Box Score Old Westbury, NY
(Dec. 6, 2014) – The Purchase College men's basketball team snapped their seven-game skid Saturday just in time for the opening of Skyline Conference play.
The Panthers won the battle of the SUNY Panthers, toppling SUNY College at Old Westbury on the road, 84-65. Purchase upended the OW's Panthers on their Clark Athletic Center hardwood.
With the loss, Old Westbury moves to 0-7 on the season and 0-2 in conference play, while Purchase improved to 1-7 and 1-0, respectively.
Purchase was led by a trio of double-figure scorers, including guard
Creig Graves (JR/Harlem, NY), who finished with a game-high 26 (7-14 FG, 4-7 3FG, 8-8 FT).
Jose Reyes (JR/Bronx, NY) and
Taylor Foster (JR/Greenburgh, NY) totaled 21 points apiece in helping the Panthers end their losing streak.
Both teams held a brief share of the lead in the game's opening minutes until a 7-0 Purchase run from 14:40 to 11:18 allowed the visitors to grab an 11-7 edge.
Old Westbury drew even at 14.
But Reyes connected on a three ball at 9:02 to put Purchase up for good.
Nicholas Jackson (JR/Brooklyn, NY) nabbed a steal and drained a half-court shot as time expired to put Purchase up by nine points for a 35-26 advantage at the break.
Old Westbury trimmed its deficit to five in the second half and later knotted the game at 48 with 10:46 to go.
However, Purchase answered with a 23-3 run stretching from 10:14 to 3:17 as Graves contributed eight of those points to build a 20-point lead (71-51). Purchase closed out the final 1:20 with a 7-2 run to secure the road victory.
Jaquan Potter paced Old Westbury with 18 points, including 4 of 9 from three-point range.
Old Westbury connected on 30.6 percent from the field (22-72), 26.3 percent from three-point territory (5-19) and 53.3 percent from the free-throw line (16-30), while Purchase knocked down 41.3 percent from the floor (19-46), 40.9 percent from beyond the arc (9-22) and 71.2 percent from the charity stripe (37-52).
Purchase won the boards battle, 47-42, and also held the advantage in blocked shots (7-2) and steals (9-7).
The Panthers will look to make it two straight Monday night as Yeshiva comes to the campus for an 8 p.m. tip.
-Old Westbury Sports Information Contributed to this report
