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Men's Basketball

Men's Basketball Concludes Season at Maritime

Box Score THROGGS NECK, N.Y.—Sarah Lawrence College men's basketball concluded its 2015-16 season with a defeat by Maritime College, 71-58, in Skyline action at Riesenberg Gymnasium on Saturday.

IN SHORT
Maritime (8-17, 8-12 Skyline) def. Sarah Lawrence (5-20, 2-18 Skyline), 71-58.

GAME FLOW
Junior Mat Gerak (Monroe, Conn./Masuk) scored the game's first points, and a three-pointer by rookie Gabe Eng (Brooklyn, N.Y./The Beacon School) gave the Gryphons a 5-0 lead. Maritime took an 8-7 edge, and after nine minutes, junior Ege Ozcan (Istanbul, Turkey/Andrews Osborne Acad. (Ohio)) tied the game at 11-11. The Privateers scored the next 10 points to start a 15-2 run. Leading 26-13, Maritime maintained a double-digit advantage for the remainder of the half and led 42-26 at halftime.

SLC opened the second half on an 11-3 run that included 10 points on four field goals by captain Graham Gilleran (San Francisco, Calif./Archbishop Riordan). The Gryphons kept the deficit under 10 points, 52-43, thanks to a three-pointer by Brendan O'Connell (Andover, Mass./Phillips Academy) with 13 minutes to play in the game. With four minutes to go, rookie Parker Hagmaier (Oakland, Calif./Bishop O'Dowd) made back-to-back layups to pull within seven points, 63-56. Carrying momentum, SLC ran out of time on the comeback, and four last-minute points from the foul line iced Maritime's victory.

FOR THE GRYPHONS
Gilleran and Gerak led the Gryphons with 14 points apiece. Hagmaier collected the fourth double-double of his debut season, recording 12 points and a game-high 14 rebounds while dishing out five assists. In the final game of his career, O'Connell converted a pair of treys for six points, grabbing four rebounds with an assist and a steal. Eng finished with six points, five rebounds and three assists.

Ozcan totaled four points, and Austin Jones (Upper Marlboro, Md./Flint Hill School) had two points, two rebounds, an assist and a steal. Wyatt Rocheleau (San Jose, Calif./Christopher) notched a rebound and a steal in the final game of his junior season.

FOR THE PRIVATEERS
Patrick MacDonald led the game with 18 points and earned a double-double with 13 rebounds. John Liccese had 15 points and six assists, and Brendan Halligan reached double-figures with 10 points.

2015-16 SEASON RECAP
In a season of vast improvement, Sarah Lawrence highlighted its first season of full NCAA membership by ending a decade-long drought without a win over a Division III opponent. The Gryphons also recorded a pair of Skyline victories in the team's second season in the league.

IN THE RECORD BOOK
Career Points: Gilleran – 774
Career Field Goals Made: Radosavljevic – 293
Career Free Throws Made: Gerak – 159
Career Rebounds: Radosavljevic – 493
Career Assists: Gilleran – 134
Career Blocks: Gilleran – 103
Career Steals: Gilleran – 76
Season Three-Point Field Goals Made: Eng – 48
Season Free Throws Made: Gerak – 76
Season Free Throw Percentage (min. 40 made): Gilleran – .836 (46-55)
Season Assists: Hagmaier – 72

TEAM RECORDS
Season Points: 1,632
Season Field Goals: 608
Season Three-Point Field Goals: 142
Season Free-Throw Percentage: .717 (274-382)
Season Rebounds: 1,009
Season Assists: 372
Game Points: 92 (vs. Pratt, Nov. 20)
Game Field Goals: 35 (twice)
Game Free Throws Made: 33 (at Mount Saint Vincent, Jan. 16)
Game Free Throw Percentage: .947 (18-19, at St. Joseph's Brooklyn, Jan. 9)

Players Mentioned

Mat Gerak

#42 Mat Gerak

G / F
6' 3"
Junior
Graham Gilleran

#33 Graham Gilleran

F / C
6' 8"
Junior
Brendan O

#10 Brendan O'Connell

G
6' 2"
Junior
Wyatt Rocheleau

#13 Wyatt Rocheleau

G
6' 1"
Junior
Gabriel Eng

#5 Gabriel Eng

G
5' 10"
First-year
Austin Jones

#15 Austin Jones

G
6' 1"
First-year
Parker Hagmaier

#23 Parker Hagmaier

F
6' 3"
First-year
Ege Ozcan

#11 Ege Ozcan

F
6' 7"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Mat Gerak

#42 Mat Gerak

6' 3"
Junior
G / F
Graham Gilleran

#33 Graham Gilleran

6' 8"
Junior
F / C
Brendan O

#10 Brendan O'Connell

6' 2"
Junior
G
Wyatt Rocheleau

#13 Wyatt Rocheleau

6' 1"
Junior
G
Gabriel Eng

#5 Gabriel Eng

5' 10"
First-year
G
Austin Jones

#15 Austin Jones

6' 1"
First-year
G
Parker Hagmaier

#23 Parker Hagmaier

6' 3"
First-year
F
Ege Ozcan

#11 Ege Ozcan

6' 7"
Junior
F