Manhattanville Edges York Men’s Basketball, 71-66
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PURCHASE, N.Y.— The York College men's basketball team came up a bit short against a strong Manhattanville College team, losing by a score of 71-66 in non-conference action on Saturday afternoon.
The Cardinals did a nice job of stifling Manhattanville's offense, holding the Valiants to just 39.3 percent (22 for 56). Meanwhile, York was able to connect on 46.4 percent (26 for 56) of their shots; however, the Valiants made plenty of free throws to account for the difference in shooting and get the win.
The Valiant's Trevoy Pointer led all scorers with 20 points, shooting 6 of 12 from the field and 8 of 10 from the free-throw line, while also chipping in five rebounds, three assists and two steals.
Tony Vails led York with 19 points on 9-of-12 shooting from the field, followed by
William Holley and
Kevin Lausell with 12 points apiece.
Shamir Wilkinson just missed the game's only double-double with nine points and a game-high 12 rebounds as well for the visitors.
The Cardinals came out strong to open the afternoon, as they hit eight of their first 12 shots from the field to open up their biggest lead of the game, nine points, at 20-11 with 8:32 gone by in the first half.
Manhattanville continued to hang around for most of the half until the York offense finally went south at the end of the frame, as the Valiants held their opponents scoreless for the final 5:45 of the half. Meanwhile, the Valiants strung together a 9-0 run of their own, and a Pointer layup with 1:03 left gave the home team its first lead since the first minute of the game and allowed the squad to take a 32-31 lead into intermission.
The two teams traded the lead back and forth to start the second half, with York eventually building up a six-point lead (45-39) with 12:22 remaining. Six straight Valiant points got the game back to even at 47-all with 9:38 remaining, and Ventura created the final lead change of the game just over a minute later with a three-pointer that put the home team up by a trey at 52-49.
It remained a one-possession game until single free throws by Jack Bramswig and Armani Blackmon gave Manhattanville a 60-55 lead with 3:13 on the clock. Manhattanville was able to ice the contest soon after at the charity stripe, as the Valiants went 9 for 10 in the final 89 seconds of the afternoon to finally secure the win. Pointer ended the game with five freebies to maintain the two-possession edge.
Manhattanville did not have a great game at the line, shooting just 64.5 percent (20 for 31) during the game, but the team had a 31-18 edge in free-throw attempts and a 20-10 edge in makes that allowed the squad to escape with the victory.
Manhattanville improves to 7-6, while York drops to 4-11. The Cardinals will visit defending CUNY Athletic Conference champion, Medgar Evers College on Wednesday at 8:00 p.m.
Portions of story courtesy Manhattanville Athletics
