The City College of New York Athletics

Men's Basketball Suffers Double Overtime Loss Against St. Joseph's College (NY)

2/2/2010 11:03:27 AM

New York - The City College of New York lost a hard fought game against St. Joseph’s College (NY) by a score of 88-89 in double overtime.

The leading scorer for CCNY was freshman center Matas Rascius (Queens, NY). He finished the game with 21 points and 12 rebounds, to garner his third double-double of the season. Xavier Gonzalez (Brooklyn, NY) also finished the game with a double-double as he scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Three other Beavers finished the game with double digit points as Terence Johnston (Astoria, NY), Ben Washington (Brooklyn, NY) and Vincent Roberts (Baldwin) finished with 17, 11 and 11 points respectively.

For the Bears, Justing Gist had a game high 25 points while fellow teammate Wilkerson Exantus finished the game with a double-double as he scored 11 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. The Bears’ offense was evenly spread out as 6 out of their seven players finished the game with over ten points.

With the loss, CCNY drops to 6-14 (2-7 CUNYAC) in the season, while St. Joseph’s College (NY) improves to 5-13.

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Athletes of the Week

Willis Fernandez

Baseball

The senior shortstop was pivotal to the Beavers 3-1 record to open the season. He hit 10-17 for an average of .588 with 6 runs and 4 RBI's. His best game came against Yeshiva College in which he batted 4-5, hitting for the cycle, while scoring 3 runs and batting in 3 RBI's himself in the 15-1 rout of their opponents.

Jessica Wang

Women's Fencing

The sophomore has been a force for the Beavers at foil all season long. Her stellar performance continued at the Eastern Women's Fencing Championships. Wang claimed the silver medal, winning 14 bouts while only losing 3. She was also named to the First Team All Conference Team for the 2009-2010 season.

Did You Know...

Men's Basketball Fact

CCNY is the only school to win both the NIT and NCAA tournaments in the same season. The 1949-50 Men's Basketball Team captured both titles by defeating Bradley, in both tournament finals, 71-68 (NCAA) and 69-61 (NIT).