Men's Basketball Falls to Conference Rival Hunter College
(written by James Daniel Padilla, SID) 

The Cougars' men's basketball team played in their eleventh conference matchup of the season against Hunter College on Saturday afternoon at 3:00pm. The Cougars lost the match by a score of 66-77 making them 3-8 in conference play so far this season.

Cougars had two players in double figures. Senior Guard Maurice Swaby II (Brooklyn, N.Y.) had a game high 25 points while also having a game high 5 steals and tied the team high in assist with 3 in 36 minutes of play. Junior Guard Justin Sutton (Brooklyn, N.Y.) scored 12 points shooting 50% from the field while contributing with 4 rebounds in 24 minutes of play off the bench. Sophomore Power Forward Jafet Thomas (Bronx, N.Y.) led the Cougars in rebounds with 7 and a game high in blocks with 4 in 33 minutes of play.

For the Hawks, Matt Franks and Amer Lukac both led their team to the win both contributing double doubles (20,10 & 17,22).

Cougars continue their conference play by traveling away to go against conference rival College of Staten Island on Tuesday, January 30th at 7:30pm.

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