Season Statistics l Skyline Conference Standings 

FARMINGDALE, NY --- (www.OLDWESTBURYPANTHERS.com) SUNY Old Westbury men's basketball erased a late second-half deficit to force overtime where they came away with Tuesday's 77-73 Skyline Conference road win over the Farmingdale State Rams inside Walter A. Lynch Sports Center.  Winners of five straight, Old Westbury (11-6) improves to 10-2 atop the conference standings while sending the Rams (8-10) to 8-5 in league play.

Farmingdale State held a three-point lead over the course of the opening 9:44 of play until Lylle Ryals connected on a three pointer to make it a 16-13 game for Old Westbury's first lead of the game.  George Riefenstahl's layup with 9:15 left sparked a 10-0 Ram run to put the hosts up by seven (23-16).  Jamail Stanley answered for the Panthers by scoring eight of their next 16 points as part of a 16-5 spurt to close out the final 6:42 to take a 32-28 lead into the half.     

Old Westbury quickly extended its lead to seven points (37-30) off Stephon Odle's three pointer at the 18:31 mark.  The Rams took back the lead with a 9-0 run to create a 41-37 advantage with 14:26 remaining.  Old Westbury clawed back to tie the game on three separate occasions from 12:08 to 9:40.  With the game tied at 46, Farmingdale State used a 10-2 spurt to extend its lead to eight points.  Down 58-50, Stanley netted Old Westbury's next six points to make it a three-point game with 2:19 showing on the second-half clock.  Following a made free throw by the Rams, Odle landed a three ball with 1:43 remaining to trim the deficit to one (60-59).  Just under one minute later, P.J. Page sank a jumper to tie the game at 61 for Old Westbury.  Irvine Weldon committed a costly offensive foul for the Rams that gave Old Westbury the final possession in regulation.  With one second left, Ryals was unable to connect on the game-winning shot from long distance as the Panthers would enter their third overtime game of the season.     

Old Westbury improved to 2-1 on the season in overtime play by outscoring the Rams 16-12 in the extra set.  Stanley netted seven of his game-high 23 points in overtime, including a three pointer with 2:37 left to give the Panthers the lead for good (66-64).  With 25 seconds remaining, Ryals sank a pair of free throws to put the game away by extending Old Westbury's cushion to a game-high nine points (75-66) 

Stanley finished with 12 rebounds, four assists, three steals and two blocks to record his seventh double-double of the season.  Odle followed with a career-high 17 points (6-of-12 FG, 4-of-7 3FG) to go with six rebounds.  Page contributed 12 points, three steals and two blocks while Ryals added 10 points off the bench. 

Riefenshahl and Jarred Marrow each poured in 13 points to pace the Rams. 

In the end, Old Westbury shot 44.6 percent (29-of-65 FG) from the field, 40 percent (8-of-20 3FG) from three-point territory and 61.1 percent (11-of-18 FT) from the free-throw line.  By comparison, Farmingdale State hit on 44.1 percent (26-of-59 FG) from the floor, 44.4 percent (8-of-18 3FG) from beyond the arc and 61.9 percent (13-of-21 FT) from the charity stripe.  The Rams won the boards battle, 39-36, scoring 15 second-chance points off 15 offensive rebounds.  Old Westbury held the advantage in steals (10-7), blocks (7-3), points in the paint (38-28), fast-break points (8-0) and scored 27 points off 23 Ram turnovers.  
 
SARAH LAWRENCE GRYPHONS UP NEXT FOR THE PANTHERS: Old Westbury returns home for Saturday's (Jan. 30) Skyline Conference matchup against the Sarah Lawrence Grypons at 12 p.m. inside Clark Athletic Center.  Old Westbury will look to complete the series sweep of the Gryphons after claiming a 75-66 road victory (Box Score) on January 4.