DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The College at Brockport (6-1) defeated Saint Joseph's College (2-6), 83-73, in the first game of the Mauro Pannagio Invitational Tournament on Sunday afternoon.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
The teams traded the lead eight times in the early going and the Monks led 11-10 after junior guard Jack Casale (Portland, Maine/Cheverus) hit a jumper with 15:20 left in the first half. Unfortunately, the slim margin would be the Monks' last of the afternoon, as the Golden Eagles claimed the advantage for good with an 18-5 run, which was capped by a Montgomery Stroman three-pointer and Brockport leading 28-16 with eight minutes before the break.
Saint Joseph's managed to cut the margin down to a two-possession deficit several times in the second stanza with the final surge bringing the Monks to within six points (79-73) with 2:03 left, thanks in large part to freshman Drew Shea (Mount Desert Island, Maine) who drilled a trio of three-pointers in a matter of four minutes. St. Joe's would get no closer however as the Monks were held off the board with two missed shots and a pair of turnovers in the closing two minutes.
STATS OF THE GAME:
The Monks shot well from the field (48%, 24-50) and three-point distance (48.4%, 15-31) but committed 28 turnovers with the Golden Eagles converting the miscues into 30 points…Brockport also held the lead in points in the paint (50-16) and second chance points (15-0) on the afternoon.
LEADERS – SAINT JOSEPH'S:
- Casale paced the Monks with 18 points and added eight rebounds and four assists
- Sophomore guard Griffin Foley (Portland, Maine) netted 15 points
- Sophomore guard Nicholas Curtis (Windham, Maine) added 14 points, five assists, and four rebounds
- Shea scored a career-high 11 points and was perfect from the floor (4-4) and downtown (3-3)
- Freshman guard Joseph Nuttall (Holden, Mass.) contributed seven points with 12 rebounds, three assists, and two steals
LEADERS – BROCKPORT:
- Justin Summers notched a double-double with 26 points and 10 rebounds
- Tyler Collins added 16 points and five assists
- Jahidi Wallace chipped in with 13 points and seven caroms
- Stroman came off the bench to score 12 points with four steals
- Senior guard Karli Stubbs (Auburn, Maine) scored 14 points with four boards and two assists
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING:
Today's matchup between Saint Joseph's and the College at Brockport is the first ever between the institutions' men's basketball programs.
NOTEWORTHY:
SJC Head Coach Rob Sanicola '99 and Brockport Head Coach Greg Dunne were high school teammates at Northport High School and won the Long Island Championship in 1995.
NEXT!
Saint Joseph's will face St. John Fisher in the Mauro Panaggio Tournament consolation game at 12:00 PM.
ABOUT THE MAURO PANAGGIO TOURNAMENT:
The Mauro Panaggio Tournament is thrown in honor of Brockport alumnus, player, and coach, Mauro Panaggio. Mauro Panaggio, who passed away in 2018, was a lifelong teacher. Whether it was in health and physical education, sports science, sports management, as an author and ultimately on the basketball court, Panaggio's philosophy always placed a strong emphasis on educating his students and players. It was his belief that the coach cannot be separated from his role as a teacher if he is to be consistently successful.
After a successful playing career and over 40 years of coaching at the high school, college, and professional level, Panaggio has been honored as a SUNY Brockport Hall of Fame Player & Coach (1978), NY State Section V Hall of Fame Player & Coach (2002), and NYS Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Famer (2002).
