Purchase, NY (Feb. 10, 2018) – They say, "Home is where the heart is."

For the Purchase College men's basketball team, the home floor is where victories are.

The Panthers ran their pristine record on campus to 10-0 Saturday in a pulverizing 96-69 win over St. Joseph's College-LI – a team they lost to on the road earlier this season.

Purchase remained unbeaten at home, starting strong and maintaining it throughout to improve to 16-7 overall and 12-6 in the conference standings.

The home court has clearly been the heartbeat of Purchase's success.

Purchase, which had led 7-2 across the opening minutes, held a 17-10 advantage six minutes in.

Three-pointers by Nikeem Deleon (SR/Bronx, NY) and Michael Soffer (JR/Agoura Hills, CA) on back-to-back possessions handed Purchase a 25-13 lead eight minutes in. 

A put back dunk by Deshawn Cann (JR/Queens, NY) and another Soffer 3 pushed that margin to 30-13.

It was 36-18 midway through the first half in favor of the hosts and despite a solid comeback effort from SJC-LI, the high-scoring Panthers led 53-37 at halftime.

Three players scored in double figures for Purchase in the first half, led by 17 from Deleon. Soffer added 15 and Cann chipped in 12. Jarred Marrow paced the Golden Eagles with 10 first-half points.

The Panther lead ballooned to 65-42 six-plus minutes into the second half.

A Cann jam made it 69-46, pushing him past the double-double marker with 12 minutes to go in the game. 

Allicock followed with a dunk of his own and Purchase held a 71-46 lead – one it would not relinquish.

Cann, who is in the Top 10 in nearly every statistical category in the Skyline, lifted Purchase Saturday. His triple-double guided the dominant win.

The junior swingman finished with 27 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists. He added two steals and one block, while teaming with Deleon, who notched a game-high 29 points in Purchase's highest scoring output of the winter to date. Soffer contributed 17 points. Allicock, the Skyline's blocks leader, netted 13 points, five rebounds and four more blocks – a game high.

The four of Deleon, Cann, Soffer and Allicock combined for 87 of the team's 96 points.

SJC-LI dropped to 4-19 and 4-14, respectively. Three players finished in double-digit points for the Golden Eagles, including Isaiah Moore and his team-high 15. Stephen Cohen added 13 in the loss. Marrow finished with 12. 

Purchase will now host the College of Mount Saint Vincent on Senior Night, Tuesday, Feb. 13.