.

GOLDEN EAGLES FLY AWAY
As SLC struggled through a two-minute scoring drought, St. Joseph's scored the next seven points and went ahead, 62-55. A bizarre series of fouls saw the game interrupted with a miniature free-throw shooting contest that benefitted neither squad while advancing the score to 64-57 with six minutes to play. More foul trouble handed the Golden Eagles the next six points at the charity stripe, 70-57, and the Gryphons were unable to get the gap under nine points for the remainder of the game. The final eight points of the game were scored from the foul line, including 3-of-3 shooting by Gilleran.

GRYPHON LEADERS
Gilleran scored a team-high 26 points in the game, marking his third game with 20 points or more. Radosavljevic scored 20 points of his own on 9-for-13 shooting from the floor; he has scored 20 or more in nine career games and twice this season. Hagmaier followed with 11 points and led all players with 11 rebounds and 10 assists. Segal added eight points, while Gerak finished with four points and five rebounds.

FOR THE GOLDEN EAGLES
St. Joseph's scored 24 points on 33 attempts (72.7 percent) from the foul line. The total is the sixth most all-time by any SLC opponent. With only four points coming from the bench, the SJC starters combined for 80 of 84 Golden Eagle points. Andy Laurent led all players with 32 points, shooting 11 for 16 from the floor and 7 of 11 from the foul line. Fernando Vazquez collected seven rebounds and scored 14 points. Dominique Spann (13 points), Isaiah Moore (11 points) and Stephen Cohen (10 points) rounded out the squad of five starters each scoring in double figures.

UP NEXT
Sarah Lawrence returns home to Bronxville to host its final two home games of 2015. The Gryphons take on Skyline newcomer St. Joseph's College Brooklyn on Saturday at 1 p.m., before playing host to non-conference Bard College on Tuesday at 7 p.m. SLC then concludes the semester and calendar year with two Skyline road games.