PANTHERS OUSTED IN THE 1ST ROUND BY STOCKTON
COLLEGE
FEBRUARY 28, 2007
OLD WESTBURY, N.Y.-The Old Westbury men's
basketball season ended on Wednesday night with a first round ECAC
Metro Championship Tournament loss to Richard Stockton College of
New Jersey, 78-73. The Panthers led 42-40 at the half and
were out-scored by 7 in the second half, 38-31.
Old Westbury trailed by 9, 11-2 within the first 3 minutes of
the game and fought their way back in with a 40-31 run to finish
off the half up by 2, 42-40. Jerome Hubbard scored 18 first
half points and shot 4-of-6 from downtown in the first half.
Both teams shot 17-of-30 (56.7 percent) from the floor in the
opening half. The second half was a see-saw battle and with
4:05 to go in the game the Panthers trailed by 2, 69-67. Ian
Johnson scored the next 5 points for Old Westbury which put them up
by 1, 70-69. Jerome Hubbard took matters into his own hands
and connected on a three-pointer put Stockton up by 2, 72-70.
Kenneth Eusey matched Hubbard with a three-ball of his own to give
the Panthers a 73-72 lead with 2:24 to go. Stockton College
held Old Westbury scoreless over the final 2:24 to go onto a 78-73
win to end the Panthers season.
Old Westbury recorded four Panthers in double-digits led by
Divine Jackson, who scored 20 points on 8-of-12 shooting from the
floor. Jackson added 5 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks.
John Ignacio came off the bench and ignited the Panthers to an
early run to get back into the game. Ignacio totaled 11
points and knocked down 3-of-7 from beyond the arc. Dan Kane
shot 5-of-7 from the floor and tallied 10 points to go along with 6
rebounds. Garthlette James contributed 10 points on 5-of-7
shooting to go along with 2 steals. Ian Johnson and Kenneth
Eusey added 8 points apiece.
Jerome Hubbard led the way for Stockton College with a game-high
33 points on 7-of-11 shooting from three-point land. Hubbard
added 4 rebounds, 2 blocks and 1 steal in 40 minutes of
action. Jon Greene tallied 19 points, 5 rebounds, 4 steals
and 4 assists. Derrick Williams and Mario Lancioni added 10
points apiece.
Old Westbury out-rebounded Stockton by 1, 27-26. The
Panthers shot 48.3 percent (29-of-60) from the field and recorded
12 steals and forced 18 turnovers on the defensive end.
The Panthers finish the 2006-07 season with a record of 18-11
overall and 12-4 in Skyline play. For more information about
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