Men's Basketball

December 1, 2007

NYACK, N.Y.-Senior swingman Arthur Robertson (Far Rockaway, N.Y./Beach Channel) scored a season-high 25 points, and grabbed his 600^th career rebound, as the Post University men's basketball team defeated Nyack College, 76-60, Saturday evening at Bowman Gym.

Robertson, who is coming off scoring his 1,000^th point last time out, scored 17 points in the second half for the Eagles (2-3, 1-0 CACC), connecting on 5-of-10 from the field, in the second stanza. He finished the game shooting 8-of-14 from the field, while grabbing six rebounds.

Junior center Jesse Iyalekhue (Bronx, N.Y./Columbus) also had a season-high as he poured in 19 points on 9-of-12 shooting. Ten of his season-best scoring output came in the first half.

After taking a slight 35-34 lead into the locker room at halftime, Nyack (3-3, 0-1 CACC) jumped out in the opening portion of the second stanza, taking a 50-41 lead with 14:25 remaining. But a jumper by junior forward AJ Reitter (Baltimore, Md./Franklin) sparked an 11-0 run, capped by a free throw from Iyalekhue to give the Eagles a 52-50 lead.

Nyack would quickly get the lead back with an ole fashion three-point play by Vliant Jones. But on the ensuing possession, the Eagles worked the ball around to Reitter, whose bucket put the Eagles back up 54-53 with 9:17 left to play.

The Warriors were able to keep it close over the next few minutes trailing 58-55 with 6:57 to play after Mickell Vickers hit the first of two free throws.

But a three-pointer by Robertson, one of his four on the evening, ignited a 16-2 run to give Post a 74-57 lead with 1:18 left. Robertson had eight points in that stretch for Post.

Junior swingman James Lee (Montreal, Quebec, Canada/Vanier Prep) added eight points and dished out six assists, a blocked shot, and two steals. Senior forward Romayne Benjamin (Bloomfield, Conn./Bloomfield) came off the bench to score six points on 3-of-5 shooting, with three rebounds in nine minutes.

Post shot 47.6 percent (30-63) for the game, including hitting on six three-pointers, and out rebounded the Warriors 37-31, including an 11-7 margin on the offensive glass. The Eagles held Nyack to 42.9 percent (21-49) shooting and 2-of-9 from three-point range. Post connected on 15 field goals in the second half, while holding Nyack to only seven field goals in the second stanza.

Nyack was led by John Van Dunk who had 17 points and five rebounds. Vickers added 12 points on 4-of-6 from the field and six rebounds. Sheanan Martinez added 10 points and dished out six assists.

Post returns to the Drubner Center on Thursday, Dec. 6 with a non-league game against Pace University tip-off is slated for 7 p.m. Fans unable to make it to the Drubner Center, will be able to listen live on http://www.posteagles.com/ with Joe Coss (play-by-play) calling the action. The Nike pre-game show will tip-off the evening's action at 6:35 p.m.

Game Notes: Post was playing for the first time since November 20, an 11-day layoff, which is the longest this season ... The 76 points was the second-highest offensive output this season, after a 77-point effort on opening night at Merrimack ... Post has won the last four meetings with Nyack ... Arthur Robertson grabbed his 600^th rebound at the 8:54 mark of the second half ... The 30 field goals and 19 assists are season-bests for the Eagles this season