Five players reached double-digit scoring with Louie Karis (Brooklyn, NY/Xaverian), Cheick Fadika (Abidjan, Ivory Coast/Petit), and Anwar Baptiste (Bronx, NY/St Raymond's) leading the way with 13 points apiece.
The Bearcats (10-2) hit 11 three-pointers, including six during the second half to increase the lead to 18-points during one stretch.
Clarkson (2-6) committed only 10 turnovers, but struggled to contain a Baruch offense that shot 52 percent (30-58) the entire game, including 15-of-26 in the second half.
E.J. Harrison (Troy, NY/LaSalle Institute) scored a game-high 18 points to lead Clarkson, shooting 8-for-16 from the floor in 35 minutes. Brandon Rigg-Reives (Elmont, NY/Long Island Lutheran) added a season-high 12 points and five rebounds.
Baruch advances to the final tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m. to face tournament hosts Le Moyne College.
In the second game of the evening, Le Moyne routed Green Mountain by the score of 107-37.
Le Moyne is a Division II basketball program, and have played Syracuse twice and Georgia Tech once in pre-season exhibition games during the past two years.
BARUCH 75, CLARKSON 60 BARUCH (10-2) Fadika, Cheick 6-8 1-2 13; Karis, Louie 5-10 0-2 13; Baptiste, Anwar 5-7 1-3 13; Emengo, Carl 4-6 0-0 11; Kunkel, George 5-9 0-0 10; Williams, Chris 1-1 2-3 5; Schatz, Phil 2-6 0-0 4; Davidson, Robi 1-8 0-0 3; Hepworth, Tim 1-3 0-0 3; Forrestal, Brian 0-0 0-0 0; Serrano, Adrian 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-58 4-10 75. CLARKSON (2-6) EJ Harrison 8-16 1-3 18; Brian Salanger 3-8 5-6 14; Brandon Rigg-Reives 4-12 2-2 12; Ryan Smith 2-4 0-1 4; John Chiero 1-6 1-2 3; Erick Vigansky 1-4 0-0 3; Ben Dudek 0-0 2-2 2; Jon Youngmann 0-7 2-4 2; Russ Vitallo 0-4 2-4 2. Totals 19-61 15-24 60. Baruch........................ 36 39 - 75 Clarkson...................... 31 29 - 60 3-point goals-Baruch 11-23 (Karis, Louie 3-6; Emengo, Carl 3-4; Baptiste, Anwar 2-2; Hepworth, Tim 1-3; Davidson, Robi 1-7; Williams, Chris 1-1), Clarkson 7-22 (Brian Salanger 3-7; Brandon Rigg-Reives 2-6; Erick Vigansky 1-3; EJ Harrison 1-5; Jon Youngmann 0-1). Fouled out--Baruch-Baptiste, Anwar, Clarkson-None. Rebounds-Baruch 48 (Kunkel, George 8), Clarkson 35 (Russ Vitallo 8). Assists-Baruch 20 (Karis, Louie 6), Clarkson 7 (Brandon Rigg-Reives 3; Brian Salanger 3). Total fouls-Baruch 18, Clarkson 12. A-375