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Reynaldo Walters
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61
Winner Old Westbury OW-MBB 9-13/9-6 SKY
53
Mount Saint Mary MSMCMBB 7-16/6-10 SKY
Winner
Old Westbury OW-MBB
9-13/9-6 SKY
61
Final
53
Mount Saint Mary MSMCMBB
7-16/6-10 SKY
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Old Westbury OW-MBB 32 29 61
Mount Saint Mary MSMCMBB 23 30 53

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Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Courtesy of Old Westbury Sports Information (written by Harris Rappel)

@OW_Panthers Men’s Basketball halts late Mount Saint Mary charge to win 61-53

Reynaldo Walters scored 17 points to lead Old Westbury to Saturday’s Skyline Conference win


NEWBURGH, NY (www.OLDWESTBURYPANTHERS.com) - The SUNY Old Westbury men's basketball team survived a late rally by the Mount Saint Mary Knights on Saturday to earn a 61-53 Skyline Conference road win from Kaplan Center in Newburgh, New York.  With the win, Old Westbury (9-13) sweeps the season series with the Knights to climb to 9-6 in conference play, while sending Mount Saint Mary's (7-16) league record to 6-10.

Reynaldo Walters made his second-career start and led the Panthers with 17 points (2-3 3FG), four assists and a career-high four steals.  Floyd Leroy and Mark Gjonlekaj each followed with 10 points.  Leroy nabbed four steals (tied career-high) to go with six rebounds while Gjonlekaj racked up eight rebounds, two blocks and one steal.  Omari Trebuse added eight points (2-3 3FG) and four assists.       

Gerard Nocera poured in a game-high 21 points to pace Mount Saint Mary.  Daniel Wolff and Stephen Steyer followed with 10 points apiece as Tyler McDine dished out a game-high nine assists to go with four steals. 

Gjonlekaj connected on a three ball to open the scoring, giving Old Westbury an early 3-0 lead.  Old Westbury would then commit four turnovers during a stretch which saw Mount Saint Mary take a seven-point lead off a 12-2 run.  Old Westbury countered with a 14-3 run to grab a 19-15 lead which gave the Panthers the lead for good.  Old Westbury's first-half lead reached nine points and took a 32-23 edge into the break. 

Mount Saint Mary scored three points to open the second half to slice its deficit to six points (32-26) with 18:44 left.  Old Westbury quickly responded with nine unanswered points to go up by 15 points.  Trebuse and Gjonlekaj combined to connect on back-to-back three pointers to extend Old Westbury's lead to 19 points (49-30) with 11:54 showing on the second-half clock.  Mount Saint Mary cut the deficit down to four points off a 21-6 run to make it a 55-51 game with 4:06 remaining.  Kaleem Edwards' jumper at 3:30 ended Mount Saint Mary's run to give Old Westbury a 57-51 lead.  Edwards then netted a free throw at 2:14 to put Old Westbury up 58-51.  Mount Saint Mary went cold down the stretch, misfiring on six-straight field goal attempts as Old Westbury hit on 3-of-4 from the free-throw line over the final 2:32 to secure the 61-53 victory.     

In the end, Old Westbury shot 43.1 percent from the field (22-51), 40.9 percent from three-point territory (9-22) and a season-best 80 percent effort from the free-throw line (8-10) while Mount Saint Mary hit 32.1 percent from the floor (18-56), 16.7 percent from beyond the arc (3-18) and 73.7 percent from the charity stripe (14-19).  Old Westbury won the boards battle, 36-35, holding Mount Saint Mary to just three second-chance points after pulling-down 10 offensive rebounds.   Old Westbury registered 13 steals and scored 16 points off 19 Mount Saint Mary miscues.  Mount Saint Mary scored 25 points off 23 Old Westbury turnovers.

MARITIME PRIVATEERS UP NEXT FOR THE PANTHERS: Old Westbury will look to build on Saturday's win when they travel to take on the Maritime Privateers on Tuesday (Feb. 17) in a Skyline Conference battle at 7 p.m. from Riesenberg Gymnasium in Throggs Neck, New York.      

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Players Mentioned

Mark Gjonlekaj

#23 Mark Gjonlekaj

F
6' 6"
Sophomore
Omari Trebuse

#3 Omari Trebuse

G
6' 0"
Senior
Kaleem Edwards

#1 Kaleem Edwards

F/G
6' 4"
Junior
Reynaldo Walters

#24 Reynaldo Walters

G
6' 0"
Junior
Floyd Leroy

#12 Floyd Leroy

F
6' 2"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Mark Gjonlekaj

#23 Mark Gjonlekaj

6' 6"
Sophomore
F
Omari Trebuse

#3 Omari Trebuse

6' 0"
Senior
G
Kaleem Edwards

#1 Kaleem Edwards

6' 4"
Junior
F/G
Reynaldo Walters

#24 Reynaldo Walters

6' 0"
Junior
G
Floyd Leroy

#12 Floyd Leroy

6' 2"
Senior
F