Poughkeepsie, NY - The Vassar College Men's Basketball team dominated from start to finish on Saturday afternoon as the Brewers scored a 93-50 victory over Bard at the Athletics and Fitness Center with 12 different players recording at least two points. Vassar's record improves to 12-4 overall and 8-1 in conference play while the Raptors fall to 1-16 on the season and 0-10 in Liberty League action.

First Half

• Following a bucket from Azikwe Cuffy-Scott to put Bard ahead 7-6 at the 17:22 mark, Vassar rattled off a 17-1 run to go ahead 23-8 with 11:39 remaining.
• The 17-1 run was led by six points from senior Sacha Greenberg and five points from junior Sebastian Medina.
• Seth Dyer's lay-in put Bard within 29-17 at the 8:38 mark before Vassar expanded the lead to 36-17 on a three from sophomore Will Gregory and buckets from senior Nathan Denham and sophomore Parker Neuenhaus.
• Five consecutive points from Greenberg ballooned the advantage to 45-19 with three minutes remaining in the first half.
• After makes from Dimitrios Zampoukas and Angelos Bratakos trimmed the lead to 48-25, Vassar closed the half on a 7-0 run with Neuenhaus' layup giving Vassar a 55-25 halftime lead.
• Vassar shot a blistering 60-percent (24-for-40) in the first half and connected on four three-pointers.
• Bard finished the opening 20 minutes shooting 52.6-percent (10-for-19) while going 2-for-7 from three-point range.

Second Half

• The lead grew to 40 coming out of the halftime break as Vassar scored the first 10 points of the second half to go ahead 65-25 on a Greenberg lay-in.
• A three-pointer from junior Kale Elmhorst, a dunk from first year Gyasi Zinn and a layup from Gregory put the Brewers ahead 75-31 with 10:21 to go.
• Five straight points from junior Noah Mann helped grow the Vassar lead to 82-35 before Bard got back within 83-44 on a Konstantinos Korfiatis bucket with four minutes left.
• First year Jack Moineau scored his first collegiate bucket at the 3:08 mark while two more triples from Elmhorst gave Vassar its final 93-50 lead.
• Vassar finished the second half shooting 44.4-percent from the field and went 4-for-13 from three-point distance.
• Bard cooled to 29.4-percent overall in the final 20 minutes and went just 1-for-18 from three-point range.

For The Brewers

• Denham tallied 13 points, eight rebounds and three steals while Greenberg added 13 points and three boards off the bench.
• Neuenhaus garnered 12 points along with Medina recording nine points, six rebounds and three assists.
• Junior Kreekor Karageuzian handed out a team-high six assists while Gregory posted nine points, four assists, three rebounds and two assists.
• Elmhorst registered a career-high nine points and Zinn posted eight points and seven rebounds.

For The Raptors

• Dyer garnered a team-high 10 points while Bratakos added six points and five rebounds.
• Lucas Tovar posted six points, three assists and a pair of steals along with Luke Ravitz scoring six points off the bench.

Game Statistics

• Vassar finished shooting a season-best 52.6-percent from the field and knocked down eight triples.
• Bard shot 37.7-percent overall, including just 3-for-25 from beyond the three-point line.
• VC outscored the Raptors 32-8 in points off turnovers, 25-5 in second chance points, 54-34 in points in the paint and 20-8 in fast break points.

Up Next

• Vassar will head to the North Country next weekend with a matchup with St. Lawrence on Friday, January 30 at 7:30 p.m.
• Bard will also head north to take on Clarkson on Friday evening.