By: by Joe Guster, Sports Information Director
Box Score
Box Score
OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. (Feb. 8, 2013) – Braving the early part of the winter storm to play a conference game one day earlier than originally scheduled, the Maritime basketball hit the road on Friday to take on Skyline foe Old Westbury. It was the Panthers that came out on top, however, with an 82-62 victory that dropped the Privateers' record to 4-16 (3-12 Skyline) on the season and improve their own conference-mark to a perfect 16-0 with an overall record of 21-3.
Senior
Ron Bethea (Harlem, N.Y./Humanities Prep.) (Harlem, N.Y./Humanities Prep.) led Maritime with 16 points, while sophomore-transfer
Sean Corley (Harlem, N.Y./Thurgood Marshall Academy) (Harlem, N.Y./Thurgood Marshall) recorded 13 points and a team-high eight rebounds. Freshman
Tim McNamara (Somerville, N.J./Somerville) (Somerville, N.J./Somerville) rounded out the team's double-digit scorers with 10 points.
The Panthers got strong contributions from senior Kerel Mitchell and senior Darnell Chavis, who registered 19 points, apiece, to lead all players.
The Privateers will be ending the regular season with three-straight home games next week, hosting Mount St. Mary on Thursday at 7 p.m., Purchase College on Thursday night at 6 p.m. and Yeshiva on Saturday night at 8:30 p.m.