Men's Box Score
Women's Box Score

Farmingdale, NY (Jan. 21, 2012) – The basketball teams were not only met with inclement weather Saturday in their travels to Long Island to face Farmingdale State, but also couldn't manage a victory as the host Rams swept both ends of the afternoon doubleheader.

The Rams topped the Panthers 61-58 in the men's matchup, escaping with the victory in the final seconds of a thriller. Meanwhile, FSC won 63-40 in the women's final.

On the men's side, FSC improved to 12-4 and 8-1 in Skyline play, dropping Purchase to 7-9 and 5-4 in conference play after the two-time defending league champs started the season strong.

Despite the loss, Purchase showed its mettle in the men's game. With 10 lead changes in the first half and neither team leading by more than four points, Farmingdale  ended the half with two fastbreak layups by guard Joshua Smith and led 30-26 at halftime. Smith posted 11 points in the first for the Rams, while forward AJ Matthews had five blocks.

In the second, Farmingdale led by as much as six up until 5:06 when Purchase tied the game on a layup by Justin Person (JR/Greenburgh, NY). William Williams (JR/Bronx, NY) hit a 3-pointer at 3:39 to give the Panthers the lead, 55-52, and another layup would give them a five-point cushion, 57-52, with under two minutes remaining.

Matthews was fouled on the next possession and sank both to cut the Rams deficit to three, 57-54, with 1:32 left.

Matthews made a big block on Purchase's Joel Neri (FR/Port Chester, NY) to save a basket and Smith took the ball down for a layup and the foul, the Rams trailed by one, 57-56.

Smith then tied the game by completing his three-point play, 57-57.

John Pressley (JR/New York, NY) was fouled and hit one of two to give Purchase the 58-57 lead.

After another timeout, Smith was fouled and sank both to give Farmingdale the one-point lead, 59-58, with four seconds on the clock. He then stole the ball with two seconds left and made another layup with 0.1 on the clock as the Rams took the 61-58 victory.

The high scorer for Farmingdale State was Smith with a game-high 27 points, while Matthews finished with 19 points, 14 rebounds and seven blocks.

For Purchase, Pressley led with 19 points. Person finished with eight points and a team-high 12 rebounds.

In the women's game, the Rams improved to 8-6 overall and remain undefeated in Skyline play with a 7-0 record. The Panthers dropped to 5-10, 0-7 with the loss after coming off a win in their last outing.
 
Farmingdale State pulled away at the 11:57 mark, using an 11-0 run to take the 20-9 advantage with six minutes left to play. Siohban Purvis made a layup with two seconds to go in the half and the Rams lead 26-13 at the break.

In the second, Farmingdale held Purchase to six points over the first 10 minutes, ahead by 31 points, 50-19, and would cruise to the 63-40 victory.

FSC's Baytania Newman led the team with 15 points and three steals.

Alyssa Guido (SR/Cliffside Park, NJ) posted a game-high 20 points and pulled down seven rebounds in the loss for Purchase.

-FSC Sports Information Contributed to this report