Men's Basketball Cruises to 91-55 Victory Over Old Westbury

Written By Julia Ruocchio

When and Where:

January 3, 2023 - Patchogue, NY

Records:

St. Joseph's (L.I.), 5-6, 2-1 Skyline

SUNY Old Westbury, 1-9, 1-2 Skyline

Results:

The St. Joseph's University (L.I.) men's basketball team scored a season-high 91 points in a 91-55 win over SUNY Old Westbury in a conference match-up at the Danzi Center on Tuesday evening.

Top performers:

• Junior Ryan McNeely scored a game-high 22 points to lead the Golden Eagles and added nine rebounds

• Junior Spencer Malloy scored 20 points to go along with eight rebounds

• Junior Xavier Allen contributed a double-double of 10 points and 10 rebounds

• Three different players also scored in double-digits for Old Westbury, with Carl Damour, Timothy Park, and Chris Smith each scoring 10 points

• Zachary Cummings and Max Weinberg each added six rebounds for the Panthers

How it happened:

• St. Joseph's jumped out in front and took a 11-0 lead, with Graduate Matthew Hirdt providing six of those points on a pair of three-pointers

• The hosts proceeded to go on a 12-0 run that was capped by a three by McNeely at the 8:31 mark, as they led 28-4

• The Golden Eagles increased their lead to 35-8, then the Panthers scored 15 of the final 22 points scored in the half. Eight of those 15 were scored by OW's Park

• St. Joseph's still held a lead of 19 as they finished the half up 42-23

• Malloy scored the Golden Eagles' first six points of the second half, as the hosts went on an 18-9 run in the first eight minutes of the half to increase their lead to 60-32 on an Allen layup at the 12:05 mark

• Following a timeout, the Panthers responded with a 7-0 run before SJLI went on a 13-2 run, powered by Malloy's eight points, that put St. Joseph's ahead by 32 (73-41) at the 7:22 mark

• Sophomore Nick Nemickas scored seven points in the game's final three and a half minutes to help the Golden Eagles maintain a significant lead

• Sophomore Chris Connors' free-throw with 10 seconds remaining gave St. Joseph's their largest lead of the game at 36 (91-55), which is how the game ended

Notes:

• St. Joseph's shot 50% (34-for-68) from the field and 52.9% from three-point range

• SUNY Old Westbury was limited to a 29% shooting percentage and shot just 18.2% from beyond the arc

• The Golden Eagles had 41 bench points compared to Old Westbury's 27

• Malloy scored 14 points in the second half, going 7-for-13 from the field, and grabbed seven rebounds in the half

Next up, the Golden Eagles visit Mount St. Vincent for a conference match-up on Saturday, January 7 at 12:00pm.