NEW YORK, N.Y. – The Clark men's basketball team (1-0) opened its 2021-22 campaign with a 102-84 victory over John Jay (0-1) on Saturday afternoon from The Doghouse.

How it Happened

• Clark opened the game with a 12-3 lead led by three-pointers from first-year Isaiah Taylor and senior Zackary Mittelstadt and a pair of buckets from sophomore Bruce Saintilus.
• The Cougars extended the lead to 21-8 with 13:08 to go in the first half after three straight three-pointers from first-year Kyle Jackson and pushed their advantage to 34-14 with five points from senior Gralen Vereen and three points from Taylor and graduate student Matthew Waggett.
• Clark led 41-22 with 5:11 to go in the first half after graduate student Biko Gayman scored three points and the Cougars scored nine more points in the half led by a Vereen three-pointer helped guide them to a 50-34 lead at the half.
• Davern and Taylor combined for the Cougars first nine points over the first 2:12 of the second half to extend the advantage to 59-38 before Clark went on an 11-2 run with three's from Mittelstadt, sophomore Mikey O'Brien and buckets from Jackson and Waggett to go up 70-40 with 15:03 remaining.
• The Cougars got five more points from Davern and a pair of triples from Mittelstadt to extend the lead to 86-50 with 9:38 remaining and senior Joel Artega added five more points as Clark came away with an impressive 102-84 win.

Inside the Box Score

• Taylor led the team with 14 points on 5-6 shooting in his first career game.
• Davern added 13 points and five rebounds.
• Jackson and Mittelstadt each scored 12 points.
• Vereen also reached double-figures with 10 points.
• 13 Cougars scored in the contest and the team hit 17 three-pointers.
• Clark grabbed 40 rebounds, shot 59.7 percent from the floor, dished out 24 assists, and recorded 10 steals.

What's Next

The Cougars will return to action on Wednesday night when they welcome Fitchburg St. to the Kneller for their home-opener beginning at 7:00 p.m.