RIVERDALE, N.Y. – First-year Cameron Windt scored a game- and career-high 26 to lead the Pratt Institute men's basketball team to a 75-71 road victory over the College of Mount Saint Vincent.
Windt drained 6-of-9 from three-point land and 9-of-13 from the field to go along with three boards and two steals. Senior Patrick O'Gorman scored 19 points with seven dimes and six caroms. Senior Thomas Van Trier had a solid all-around effort with eight points, seven rebounds and six assists.
The Cannonners (4-5) got off to a quick start taking the early lead and building a 12-point cushion, 23-11, at the midway point of the period. The Dolphins (1-6) assembled a 16-3 run over eight minutes to draw even at 27-all, but Pratt retaliated with an 8-0 spurt before taking a 35-30 lead into the locker rooms.
Pratt couldn't pull away early in the second stanza and CMSV leveled the game again at 44-all at the 12-minute mark. The squads exchanged baskets to trade the lead four times before Pratt used a 13-4 run to capped by an O'Gorman triple to lead 61-53 with six minutes to go.
The black-and-gold lead ballooned to double digits with three minutes and they maintained a 10-point advantage with one minute to play. Pratt withstood a late comeback bid from the Dolphins making a one-posession game with 30 seconds, but the Cannoneers sealed the game from the free-throw line.
Pratt trailed for just one minute of the contest and shot a season-best 52 percent (28-of-54) from the field with 11 three-pointers made at a 48 percent clip. The black-and-gold also distributed 21 assists on 28 field goals, a season-best for a regulation game.
Mount Saint Vincent was led by DJ Tucker's 22 points. Joshua Cabezudo added a 16-point, 10-rebound double-double.
Pratt returns to the ARC for two straight home games and welcomes borough foes Medgar Evers College on Monday, December 4 for a 7 p.m. tip-off.
