HOBOKEN, N.J. (November 16, 2014) – The Stevens Institute of Technology men's basketball team dropped its 2014-15 season-opener to Brooklyn College Sunday night at the Canavan Arena, falling by a score of 82-67.
Brooklyn improves to 1-1 with the win, while the Ducks drop to 0-1.
The Ducks struggled in the first period, shooting just 21.4 percent from the field and 3-for-15 from long range. They played solid on the defensive end to remain in the game, holding the Bulldogs to 35.5 percent shooting and 26.7 percent from deep (4-for-15).
Stevens jumped out to an early 11-8 lead on the back of solid free-throw shooting and a three-pointer from sophomore forward
Otis Osman (Far Hills, N.J.). The two teams went back-and-forth over the next several minutes before the guests turned at 14-14 deadlock into a 30-21 halftime lead, outscoring Stevens 16-7 over the final 9:44 of the half.
Brooklyn extended its lead to 14 at 17:46 of the second and led 43-30 with 14:51 left before the Ducks made a run to get back in it. Junior forward
Alex Lorenz (Pont Pleasant, N.J.) completed a three-point play to make it a 10-point game, and a triple from sophomore guard
Patrick Barron (Long Valley, N.J.) brought Stevens within seven.
The guests called timeout to slow the building Stevens momentum, and quickly answered with six-straight points to get the lead back to 12 with 11:50 remaining.
The Ducks were able to claw back within nine at 63-54 at the nine-minute mark but could get no closer, eventually falling by an 82-67 final.
Stevens finished shooting 36.9 percent from the field (24-for-65), 7-for-23 (30.4 percent) from deep and 12-for-18 at the line (66.7 percent). Brooklyn held a 42-40 edge on the glass as the Ducks tallied 16 assists compared to 14 for the Bulldogs.
Osman finished with 20 points on 11 shots, three rebounds and two assists, while Barron had 14 points, including 4-for-7 from long range. He added a team-high six rebounds to his line. Lorenz had 13 points and four rebounds.
Brooklyn shot 42.9 percent from the field, 8-for-26 from deep and hit 20 of its 25 free throws. The Bulldogs had four players in double figures in senior center Valon Djombalic, junior guard Egzon Gjonbalaj, junior guard Jamel Gist and junior forward Lorenzo Williams. Gjonbalaj had a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds.
The Ducks will look to get into the win column when they visit Kean University on Tuesday night at 7 p.m.
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