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| Sean Caputo went 3-4 from three point range against NYU-POLY. |
The game was tightly contested throughout on Saturday with the largest lead for either team being nine after Caputo nailed a triple with just over five minutes to play in regulation. NYU-POLY’s largest lead of the afternoon came in the first nine minutes of the game when it led by seven points on two occasions.
The Blue Jays came out flying in the first half, opening the game with a 12-5 run to pull in front by seven. They would hold the lead until the 6:07 mark when Filipp Bochkov (Moscow, Russia) drained a three pointer to move the Dolphins in front 22-21.
NYU-POLY would grab the lead back on an Anthony Motolla bucket a half minute later before the Mount took back for the reminder of the half on another Caputo triple with 4:41 left before the intermission.
The Dolphins would stretch their lead to six points before the Blue Jays rallied for six straight tallies over a 1:19 stretch, with all six points coming from Jason Buckner. Miller would break the run with a lay in during the final 35 seconds to send the Dolphins to the break with a 33-31 lead.
Motolla scored 15 of his game-high 22 points in the first half on 4-7 shooting from the floor and 6-6 shooting from the free-throw line. Buckner chipped in eight points and the two combined for seven of the Blue Jays 10 first half field goals.
Miller and Caputo led the Mount with eight points apiece and freshman George Naldjieff (Miami, Fla.) grabbed seven of his game-high nine total rebounds in the opening twenty minutes of play.
The Dolphins tried to run away in the second half and held the lead from the 17:28 mark of the second half until Buckner drained a basket to push the visitors in front 44-43 with 11:06 left in regulation time.
After a Darian Crosby bucket moved the visitors in front by three, sophomore Eric Van Tine (Hawthorne, N.J.) canned a trey to the tie the score and ignited a 10-4 spurt that pushed the Mount in front by that nine point margin.
NYU-POLY would fight back to get to within two points on a pair of occasions, but Miller and Van Tine combined to go 3-4 from the free-throw line in the final 50 seconds to secure the win.
Overall the Dolphins held the Blue Jays to just 33.3-percent shooting and just 20-percent shooting from behind the arc. Motolla led the attack with 22 points and Buckner finished with 17. The duo combined to go 12-32 from the floor and 14-15 from the charity stripe.
The Dolphins shot just over 47-percent in the tilt, including a 10-15 performance from Miller on his way to 21 points to go along with eight rebounds and a blocked shot. Naldjieff finished with two blocks to go along with his nine boards.
Caputo finished 4-7 from the floor and 3-4 from three point range for his 11 points and Joe Ecock (Brooklyn, N.Y.) went 4-8 from the field to chip in nine points and four assists.
Overall in the contest, Mount Saint Vincent held the edge on the glass 38-34 and the Dolphin bench outscored that of its opponents 27-8.
The win improves Mount Saint Vincent’s overall record to 6-4 and evens its Skyline Conference mark at 3-3. The Dolphins will be back in action again on Tuesday night when they travel to Farmingdale St. Tip-off with the Rams is scheduled for 8:00 p.m.
