THE FACTS
Vassar (3-5) 88, McDaniel (4-5) 55
What: Non-Conference men's basketball game
When: Saturday, Dec. 28
Where: The Bronx, N.Y.

THE SKINNY STORY
Vassar outscored McDaniel 15-4 in the first 4:44 of the second half to turn a four-point halftime edge into a 15-point lead en route to an 88-55 win in the opening round of the CUNY Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament hosted by Lehman.

THE LEADERS
• Mike Wallace (Wilmington, Del./Salesianum) led the Green Terror with 12 points.
• Caleb Johnson (Triangle, Va./Gar-Field) added nine points.

FOR THE FOES
• Zach Bromfeld led five Brewers in double figures with 15 points.
• Zach Johnson added 14 points.
• Jack Rothenberg chipped in 13 points and five rebounds off the bench.

THE REST OF THE STORY
• Greg Scarborough (Halethorpe, Md./Lansdowne) started the game with five straight points before Mike Wallace hit the first of two free throws for a 6-0 McDaniel lead just 1:53 into the game. Kevin McAuliffe canned a 3-pointer with 17:45 on the clock to cut the deficit in half. A Stephen Lang (Gaithersburg, Md./Poolesville) triple stretched the Green Terror lead to 16-7 with 13:45 showing in the first half. Trailing 25-17, a Zach Bromfeld tip-in with 7:36 on the clock sparked a 12-2 run over the next 4 minutes, 6 seconds gave Vassar its first lead of the game. After a Caleb Johnson 3-pointer made it a 35-34 game, McAuliffe responded with a triple of his own to stretch the Brewers' lead to four at the break.
• Vassar rode that momentum into the second half, outscoring McDaniel 15-4 over the first five minutes and 32-8 over the first 12 minutes, of the stanza. The Brewers lead over the final eight minutes remained between 26 and 36 points en route to the 33-point victory.

THE INSIDE STORY
• Vassar outscored McDaniel 53-17 from 7:36 remaining in the first half until 8:08 to play in the second half. The Green Terror held a 38-35 edge over the remaining 20:32 of game time.
• Greg Scarborough added seven points and seven rebounds for McDaniel.

NEXT UP
McDaniel returns to action against St. Joseph's (L.I.) in the consolation game of the CUNY Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament at Lehman on Sunday. Game time is 3 p.m.