NEW PALTZ, NY - The Vassar College Men's Basketball returned to action for day two of the Hudson Valley Classic as the Brewers fell 82-70 to Mount Saint Mary on the campus of SUNY New Paltz on Saturday afternoon. First year Avery Lee notched a team-high 15 points as Vassar falls to 2-3 on the season and the Knights improve to 1-3 overall.

FIRST HALF

• Both teams traded buckets early as a jumper from senior Case Parsons put Vassar ahead 8-7 with 16:01 remaining.
• Jayden Racca's layup put MSMC within 13-11 before Lee knocked down back-to-back three-pointers along with a made free throw to give the Brewers a 20-13 lead at the 11:29 mark.
• Ryan Graham's lay-in with 8:40 remaining cut the Vassar lead down to three before a three-pointer from sophomore Sacha Greenberg and a layup from senior Logan Scott pushed the lead back to eight at the 7:37 mark.
• The Knights went on 15-0 run over the next five minutes as Jayden Figueroa tallied five points while Connor Cyran added four points to take a 35-28 lead with 2:44 left in the half.
• A jumper from Lee and a triple from junior Alex Walters cut the lead down to 35-33 with 1:42 to go before five points from R. Graham to close the half gave the Knights a 40-35 lead.
• Vassar ended the half shooting 50-percent from the field and was 5-for-13 from three-point distance while the Knights shot a blistering 56.7-percent overall and 5-for-12 from three-point range.

SECOND HALF

• After a bucket from Cyran to open the second half, the Brewers scored eight straight points, led by three-pointers from junior Luke Adams and first year Shea Fitzgerald, to take a 43-42 lead at the 17:52 mark.
• The two teams traded leads back and forth over the next six minutes as Lee knocked down a triple to knot the score with 11:34 remaining.
• Mount Saint Mary pulled ahead at 67-58 with 5:26 remaining following buckets from Cyran and Figueroa before a triple from Adams cut the lead down to six with five minutes to go.
• Four straight points from Cyran pushed the Knights lead to 11 points with 1:22 remaining before knocking down free throws in the final minutes to take its final lead of 82-70.

FOR THE BREWERS

• Lee finished with 15 points on 5-for-8 shooting, including 4-for-5 from three, and added two assists.
• Adams knocked down four triples and tallied 14 points while chipping in five rebounds along with Fitzgerald recording 13 points, seven rebounds and four assists.
• Scott registered an all-around night with seven points, eight boards and two assists and Greenberg chipped in eight points.

FOR THE KNIGHTS

• Cyran poured in a game-high 28 points on 9-for-16 from the field along with eight rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block.
• Figureoa added 16 points and eight boards while R. Graham recorded 10 points and two steals.
• Jayden Racca chipped in nine points while Justin Rivera added five points and three assists along with Matthew Walsh tallying four points and four assists.

GAME STATISTICS

• Vassar shot 46.2-percent from the field while converting 41.2-percent from three-point range with 14 makes. 
• Mount Saint Mary finished at 49.2-percent overall and shot 32-percent from three with eight three-point conversions.
• The Knights held a large edge in points off turnovers at 28-8 as well as points in the paint at 26-14. The Brewers held a 20-13 advantage in second chance points.

UP NEXT

• Vassar will be off until they open up Liberty League play against Ithaca at home on December 1.
• Mount Saint Mary will play host to Russell Sage on Tuesday evening.