Box Score Brooklyn, NY- 2.20.2014

The Men's Basketball Team advanced to their fourth straight CUNYAC Championship game Tuesday by defeating Kingsborough Community College in the semifinals.

Thrilling first half action kept the Kingsborough crowd excited. After five minutes of competition, The Wave led the Broncos 13-10. The lead bounced back and forth through 10 minutes of play, but, with five minutes remaining, Bronx would take the lead 38-34. The Broncos continued to increase their advantage ending the first half with a 58-45 lead.

During first period action, Kingsborough's Sophomore Cashawn McFadden netted 15 points for The Wave and tallied 4 steals. For the Broncos, Kevin Vanderpool and Abdel Peguero netted 13 and 16 points, respectively, and combined for 8 of the Broncos 26 rebounds.

During the second half, the Broncos held their lead through the first 10 minutes and The Wave could not seem to overcome the 10 point deficit. With just under 9 minutes left in competition, KCC cut the lead down to 6, trailing 76-70.

With 5 minutes remaining, The Wave only trailed by 2 points with a score of 80-78 and took the lead with a basket at 3 minutes remaining (84-83).

With just one minute left in the second half, the Broncos led 87-84. Two foul shots by Taylor Foster with just under 30 seconds would secure the Bronx lead by 5.

BCC would hold the lead for the remainder of the contest and advance to the finals on Friday against Hostos with a final score of 93-87.

Kevin Vanderpool would be named the Modell's Player of the Game for his 19 point, 6 rebound effort.

"First and foremost, a great effort was put forth by my team," said Vanderpool. "I'm happy with the win and looking forward to Hostos on Friday."

Bronx head coach Sean Kelly, who was happy with his team's performance, went on to explain: "Kingsborough is a very well coached program and we were fortunate to come out with a win."

Hostos and Bronx will tip-off in the CUNYAC Men's Basketball Championship game this Friday at 8 PM at Kingsborough Community College.

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