NEW PALTZ – The Vassar College Men’s Basketball team used five double-digit scorers, including a career-high 15 points from sophomore Will Gregory, to coast to a 105-58 victory over Mount Saint Mary College in the second day of the Hudson Valley Classic.
The 105 points scored is the fourth-highest in Vassar program history as the Brewers record improves to 4-0 to open the season while the Knights drop to 2-2 overall.
First Half
Vassar raced out to a 14-0 lead to begin the game behind two three-pointers from junior Shea Fitzgerald along with four points from senior Nathan Denham and a two points apiece from junior Sebastian Medina and sophomore Parker Neuenhaus.
The lead ballooned to 33-7 at the 10:05 mark following four points from first year Gyasi Zinn and triples from Gregory and junior Kale Elmhorst.
An 8-0 run for the Knights, led by five points from JP Egan, cut the VC lead down to 39-22 with 4:26 remaining in the first half.
Vassar closed the first half with three straight three-pointers from junior Eric Zhang, Fitzgerald and Gregory to take a 54-29 lead into the halftime intermission.
VC concluded the opening 20 minutes shooting 52.5-percent overall, including 8-for-17 from three-point territory, and converted on 4-of-5 from the free throw line,
The Mount ended the first half shooting 37.9-percent from the field while going 3-for-8 from three-point distance and shot 4-for-8 from the free throw stripe.
Second Half
Two buckets apiece from Neuenhaus and Denham expanded the Vassar lead coming out of the half to 62-31.
The Knights trimmed the advantage to 70-44 on two free throws from Liam Lynch with 12:12 remaining in the second half.
Five straight points from Gregory along with a lay-in from Elmhorst pushed the Brewers lead to 77-47 with 10:29 left.
Following a three-pointer from Matthew Walsh to put the Knights within 81-54 with 7:38 remaining, Vassar reeled off a 14-0 run behind three points each from Elmhorst and senior Sacha Greenberg along with a layup from first year Kas Mirza to expand the Vassar lead to 95-54 at the 4:56 mark.
Two triples from Mirza and two free throws from first year Jack Moineau in the final 1:44 gave VC the final 105-58 victory.
VC finished the second half shooting an even 50-percent from the field while going 4-for-13 from three and 5-for-9 from the free throw line.
Mount Saint Mary shot 31.3-percent from the field in the second half, including 3-for-8 from three-point distance, and 6-for-8 from the free throw line.
For The Brewers
Neuenhaus recorded his first double-double in a Vassar uniform with 14 points and 11 rebounds along with adding three assists.
Denham garnered 16 points, three boards and two blocks while Gregory registered 15 points, four assists, four boards and two steals.
Fitzgerald posted 12 points, eight assists and six rebounds along with Mirza tallying 10 points and three rebounds.
Junior Avery Lee chipped in eight points and four assists while Elmhorst scored eight points.
Junior Kreekor Karageuzian finished with five assists, four steals and four rebounds.
For The Knights
Egan finished with a team-high 12 points and five rebounds while Walsh tallied 10 points and four assists.
Rob Geremino posted seven points, two blocks and two steals along with Matt Monaco chipping in nine points off the bench.
Lynch added eight points off the bench.
