Nyack College Basketball Teams Fall in Season Finales

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Nyack swept on hardwood

The Nyack College men’s and women’s basketball teams closed their respective seasons with losses to Post University in Waterbury, CT.

The women were defeated, 97-52, in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference game, after falling behind 16-0.

Sophomore forward Brianna McKellery of Odenton, MD, totaled a team high 13 points while junior guard Khamari Tellis of Chicago had 10 points and a team-high nine rebounds.

Senior Lafayette Curtis of Staten Island scored 18 points, with a team-leading five rebounds in his final collegiate game for the men’s team, which fell 81-76.

Nyack pulled to within four points with just over 11 minutes left to play, but the host Eagles pulled away in the last 10 minutes to seal the victory.

Freshman guard Khalid Samuels of Mount Vernon scored a season-high 26 points on 9-of-12 shooting with a team-high three assists, while Chris Hampton of Brooklyn, another freshman guard who gives the Warriors hope for next season, had 13 points.

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Yesterday’s Results:

Tappan Zee boys basketball beat Pearl River in the playoffs; read the full story, and browse photos, .

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College Sports Notebook:

Mortarboard musings

• The Orangeburg-based Dominican College softball team has been tabbed the preseason favorite in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference, as determined by a poll of the league’s 14 head coaches. Concordia College in Bronxville was slotted sixth after claiming a share of the league regular-season title in 2011 with a 20-6 record against CACC opponents. Nyack College was ranked 13th. Conference play is scheduled to start on March 15 when Concordia travels to take on Bloomfield in a doubleheader. The eight-team CACC Softball Tournament will be hosted by Georgian Court on April 26-28 in Lakewood, N.J.   

• Today at the New Balance Track and Field Center in upper Manhattan, the Last Chance Meet is the final shot at qualifying for nationals for all Division II teams. The Spartans of St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill, ranked ninth in the East Region, will be led by Mike Abelard of Spring Valley and George Erazo of North Babylon.

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Weekly Sports Poll:

Jeremy Lin has taken the world by storm and flipped the NBA upside down. He has inspired music videos and a countless number of “Linisms” and the thought of him moving to White Plains has everyone in Westchester calling him their neighbor. On Friday, the league will honor their very best in Orlando with the annual All-Star weekend.

“If basketball careers lasted two weeks then Jeremy Lin is a first ballot hall of famer,” said Wipeout co-host and life long Knick fan John Henson last week on Mike and Mike in the Morning.

Last week, NBA Commissioner David Stern refused to add Lin to the All-Star Game roster or allow him to play in the BBVA Rising Stars Challenge, but did say he could be included in one of the All-Star Saturday night competitions such as the Haier Shooting Stars, Taco Bell Skills Challenge,Foot Locker Three Point Contest or Sprite Slam Dunk.

After outcry from the public and the media, Stern and the NBA made the move to include Linsanity to the BBVA Rising Stars Challenge, he will also be competing for New York in the Haier Shooting Stars and he will assist teammate Iman Shumpert in the Sprite Slam Dunk. Not only was Lin included in this year’s Rising Stars game, but in the new format general manager Shaquille O’Neal made him the third overall pick of the contest behind Blake Griffin and Kyrie Irving.

Now, as a business school graduate, I fully understand the marketability of Lincluding the Linsteria to the weekend, but as a life long basketball fan I have to ask the question; should someone who has only played in 17 of his teams 31 games really be honored at All Star Weekend?

Let us know your thoughts below in this week's sports poll.

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