(Suffern, NY) - Sophomore
Maurice Hollis (Bronx, NY/Tuckahoe HS) scored a career-high 16 points, including 10 during a terrific first-half stretch, as the Westchester Community College Men's Basketball team cruised to an 89-71 win over Rockland Community College on Tuesday night at Rockland. With the win, the Vikings improve to 8-3 overall, 3-1 in Mid-Hudson Conference play, and 2-1 in NJCAA Region XV competition.
Westchester jumped to a lead immediately after the opening tip-off, and never looked back. The Vikings led 49-29 at halftime, and increased the lead to 30 during the second half before a late Rockland run made things closer.
Five Vikings scored in double-figures as
Devan Lawson (Spring Valley, NY/Spring Valley HS) had 11 points and eight rebounds,
Joe Zayer (West Nyack, NY/Clarkstown South HS) chipped in 14 points to go with nine assists and six rebounds,
Nathan Emanuel (Suffern, NY/Suffern HS) had 12 points after going six-for-seven from the floor, and
Sean Hackes (White Plains, NY/Wakefield HS) had 10 points. Also for WCC, Mile Haughton (Mamaroneck, NY/Mamaroneck HS) had 10 rebounds, while
Fabian Johnson (New York, NY/Our Savior Lutheran) added 11.
Westchester enjoyed another fine evening on the board, outrebounding Rockland CCÂ 59-26, and WCC shot 48% compared to Rockland's 41%
Westchester CC returns to action on Thursday, Dec. 13 when the Vikings travel to Sullivan Community College to close out the 2018 portion of their schedule. The game will begin at 7:00 p.m.
