RIVERDALE, N.Y. – The Manhattanville College men's basketball team bounced back from Wednesday's loss nicely, picking up a conference win on the road against the College of Mount Saint Vincent on Sunday afternoon. The 69-59 win makes the Vals 8-7 on the season and 5-3 in the Skyline Conference, winning four of their last five.

Petey Galgano (New Rochelle, N.Y./Wilbraham & Monson Academy (Mass.)) led the way with his third double-double of the season, scoring 18 with 10 rebounds. Tommy Lotito (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Peter's) had 14 on a 50 percent shooting day from the field, while rookie Jack Scanlon (Pearl River, NY/Pearl River High School) set a season-high with 10 points.

Lotito finished the day with five rebounds of his own while collecting a team-high five assists. Jake Dunn (Staten Island, N.Y./Monsignor Farrell), Jackson Leech (Chicago, Ill./Von Steuben), and Matt Bielenda (Wethersfield, Conn./Xavier) each pulled in four rebounds in the contests.

The Valiants were especially effective at the free throw line, sinking 15-of-17 attempts at the charity stripe for a season-best 88 percent clip. Each of the seven Valiants that took a trip to the line sunk a pair of free throws, with Scanlon going a perfect 3-for-3 in his trips.

With the Valiants leading by one four and a half minutes into the contest, Manhattanville went on a brief 6-0 run to take a 10-3 lead in the early going. The Dolphins tied the game up at 12-12, the first of four ties in the half. With CMSV up by two with five and a half remaining in the first, the Valiants went on a 13-0 run to go ahead 29-18. The Dolphins would end the half with a pair of three pointers to cut the Manhattanville lead back down to five.

Galgano hit a three pointer to get the visitors back up by eight, but the Dolphins continued to hang around, going on an 11-4 run to pull back to within one at 40-39. A Chris Brown (Miami, Fla./Coral Gables Senior) layup and Dunn three regained some breathing room before an 8-2 Vals run put the visitors back up by 10. The lead would climb up to as high as 13 with 3:57 to play. The Dolphins mounted one last push with a 10-2 run to pull back to within five, but a Galgano three and a pair of free throws from Lotito closed out the 10-point win.

Up Next
Manhattanville is on the road on Tuesday night to take on St. Joseph's (Brooklyn) at 7 p.m.

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