(Valhalla, NY) - If style points counted, on Thursday night at Viking Gymnasium, sophomore Miles Haughton (Mamaroneck, NY/Mamaroneck HS) would have scored 100. Instead, the shooting guard had to settle for a career-high 41 points to lead the Westchester Community College Men's Basketball team to a 103-79 win over visiting Dutchess Community College. With the win, the Vikings improve to 6-1 for the 2018-19 season, and are 1-0 in Mid-Hudson Conference play.

For Haughton, the 41-point, four-steal, four-assist effort told only half of the story. Most of his 41 points brought a raucous Westchester CC crowd to their feet as Haughton went 6-for-10 from three point range, and hit a variety of dunks that would have made it to the most ambitious of highlight reels.

After Westchester took a 19-point lead into halftime, and extended the edge to as many as 23 points to open the second half, Dutchess (4-3) went on an 18-5 run over a five-minute span to make it a 63-53 game with 14:19 remaining. However, Haughton scored eight consecutive Viking points to help extend the WCC lead to 16 points, and Westchester never looked back.

For the game, Westchester shot 52% from the floor, including a 12 for 23 effort from three-point range, while Dutchess shot 37% and only hit eight of their 28 three-point attempts. WCC also rebounded the Falcons 46-40, and forced 19 Dutchess turnovers. The Vikings also had a huge game in the paint, outscoring Dutchess 46-28 from in close.

Also for Westchester, freshman Joe Zayer (West Nyack, NY/Clarkstown South HS) had 15 points, eight assists, and eight rebounds, freshman Sean Hackes (White Plains, NY/Wakefield HS) added 13 points and three steals, and Fabian Johnson (New York, NY/Our Savior Lutheran) chipped in 12 points, and added eight rebounds.

Westchester CC returns to action on Saturday, Dec. 1 when the Vikings host Monroe Community College out of Rochester, New York for a 3:00 p.m. tilt against the NJCAA Division II powerhouse Tribunes.