NEW YORK – The Maritime College men's basketball team had the ball and a chance to win with 2.5 seconds remaining on Monday night.  However, the Privateers (2-4), who had to go the length of the floor, were unable to get a shot off and Baruch (6-3) held on for a 68-67 victory at the ARC Arena.

Maritime trailed by as many as 13 points in the second half, but rallied to take a 62-60 lead with 3:07 left.  It was 64-64 when Mike Regan (Dix Hills, NY) sank a three-pointer to put the Privateers in front 67-64 at the 1:00 mark.  After Baruch's Michael Richards hit a layup on the other end, the Bearcats forced a turnover on the ensuing Maritime possession.  With the shot clock turned off, Adnan Bajrami drained a midrange jumper that would prove to be the game-winner for the Bearcats.

Ryan Donovan (North Salem, NY) led Maritime with 23 points, and he added five rebounds.  Jaylin Gray (Brooklyn, NY) finished with 15 points, eight boards and seven assists, while Nick Ovanessian (Bayside, NY) pulled down a team-best nine rebounds.  Regan contributed 10 points for the Privateers, who shot 41.1 percent (23-of-56) from the field.  Maritime was 6-for-17 (35.3 percent) from downtown and 15-for-20 (75 percent) at the charity stripe.

Baruch jumped out to an early five-point lead before a Sean Flynn (Flushing, NY) jumper capped a 6-0 run that gave Maritime a 15-14 advantage.  The Privateers eventually opened up a six-point gap when Regan nailed a trey to make it 28-22 with 3:25 left in the first half.  Baruch outscored Maritime 11-1 over the remainder of the period, though, and took a 33-29 cushion into the locker room.

After the Bearcats built their largest lead of the game, 46-33, the Privateers went on a 14-3 spurt to pull within two, 49-47, midway through the second half.  Baruch regained a five-point cushion at 58-53, but Maritime again responded, going on a 9-2 run to take a 62-60 advantage.  Overall, there were six ties and six lead changes in the game.

Jehmehl Fair had 19 points and five rebounds for Baruch.  Mohamed Gueye added 16 points and nine boards.  Richards tallied 10 points, four assists and three steals, and Emil Purisic ended up just shy of a double-double with nine points and eight rebounds.  The Bearcats shot 43.1 percent (25-of-58) from the floor, 27.8 percent (5-of-18) from long range, and 68.4 percent (13-of-19) at the free throw line.

On Wednesday, the Privateers (0-1 Skyline) will welcome Sarah Lawrence (1-4, 0-0 Skyline) to Riesenberg Gymnasium for a 7 p.m. matchup.  The contest is a make-up of the game that was postponed on Dec. 1.  Maritime's originally-scheduled Wednesday night game against Hunter has been moved to Saturday.