Garden City, N.Y. - In another pre-holiday tune-up, the Adelphi University men's basketball team eclipsed the century mark for the first time in four years Saturday in a 104-57 drubbing of University of Bridgeport at the Center for Recreation and Sport.
The Panthers (6-4) kept their foot to the gas pedal for forty minutes, shooting nearly 60.0 percent from the floor in the contest, with four players finishing in double figures.
Elijah Lewis led all players with 31 minutes and scored a game-high 20 points in that span.
Seth Brown knocked down five threes off the bench and accounted for 18 points.
Conor Regan just missed out on a double-double, totaling 14 points and nine rebounds.
Dayshaun Walton went 10-for-12 from the line in a 16-point afternoon.
Despite finishing as a minus-11 in the turnover margin, the 'Cats doubled up the Purple Knights (5-5) in the first half to set the tone for the rest of the contest.
Almost midway through the first 20 minutes, the Brown and Gold put the opposition on its heels with a suffocating 31-8 run that nearly carried into halftime.
Brown's three trifectas ballooned the Adelphi lead to 24-15 with just over nine minutes left, and the tandem of Lewis and Regan took it the rest of the way, growing the difference well over double digits.
Adelphi was a scintillating 16-of-28 (57.1 percent) from the field in the first half, with six of those makes from beyond the arc.
Bridgeport never really had an opening to get back into the game, and an 8-for-34 display by UB in the second half made the deficit too large to overcome.
Mason Jackson chipped in nine points in 19 minutes of work.
David Luberoff collected eight points and nine boards off the bench.
Alvin Baez and
Justin Perez added seven and five points, respectively, in limited action.
Head Coach
Dave Duke and the Panthers now break for Christmas and come home ahead of New Year's, with a 3:30 p.m. tip-off against Chestnut Hill College on Saturday, Dec. 30 at the Center for Recreation and Sport.