BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Matias Alkemade scored a career-best 16 points and shared team-high honors with Cameron Windt, but the Pratt Institute men's basketball team was unable to hand Neumann University their first Atlantic East Conference defeat, falling 86-74, on Saturday afternoon at the Activity Resource Center.
Alkemade shot 7-of-11 from the field and pulled down six rebounds with three assists. Cameron Windt drained five three-pointer to go along with two rebounds and three assists. Hursh Mehta added eight points on 3-of-3 shooting with two triples in 11 minutes off the bench. Thomas Graetz handed out six assists and scored five points.
Neumann (13-4, 4-0) scored the first eight points of the contest and remained on top for good. Pratt (0-15, 0-4) brought the deficit down to four and maintained a single-digit deficit for much of the opening 20.
The first-place visitors built as large as a 19-point lead in the second with 8:20 to go before Pratt assembled a 15-4 run capped by a Sebastian Roda triple that pulled the Cannoneers back within single-digits, 73-65, but Pratt couldn't pull any closer.
Mike Smith III led five Neumann scorers in double-figures with 20 points. Donte Dupriest registered a 14-point, 15-rebound double-double.
Pratt wraps up the long weekend with a trip to their borough rivals Brooklyn College for an MLK Day showdown and their non-league finale tipping off at 7 p.m.
