New York, NY---The Brooklyn College men's basketball team fell in conference play at Baruch College this evening, 86-73, to split with the Bearcats for the regular season.  Brooklyn drops to 9-14 overall and 6-6 in CUNYAC with the loss while Baruch improves to 14-9 and 8-5.  The Bulldogs will look to snap a five-game skid at regular season CUNYAC champ, John Jay, on Saturday at 3pm.  

How It Happened

• Following a made three buried by Brooklyn's Jordan Wright cutting Baruch's lead to 24-20 with 8:24 left in the first half, the Bearcats responded with a 13-2 run to take a 37-22 halftime advantage.
• Brooklyn scored the second half's first bucket on a Noah Shy lay-in before the Bearcats responded with a 5-0 swing capped with a three-point make. 
• The Bearcats would go on to lead by as many as 21 points in the second half.  Brooklyn made a late run to cut Baruch's lead down to as few as ten points, but ran out of time.  

Box Score Breakdown 

• The Bulldogs were outshot 9-19 to 4-20 from beyond the arc for the game. 
• Baruch shot over 59% from the field for the game. 
• Brooklyn scored 22 points off of turnovers to the Bearcats' 17.

Leading the Bulldogs

• Four Bulldogs reached double-figures in scoring led by senior guard Anthony McClean's 19 points.
• Kayin Olajide dropped 15 points and grabbed five boards off of the bench.  
• Jordan Wright added 14 points on 5-7 shooting from the floor.