Feb 21, 2014
Box Score
CANTON, NY (February 21, 2014) – The Vassar College men's basketball team clinched their first Liberty League Playoff spot since the historic 2007-08 season with their 76-58 win over the Saints of St. Lawrence University on Friday evening at Burkman Gymnasium.
Sophomore Johnny Mrlik (San Francisco, CA/St. Ignatius College Preparatory) busted open a huge second half scoring effort by the Brewers tallying 12 of his 17 points in that portion. Between him, senior Evan Carberry (Metuchen, NJ/Metuchen), junior Curtis Smith (Mastic, NY/Eastport South Manor) and sophomore Erikson Wasyl (Durham, CT/Coginchaug), the Brewers hit 7-of-11 three-pointers in the second half (63.6 percent).
After Wasyl hit a three-pointer with 4:31 left in the first half and made the score in favor of the Brewers (18-6, 10-5 Liberty League), 24-19, Vassar and the Saints (9-15, 5-10 Liberty League) exchanged blows back-and-forth until the score was tied, 29-29 with 52 seconds on the clock. Carberry gave Vassar the halftime advantage with a long distance call from three-point land with one second left.
The Brewers opened the second half with a 18-3 run that gave them the 47-32 lead with 13:10 left in regulation. Vassar led the Saints by as much as 25 points after a layup from junior Luka Ladan (Belmont, MA/Belmont) and the follow-up, and-one free throw along with a pair of charity tosses from freshman Otis Osman (Far Hills, NJ/Pingry School) when Janpeter Brase earned a technical foul during Ladan's free throw.
Ladan finished with 14 points while Wasyl, Carberry and junior Alex Snyder (Rutland, VT/Rutland) supplied 13, 12 and 10 points respectively to the Brewer total. Snyder's 10 tallies matched his rebounds for his ninth double-double of the year.
The Brewers' 'Board Maniacs' out rebounded the Saints 41-28 with 12 offensive boards compared to SLU's nine second-chance grabs.
The Brewers will next fight for the #2 spot in the Liberty League tomorrow afternoon at Clarkson University in their final regular season game of the year before the playoffs on Wednesday.
CANTON, NY (February 21, 2014) – The Vassar College men's basketball team clinched their first Liberty League Playoff spot since the historic 2007-08 season with their 76-58 win over the Saints of St. Lawrence University on Friday evening at Burkman Gymnasium.
Sophomore Johnny Mrlik (San Francisco, CA/St. Ignatius College Preparatory) busted open a huge second half scoring effort by the Brewers tallying 12 of his 17 points in that portion. Between him, senior Evan Carberry (Metuchen, NJ/Metuchen), junior Curtis Smith (Mastic, NY/Eastport South Manor) and sophomore Erikson Wasyl (Durham, CT/Coginchaug), the Brewers hit 7-of-11 three-pointers in the second half (63.6 percent).
After Wasyl hit a three-pointer with 4:31 left in the first half and made the score in favor of the Brewers (18-6, 10-5 Liberty League), 24-19, Vassar and the Saints (9-15, 5-10 Liberty League) exchanged blows back-and-forth until the score was tied, 29-29 with 52 seconds on the clock. Carberry gave Vassar the halftime advantage with a long distance call from three-point land with one second left.
The Brewers opened the second half with a 18-3 run that gave them the 47-32 lead with 13:10 left in regulation. Vassar led the Saints by as much as 25 points after a layup from junior Luka Ladan (Belmont, MA/Belmont) and the follow-up, and-one free throw along with a pair of charity tosses from freshman Otis Osman (Far Hills, NJ/Pingry School) when Janpeter Brase earned a technical foul during Ladan's free throw.
Ladan finished with 14 points while Wasyl, Carberry and junior Alex Snyder (Rutland, VT/Rutland) supplied 13, 12 and 10 points respectively to the Brewer total. Snyder's 10 tallies matched his rebounds for his ninth double-double of the year.
The Brewers' 'Board Maniacs' out rebounded the Saints 41-28 with 12 offensive boards compared to SLU's nine second-chance grabs.
The Brewers will next fight for the #2 spot in the Liberty League tomorrow afternoon at Clarkson University in their final regular season game of the year before the playoffs on Wednesday.
--VASSAR--