Box Score NEWBURGH, N.Y.—After the Gryphons held a slight lead for most of the first half, Sarah Lawrence College men's basketball was eventually defeated by Mount Saint Mary College, 83-60, in a Skyline game at the Kaplan Center on Thursday.

IN SHORT
Mount Saint Mary (5-7, 3-5 Skyline) def. Sarah Lawrence (2-10, 0-8 Skyline), 83-60.

GAME FLOW
SLC junior Wyatt Rocheleau (San Jose, Calif./Christopher) scored a three-pointer to open the scoring, while classmate Mat Gerak (Monroe, Conn./Masuk) scored eight of the Gryphons' next nine points. With little more than nine minutes to play in the first half, the teams were tied for the third time, 12-12. Junior Stevan Radosavljevic (Lazarevac, Serbia/Grammar School Lazarevac) scored three layups to put the Gryphons back in front, 18-14. Sophomore Malin Segal (Wenham, Mass./Concord Academy) added a three-pointer to go up 21-17. With three minutes in the period, SLC was still up four points, 23-19. Rookie Austin Jones (Upper Marlboro, Md./Flint Hill School) converted a pair of free throws and first year Parker Hagmaier (Oakland, Calif./Bishop O'Dowd) made a three-pointer, as the Green and White went into halftime tied, 30-30.

Gerak and Jones scored early in the second period with the Knights in front 37-34. From there, Mount Saint Mary changed the outlook of the game with a 15-2 run, taking a 52-36 advantage. The Knights scored 22 of the next 30 points to take their largest lead, 74-44, with four minutes to play. SLC chipped away at the deficit down the stretch but couldn't close the gap, while MSMC picked up its third Skyline win of the season.

FOR THE GRYPHONS
Radosavljevic totaled 10 points in the first half and finished with 12. Jones came alive with nine points in the second half, totaling a season-best 12 points and earning a share of the team-high. Gerak also reached double figures with 11 points. Under the boards, Hagmaier paced the Gryphons with 11 rebounds followed by Radosavljevic with nine. Jones and Graham Gilleran (San Francisco, Calif./Archbishop Riordan) notched five rebounds apiece.

Jones and Hagmaier had three assists each, while Hagmaier led SLC with three steals. Gilleran tallied a block, increasing his career total to an SLC-record of 80. Ege Ozcan (Istanbul, Turkey/Andrews Osborne Acad. (Ohio)) scored three points and had a rebound in his season debut.

FOR THE KNIGHTS
MSMC finished with four players in double-figures, led by a game-high 18 points by Connor Nicholson. Gerard Nocera and Connor Bacci scored 12 points each, and Daniel Wolff scored 10. Tyler McDine led all players with five assists.

UP NEXT
SLC travels to Skyline newcomer St. Joseph's College Brooklyn on Saturday for a 2 p.m. game. The Gryphons return home to host Maritime on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.