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Eamon Kelly
Stockton Photo
62
SUNY Maritime MTIME 10-7,5-3 Skyline
64
Winner Sarah Lawrence SLC 7-10,4-4 Skyline
SUNY Maritime MTIME
10-7,5-3 Skyline
62
Final
64
Sarah Lawrence SLC
7-10,4-4 Skyline
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 F
SUNY Maritime MTIME 23 34 5 62
Sarah Lawrence SLC 32 25 7 64

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Zach Perbeck

Gryphons Hold Off Second-Half Maritime run; Top Privateers in Overtime Thriller

BRONXVILLE, N.Y. - The Sarah Lawrence men's basketball team hosted SUNY Maritime on Saturday, defeating the Privateers in overtime by a score of 64-62. The Gryphons got two late scores from Lucas Murray but a Maritime jumper with 1:49 remaining tied the game at 57 and with both teams unable to score in the final minute-and-a-half of regulation, the game would head to overtime where the Gryphons would win on a go-ahead jumper by Eamon Kelly.

Top Performers
  • Lucas Murray led all Gryphons with 16 points and added 11 rebounds in the victory
  • Andrew Kim was perfect from the line, scoring 14 total points and tallying four assists
  • Eamon Kelly and Braden Burman both scored 12 points for SLC, including two connections each from deep
How it Happened

The game started close, with both teams remaining within one possession until the 10-minute mark when a Lucas Murray free throw put the Gryphons ahead. An immediate response from long range by Maritime's Jake Murphy kept the Privateers in the game but triples from Burman and Kim within the next few minutes extended the Sarah Lawrence lead to five points and a pair of free throws by Derek Hickman just over a minute later extended the lead even further. The lead extended to nine points multiple times, including right before the half when a jumper by Kelly gave the Gryphons a 32-23 lead.

Back-to-back layups by Murray and Kelly to open the half extended the lead to double-digits for the first time, but the Privateers would embark on an 11-0 run that would reduce the lead to two points with just under 16 minutes remaining. A triple from Burman broke the scoreless streak for the Gryphons, but the visitors would score the next four points to reduce the lead to one. First year Aiden Morel converted a three-point play re-asserted a four-point lead and despite building the lead up to six points, with nine minutes left a Theo Noble layup tied the contest at 48 points apiece. The game would remain within two points for the remainder of regulation, with the two teams combining for just 14 points in the final eight minutes of the second half. Noble connected again in the mid range to tie the contest with just under three minutes remaining, but a Lucas Murray dunk on the ensuing SLC possession gave the Gryphons the lead once again. Noble would look to take the lead as he launched it from deep on the next Maritime possession, but could not connect. He would get his own rebound and teammate Jake Murphy would score to tie the game with 1:49 left. Both teams would miss last-minute triples, with the Gryphons missing from deep with three seconds remaining as the shot clock expired. 

In overtime, it would be Burman to start the scoring, as neither team was able to connect for the first minute and 13 seconds of the period until the sophomore connected on a jumper. Murphy would score again but Kelly would connect from deep after receiving an Andrew Kim pass to keep the Gryphons ahead. On the ensuing possession, Noble would score once again for Maritime, converting on a three-point play to tie the contest at 62 with 1:16 remaining. On the next possession, Kelly attempted from deep once again, but could not connect. Murray was able to grab the rebound and after an SLC timeout, Kelly was once again up to take the shot, this time connecting from the field to give Sarah Lawrence a two-point lead with 39 seconds remaining. Both teams missed from the free-throw line in the final minute, including two misses by Maritime's Aleksandar Begovic with less than a second remaining, and as the overtime buzzer rang, the Gryphons escaped with a two-point overtime victory.

Up Next

The Gryphons (7-10, Skyline 4-4) will return to play twice on the road next week, traveling to St. Joseph's Brooklyn on Wednesday before heading to Manhattanville on Saturday for a matchup with the Valiants.