The Berkeley College of New York men’s basketball team
finalized its regular season with a strong showing Wednesday evening, turning
back the Cannoneers of Pratt Institute in a Hudson Valley Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference game by a score of 87-21 at Pratt’s Activities Resource
Center in Downtown, Brooklyn. The victory was the fourth straight for the
Knights, who closed out their regular season with an overall record of 14-8 and
a 6-1 mark in HVIAC play. Pratt Institute wrapped-up its 2013-2014 campaign
6-11, and 1-6 in conference action.
In the victory for the Knights, Berkeley was paced by
senior Jovan Bovell and sophomore Keenan Langston, as both standouts netted 11
points apiece. Freshman center Ahmed Dickerson connected on five of his seven
shots from the floor en route to finishing with 10 points and seven rebounds. Senior
Elijah Craig added nine points, seven rebounds, and a game-high three blocks in
14 minutes of action. Finally, it was junior forward Shawn Collins scoring
seven points and snatching a game-high 13 rebounds.
Berkeley College played well on both sides of the floor
all evening long, as every player who entered the game for the Knights
connected on at least one shot, and the team converted on 45.7 percent of their
attempts from the floor for the game (37-81). Berkeley sizzled from
beyond-the-arc, draining nine of their 22 attempts from long range (40.9
percent), and the Knights collectively dished 20 assists. On the defensive
side, Berkeley forced 31 Cannoneer turnovers, while also holding Pratt
Institute to just 22.2 percent shooting (10-45).
The Knights will enter the Hudson Valley
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament this weekend aiming to win their
fourth consecutive conference crown. Berkeley will enter this year’s event as
the No. 2 seed and will face No. 3 seeded Vaughn College on Saturday in the
semifinals. Start-time for the game at the Wellness Center on the campus of the
College of New Rochelle is scheduled for 4:00pm.
