The Dolphins men’s basketball team finished their 2009-10 regular season with an 87-59 victory over St. Joseph’s College- Brooklyn on Tuesday night at Brooklyn Technical High School. CSI finished their season 12-13 overall.
After a layup by St. Joe’s opened the scoring, Staten Island went on a 16-4 run to build a 10 point lead, which they maintained for most of the period. Just under seven minutes left in the half, back-to-back Bears jumpers cut the deficit to five, 25-20, prompting a CSI timeout. Staten Island closed out the half 16-6 and took a 41-26 lead at the break.
In the second half, Staten Island extended their lead to 20 in the first four minutes and the Bears were unable to bring the game back within reach. The Dolphins shot 57 percent (17-for-30) in the second stanza making the task even harder.
St. Joseph’s struggled to find their range all night, shooting only 32 percent for the contest. Staten Island utilized quick ball movement in the half court to generate open shots and attacked in transition to shoot 53 percent from the floor and combined for 21 assists, accounting for nearly two-thirds of their field goals. The Dolphins also held a 55-35 rebounding advantage.
Staten Island was led by double-double performances from sophomore forward Jordan Young who scored a game-high 24 points and senior forward Christian Montervino scoring 21 points, both grabbing a game-high 12 boards. Senior Ryan Hennessey added 14 and sophomore Dale Taranto hipped in 10. Montervino, Taranto and Hennessey dished out five assists each, sharing game-high honors.
The Dolphins will travel to Baruch College on Saturday, February 20th for the first round of the CUNYAC Tournament at 1:00 pm.
-Courtesy of St. Joseph's College Sports Info