ALBANY, N.Y. - A couple of weeks ago, the Bard College men's basketball team looked sluggish in the first half against Sarah Lawrence, then blew the Gryphons out in the second half, winning 79-48.
On Thursday night, the same thing happened against a similar opponent. Bard led Albany Pharmacy by four at halftime, then outscored the Panthers 51-21 in the last 20 minutes to win going away, 78-44.
Eleven different players scored for the Raptors, who improved to 4-3.
It was 27-23 at the half. The Raptors shot 30 percent from the field, including 2-for-11 from three-point range. But in the second half, Bard went 7-for-13 from beyond the arc and shot 42 percent. Five different players hit three-pointers in the last 20 minutes.
The Panthers got 10 points and seven rebounds from freshman Emmanuel Okafor (Ikoyi, Lagos). Albany Pharmacy is 2-6.
Bard was led by a career-high 14 points from sophomore
Harry Johnson, as eleven different Raptors scored.
Alex Fabean-Scotch had nine points,
DeVahnte Mosley added eight points, five rebounds and six assists, and
Brandon Cunningham had seven points and a team-high nine rebounds.
Jelani Bell-Isaac contributed seven points and seven rebounds.
Bard has two games remaining before Liberty League play starts after the first of the year. They'll play at Fisher College on Tuesday night at 7:30, then host Medgar Evers College next Saturday at 4. Sixteen conference games follow, beginning Jan. 6 at Vassar.