Box Score (Valhalla, NY) - There were many fans attending Thursday night's men's basketball game between Westchester Community College, and Sullivan Community College, the nation's sixth-ranked team, who might have expected a 50-16 caliber halftime score, and even more who likely anticipated an 86-45 kind of final between a team considered a national championship contender, and a program new to existence after a three-year hiatus. However, what transpired over 40 minutes in Viking Gymnasium was an upset of shocking proportions. In their third game back on the hardwood, Westchester Community College single-handedly shook up the NJCAA national basketball rankings with an incredible 41-point win in front of a packed gymnasium to improve to 3-0, and resoundingly announce their return to the national stage.

The first few minutes were played very slowly as neither team could find a rhythm, a pace that was broken by a Westchester decision to follow-up a three-point play by Randy Stephens with a full-court press, a press that led to three consecutive steals of inbounds passes, six straight points, and a 9-4 lead. With momentum firmly on their side, the Vikings simply dominated the visiting Generals with an incredible defensive effort, and an end-to-end game that yielded dozens of fast-break points. WCC ended the first half with a 30-8 run that gave the Vikings their 34-point halftime lead.

The second half saw much of the same as WCC led by nearly 50 points at times, and coasted to victory.

Four Vikings scored in double figures as Brandon Martin and Tremaine Frasier each scored 22 points, while Pierre Lys added 19 points, and Stephens added 13 points. Westchester also shot an outstanding 16 for 21 from the free throw line.

Westchester Community College returns to action on Saturday, Nov. 11 when the Vikings host Rowan College at Burlington County for a 1:00 p.m. start.