JAMAICA, NY --- Despite scoring three players in double-figures, York College men's basketball dropped an 88-62 CUNYAC decision Wednesday evening to the visiting Brooklyn College Bulldogs (11-7, 6-3 CUNYAC) inside York College Gymnasium.

The Cardinals (6-13, 2-8 CUNYAC) started hot as Devine Chisholm and Darin Dove both connected from three-point range to help build a 14-6 advantage.  Brooklyn countered with a 13-2 run from 13:54 to 10:26 to go up by three (19-16).  After Maliqe John's layup gave York a brief 23-21 lead, the Bulldogs went on a 24-5 scoring spree to build a 17-point lead (45-28) with 1:56 remaining.  Both teams played even for the final 1:29 as Brooklyn took a 49-32 lead into the break.  

York got as close as 16 points in the second before Brooklyn played with a 20-point lead for the final 12:07.  The Bulldogs used a 15-3 run to build a game-high 31-point cushion (76-45) with 7:28 showing on the second-half clock.  York rallied with a 14-4 spurt sparked by Akil Vaughn's layup to trim its deficit to 21 (80-59) with 3:12 left.    

Vaughn paced York with 13 points (6-of-10 FG), nine rebounds and two blocks.  Dove totaled 11 points and seven rebounds while Luca Tamer scored nine of his career-high 11 points (6-of-8 FT) in the second half.  Taishaun Forehand-Jenkins' five assists directed the offense.  

Orri Cohen poured in a game-high 18 points (6-of-10 3FG) to lead Brooklyn.  Michael Tesoriero registered 15 points (6-of-11 FG) and 10 assists as Nico Serrano scored 14 (6-of-10 FG).  

York hit on 36.5 percent (23-of-63) from the field, 16.7 percent (5-of-30) from three-point land and 73.3 percent (11-of-15) from the free-throw line.  Brooklyn shot 52.4 percent (33-of-63), 39.4 percent (13-of-33) from long distance and 60 percent (9-of-15) from the charity stripe.  York owned a 40-39 rebounding advantage to score 19 second-chance points off 13 offensive boards.  The Cardinals also held a 3-2 edge in blocks while Brooklyn outplayed York in steals (7-4), assists (21-15), points in the paint (38-34), points off turnovers (31-4), fastbreak points (8-0) and bench scoring (33-18).  

The Cardinals are back in action Friday (Jan. 25) with a CUNYAC showdown in Bronx against the Lehman College Lightning (6-11, 4-6 CUNYAC) at 7 p.m. inside APEX Arena.