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Baruch College Athletics

Georgios Zavos
Denis Gostev
54
Baruch BARUCH 14-7, 7-5
68
Winner Lehman LEHMAN_M 13-8, 9-4
Baruch BARUCH
14-7, 7-5
54
Final
68
Lehman LEHMAN_M
13-8, 9-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Baruch BARUCH 21 33 54
Lehman LEHMAN_M 33 35 68

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

MBB: Lehman 68, Baruch 54

The men's basketball team suffered their third straight conference loss, 68-54, to Lehman College on Tuesday night in the Bronx, New York.

The Lightning built up a 12 point halftime lead (33-21) at The Apex by finishing the half with a 10-1 run. 

The visiting Bearcats managed in the second half to get as close as five points (37-32) on a three by
Bryler Paige, but the Lightning down the stretch  finished the game by scoring 16 of the final 24 points over the last seven minutes en route to the win.

The Bearcats' bench outscored their counterparts, 30-9, but the Lightning won the battle of the boards, 48-33.

Rookie
Allen Villar led the Bearcats this evening with 13 points. Chimaechi Ekekeugbor, the Met Basketball Writer's Association Honorable Mention Player of the Week, contributed 12 points and six rebounds.

Damian Bellamy led the Lightning with a double-double of 20 points and 17 rebounds.  

The Bearcats will return home on Thursday to host their Annual Battle of Lexington Event at 8 p.m. against the Bulldogs of Brooklyn College.  

 
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