Men’s basketball blows out Centenary Cyclones

By Thomas Breslin
February 6, 2015

Five players scored in double figures for the Cabrini College men’s basketball team to win their second consecutive game. The Cavs hosted Centenary College on Saturday, Jan. 31 as they cruised to a blow-out victory in a key CSAC conference match up.

It was an even match up through the midway point of the first half when both teams were tied. The Cavs’ energy and defense caused a small scoring run towards the end of the first half and Cabrini turned a 10-point half time lead into a 104-69 blowout victory for the Cavs. With the win they improved to an 11-9 overall record and to 8-5 overall in the CSAC conference.

All-American guard Aaron Walton-Moss lead the way for the blue and white after recording his fifth triple-double of the season. The senior guard finished with 19 points after scoring 15 of them in the first half also finishing with 11 dimes and 10 rebounds in 37 minutes of action. Walton-Moss also contributed on the defensive end of the floor by racking in two steals and two blocks for the contest.

“I loved the performance from the team today,” Walton-Moss said. “Everyone had fun and touched the ball. That’s what happens when we play as a team.”

True freshman standout guard, Jair Green, scored a game high 23 points and racked up seven rebounds in the 35 point win over the Cyclones. Senior guard Vinny Walls gave the Cavs a boost coming off the bench by scoring 17 points and recorded four steals in 25 minutes of game time.

Cabrini scored a season high 104 points in the game and also recorded a season high 24 assists.

“We came out with a lot of energy,” Walls said. “We played together and the most important thing we did is we got down and defended.”

Cabrini won the turnover battle as they forced the Cyclones to turn the ball over 19 times in the game. The Cavs scored 25 points off turnovers and ran the floor well by recording 20 fast-break points while not letting up a single fast break point to the Cyclones.

It was a key conference match up between the two squads. Centenary came into the game as the fourth seed in the CSAC with Cabrini right behind them as the fifth seed. This was the second time Cabrini beat the Cyclones this season after beating them back on Dec. 6 by winning 91-72.

“Every game is important and that’s how we look at it. We got this win today and now we are looking forward to the next game,” Walls said.

From here on out every game in the conference is important, as the standings are very tight from the sixth seed and down. The win over Centenary makes it their second straight CSAC win and moved Cabrini up to the fourth seed just a game behind from the number one spot.

“The guys knew this win was important because we were the fifth seed and they were the fourth seed,” Walton-Moss said, “it’s going to be like this the rest of the regular season. Everyone is a game behind each other from the sixth seed down.”

Senior guard Aaron Walton-Moss now has five triple doubles on the year and the Cavaliers are now 11-9 (8-5 CSAC) on the season.
Senior guard Aaron Walton-Moss now has five triple doubles on the year and the Cavaliers are now 11-9 (8-5 CSAC) on the season.

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Thomas Breslin

Currently a junior at Cabrini College studying Communications and a minor in English. First year as a staff writer for the Loquitur

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