· Box Score
WESTBURY, N.Y. (Feb. 26, 2010) – The No. 4-seed Maritime men’s basketball team lost on the road to top-seeded Old Westbury, 61-46, Friday night in the Skyline Conference semifinals at the Clark Athletic Center in Long Island. With the loss, the Privateers fall to 19-8 overall, while the Panthers improve to 20-6 and will play in the Skyline Championship game tomorrow night at home.
Junior Justin Bright led all players with 16 points, 14 of which came in the second half, and picked up six rebounds in the loss. Senior Andre Cooper recorded his second-straight double-double with 12 points and a team-high 10 rebounds, while junior Shamair Williams scored eight points on the night. Senior Adedokun Olanrewaju chipped in with five points and seven boards and junior Giovanni Hurley scored four points with seven rebounds.
The lead changed three times in the first three minutes of the game, until 17:02 when Williams hit the first of his two three-pointers on the night to make the score, 7-5, Maritime. The Privateers would go on to build the lead up to eight points, 23-15, after a pair of free throws by Olanrewaju with 6:15 to play in the first. However, Old Westbury stole the momentum and finished the half on a 13-1 run to take a four-point lead into the half, 28-24.
In the second, the Panthers maintained the lead and expanded it to nine points at 14:47. The score then remained the same for over two minutes, until Old Westbury’s Hakim George hit a long-distance three-pointer to beat the shot clock at 12:31 to give the Panthers a 42-30 lead. The Privateers were forced to burn their third timeout. Maritime fought back to within three points, 43-40 on five straight baskets by Bright, but failed to get any closer despite having two possessions. The Panthers built their lead back up to nine points, 49-40, and then took all the momentum after an alley-oop dunk by Lester Prosper gave them a double-digit lead, 51-40, with 1:21 to play. Maritime would only get as close as eight points, finally falling to the No. 1 seed.