Box Score

The Lehman College men's basketball team (4-10 overall, 1-3 CUNYAC)  was defeated in a CUNYAC contest by the Hunter College Hawks (7-7  overall, 3-1 CUNYAC) by a score of 86-67 Friday evening at the APEX Center in the Bronx. The loss was the Lightning's third straight defeat in conference play this season.

In the victory for the Hawks, Rocco Rubino led all scorers, netting 20 points while snatching eight rebounds and tallying four steals. He connected on 10 of his 12 shots from the free throw line while connecting on four of his 10 attempts from the field. In addition, it was Matthew Collazo netting 16 points on six-of-10 shooting to go along with eight rebounds and three blocks, and Eric Klingsberg added 15 points off the bench. As a team, the Hawks shot 46.7 percent from the field while holding Lehman to a 33.8 shooting percentage.

Despite the loss for the Lightning, senior Guard Perry Daniel scored 14 points and grabbed 13 rebounds while forward Jonathan DeJesus netted 12  points and snatched 14 rebounds. Alain Dela Cruz also helped with eight points and five rebounds on the evening. Following the loss, head coach Steven Schulman gave his thoughts.

“Hunter College is a very disciplined team with many talented players, so we knew coming in that this was going to be a very difficult game for us, and it was,” Schulman said. “We don't have much time to dwell on this loss though because we have a very tough Gothic Knight team coming in here on Monday so we'll try to regroup and get ready for them.”

The Lightning will return to action Monday evening as Lehman College will welcome the New Jersey City University Gothic Knights to the APEX Center for a non-conference contest, with game-time slated for 8:00pm.