BROOKLYN, New York---Despite a more even second half, the Brooklyn College men's basketball team wasn't able to erase a 20-point halftime deficit, eventually falling to Ramapo College, 82-55, on Monday night at the West Quad Center.  BC drops to 0-7 overall with the non-conference loss while the Roadrunners improved to 5-1 with their fourth straight victory.  

Next Up: 

• The Bulldogs will face their first conference opponent when they take on the John Jay Bloodhounds at home on Friday, December 1 at 7:15pm 

• Live stats and video stream are available on https://www.brooklyncollegeathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule  

How It Happened: 

• The Bulldogs and Roadrunners kept it close through the first part of the first half, where the Roadrunners were up by no more than 5 points.

• Ramapo College began to pull away as they would outscore Brooklyn College 14-2 to go up 32-16 with five minutes to go in the first half.

• Eventually, Ramapo would take the largest lead of the game up until that point, leading 48-28 at the break. 

• The Bulldogs would cut it down to a 17-point lead, with 9 minutes to go in the second half to make it 63-46, but another 12-1 RC run would extend the lead back up to 28 with under 5 minutes to play. 

• Ramapo had 26 fast break points to Brooklyn's 10, narrowly outscoring Brooklyn in the paint 32 to 30 and on second chance point opportunities 19 to 14.  

• The Bulldogs were able to produce 34 points off of the bench compared to the Roadrunners' 10 and would capitalize off turnovers scoring 21 points off turnovers. 

For the Bulldogs: 

• Mekhi Barlow led all Bulldogs with 9 points off the bench, while adding 6 rebounds, and a blocked shot.

• Stephon McGill led the Bulldogs in rebounding with 8 boards.

• Malik Dale led all starters with 8 points, while David McFadden also added 8 points off the bench.