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BRONXVILLE, N.Y.—The Gryphons led at halftime but were outscored in the second half, as The Sage Colleges defeated Sarah Lawrence College men's basketball, 80-68, in Skyline action at Noyes Court at Campbell Sports Center on Thursday.

IN SHORT
Sage (9-7, 5-2 Skyline) def. Sarah Lawrence (5-10, 1-5 Skyline), 80-68.

KEY MOMENTS
Sarah Lawrence charged out of the gate to take an early lead. Senior co-captain Graham Gilleran (San Francisco, Calif./Archbishop Riordan) converted on a trio of three-point baskets in the first three minutes of the game, propelling the Gryphons to an 11-6 lead. Sophomore Parker Hagmaier (Oakland, Calif./Bishop O'Dowd) added a three-point field goal to extend the advantage to 14-6. Sage fired back and tied the game at 21-21 within the first eight minutes of the contest.

Sage took its largest lead of the first period, 31-27, in the 12th minute of the game. Senior Mat Gerak (Monroe, Conn./Masuk) scored the next basket, and rookie Dillon Collins (Southbury, Conn./Holy Cross) scored back-to-back jumpers to help SLC to a 33-31 edge. At halftime, the Gryphons held a narrow 42-41 advantage.

In the second half, the lead changed hands several times early in the period, and sophomore Austin Jones (Upper Marlboro, Md./Flint Hill School) gave Sarah Lawrence a lead, 50-46. From there, Sage went on an 8-0 run to erase the Gryphons' lead for good. The final tie of the game came at 52-52 following a Hagmaier layup with just under 11 minutes remaining.

With just over four minutes to play, reigning Skyline Rookie of the Week Joseph Kleeman (Greenwood Village, Colo./Arapahoe) drained a three-pointer to make it a one-possession game, 69-66. Unfortunately for the Gryphons, that would mark the team's final points until rookie BJ Sanders (Silver Spring, Md./Georgetown Prep) scored a layup on SLC's final possession in the final minute.

Sarah Lawrence scored over 40 first-half points for the first time in 2017, but the effort wasn't enough to stop the streaking Gators, who have won seven of their last nine games.

TOP GRYPHONS
Gilleran led the Gryphons with 14 points while recording a season-high four blocks. Sanders scored in double-figures in back-to-back games for the second time in his career, scoring 11 against the Gators; the rookie led the team with seven rebounds.

Gerak and fellow senior Jeff Jordan II (Smithfield, Va./Smithfield) each scored 10 points in the game, followed by Hagmaier with eight points and six rebounds. Kleeman totaled seven points with five rebounds, while Jones had four points, four rebounds and a pair of blocks.

As a team, the Gryphons fell one block short of their team record, totaling seven swatted shots on Thursday.

UP NEXT
The Gryphons play host to undefeated Skyline foe Farmingdale State College on Saturday. The game tips off at 1 p.m.