Bronx, N.Y. - The Caimans men's basketball team hosted CUNYAC rival BMCC on Thursday afternoon in a battle of first place teams. The Caimans came out firing in the first half, building their lead to 13, 37-24 at the 6:36 mark. The Panthers would mount a furious charge to close the half on a 17-7 run with a Daniel Laffitte
three-pointer cutting the Hostos C.C. lead to one 42-41 with 2:08 remaining before the hosts tacked on two more points for a 44-41 halftime score.
The Panthers came out guns blazing in the second half scoring the first four points to lead 45-44 at the 19:04 mark on a
Daniel Laffitte layup off a Jeremiah Cardi steal. The Caimans registered the following four points to go back in front 48-45, but it was the last lead they would see for the remainder of the game as BMCC constructed an 18-5 run with a Abdoul Toure three-pointer stretching their lead to double digits for the first time 63-53 at the 13:00 mark. Abdoul Toure's
outstanding second half continued as a layup at 8:54 got the Panther advantage to 20 for the first time on the evening, 77-57, and another one built it to a game-high 24-point lead at 7:06 by the score of 83-59. BMCC cruised from there, never allowing the Caimans to get any closer en route to a 100-91 victory.
Leading the way for the Caimans was freshman guard
TeAmo Ebron who netted 18 points off the bench to go along with 11 rebounds. Fellow freshman guard
Justice Carrington also had an outstanding game contributing 16 points and six rebounds. Freshman guard Nyhem Garret posted 14 points while off the bench sophomore
Randolph Charles notched 10 points and four rebounds. In the paint sophomore forward
Tionne Palmer recorded another double-double for the Caimans with 11 points and 11 rebounds.
As a team the Caimans committed a season high 38 turnovers and gave up 21 offensive rebounds while BMCC also held the Caimans to 27.3% shooting from three point land.
Next up for the Caimans is a road Region XV battle against Nassau Community College on Tuesday, December 13 at 8pm in Garden City.
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