DOLPHINS FINISH SEASON 12-14 WITH LOSS TO BARUCH IN QUARTERFINALS
2/20/2010 5:14:50 PM
Christian Montervino finished his career at CSI with 12 points and a team-high nine rebounds in the Dolphins loss to Baruch.
The third-seeded Baruch Bearcats took a 94-76 victory over the sixth-seeded College of Staten Island in the CUNYAC quarterfinal game on Saturday afternoon in the ARC Arena. CSI finished their season with a 12-14 overall record while Baruch extends to 19-6 overall and advances to the semifinals on Tuesday. With the victory, the Bearcats advance to the semifinal round on Tuesday night at CCNY’s Nat Holman Gymnasium for a 7:30 pm contest against the second-seeded Bulldogs of Brooklyn College. Brooklyn defeated Lehman in their home quarterfinal this afternoon by the score of 96-68.
The Dolphins took an early 5-3 lead on a basket by Christian Montervino, but the Bearcats scored the next 11 points for a 14-5 advantage. CSI would rally to cut the deficit to just two points (24-22) on a pair of free throws by Michael Ledbetter with 7:24 left in the opening half, but the Bearcats took control again with a 25-14 run to take the 49-36 lead into the intermission.
During the second half, Baruch continued to control the action behind 18 second half points by Sean Loftus for a 70-50 lead midway through the second half. The visiting Dolphins made a late run to cut the lead to 11 points (83-72) with 3:05 left, but Baruch responded again by scoring the next nine points to help seal their second consecutive home quarterfinal victory against the Dolphins.
Overall, Baruch dominated the boards this afternoon with a 47-32 rebounding advantage and shot 48 percent (31-64) for the playoff victory.
Loftus dominated for Baruch with a career-high 33 points. Lionel Hilairehad 20 points, six rebounds and Chris Beauchamp had 10 points with 10 rebounds to round out the double-figure scorers for Baruch.
Jordan Young led Staten Island with 21 points and seven rebounds, while Ledbetter finished with 15 points and five rebounds. In their last game as Dolphins, Ryan Hennessey tallied 13 points and Montervino added 12 points with a team-high 9 rebounds.
Hennessey became the 26th CSI male player to hit 1,000 and completes his CSI career ranked 20th with 1,141 points. A few games later, Montervino became the 27th player to hit the CSI milestone and he finishes his career right behind Hennessey ranking 21st with 1,126 points.
-Courtesy of Baruch Sports Info.