Brooklyn, NY----Shooting a perfect 6-6 from the free-throw line to ice the contest in the 21 seconds of regulation, the Brooklyn College men's basketball team pulled out their third straight win at Medgar Evers, 70-64, on Friday.  BC sweeps the CUNYAC Battle of Brooklyn with the win, improving to 7-17 overall and 7-6 in CUNYAC while the Cougars drop to 2-22 and 0-13 respectively. 

Next Up:

• The Bulldogs close out the regular season at home on Senior Night in conference play against CCNY.  Tip-off is set for 7:15 pm. 

How It Happened

• With the score tied, 36-36, at halftime, the home team would open the second half on a 9-0 run. 
• Trailing the Cougars 61-53 with 12:39 to go in regulation, Brooklyn went on an important 5-0 run sparked by a Serge Thraysbule three-point make.  Malik Dale made it a one-possession following a made jumper at the 10:52 mark. 
• After MEC kicked their lead back up to five points, Brooklyn continued to knock on the door, cutting the advantage to 53-52 on a Thraysbule lay-in with 7:31 to go.
• Zuric Harvey eventually tied the game for the Bulldogs on a made jumper with 5:53 left in the contest.  Brooklyn would take the lead for good thanks to six straight points scored by junior guard, Stephon McGill, to give BC a 60-54 advantage with just under four minutes to play. 
• The Cougars wouldn't go away easily, cutting the BC lead to two points on a pair of occasions in the final 2:23 of action.  However, the Bulldogs would answer the call and eventually closed out the game at the foul line. 
• Brooklyn jumped out to a 5-0 lead to start the contest before the teams went back-and-forth with neither team taking more than a two-possession lead through the first half of play. 
• BC would benefit from Medgar Evers' 20 turnovers, scoring 26 points.  Brooklyn also outrebounded the Cougars 17-7 on the offensive boards. 

For the Bulldogs

• McGill led the way offensively finishing with a game-high 18 points.  He also grabbed 11 rebounds for one of two of Brooklyn's double-doubles.
• Finishing with his second straight double-double, Thraysbule scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds while also coming up with five steals and dishing out four assists. 
• Dale finished with 17 points while shooting 2-3 from behind the arc.