Gators drop Skyline men's opener to Knights, 70-64
December 1, 2016

Gators drop Skyline men's opener to Knights, 70-64

Box Score

Albany, NY—The Gators of The Sage Colleges hosted the Knights of Mt. St. Mary College on Thursday night in the Skyline Conference opener for both teams. MSMC posted the 70-64 road win to improve to 2-2 overall and 1-0 in the league, while Sage drops to 2-4 overall and 0-1 in the Skyline Conference.

MSMC took a 33-25 lead into the locker room at the intermission, but the Gators emerged on a run and took their first lead of the game at 15:15, 38-37. There were two lead changes in the second half, but the Knights made the most of their trips to the free throw line making 75.0% of their shots (12-16) and hitting 50.0% from three-point range with three from downtown.

MSMC's junior guard Daniel Wollf (Holstville, NY/Sachem East) finished with a double-double on 14 points with 11 defensive rebounds. Junior forward Gerard Nocera (Holmdel, NJ/Holmdel) added 11 points with eight rebounds and a 5-6 effort from the line. Joining them in double-digit scoring was sophomore guard Connor Bacci (Bayside, NY/St. Francis Prep) with 10 points off the bench with five steals.

For the Gators, junior guard Wayne Weir (Bronx, NY/Samuel Gompers) added 13 points with five rebounds , three assists and two steals, while senior co-captain Marcus Patterson (Bronx, NY/Mount Saint Michael Academy) added 12 points with six rebounds.  Senior Davon Sylvester (Bronx, NY/Cardinal Hayes) added six points with six rebounds for Sage.

Now in his eighth season at Sage, Head Coach Brian Barnes is now 99-90 at the helm of the program and will look to garner his 100th career win this week as Sage is back in action on Saturday, December 3 hosting the Kangaroos of SUNY-Canton at 2 p.m.  Mt. St. Mary College travels to Purchase College for a Skyline Conference contest on December 3 at noon.