News Release

Schenectady, NY — John Cagianello, Devon Bruce and Joe Mackey combined for 58 points, 19 rebounds and eight assists to lead Union to an 82-69 Liberty League victory over Vassar College at the Viniar Athletic Center. The victory not only improved the Dutchmen’s overall record to 7-6 (2-1 in the conference), it put an exclamation point on the dedication of Union’s brand new basketball facility. An enthusiastic crowd gave donor Dave Viniar, Class of 1976, a standing ovation as he cut the ceremonial ribbon after the game.

Trailing by two with 13:29 left to play on Seth Taft’s three-point field goal, Mackey, a sophomore guard, connected on one of his four tres to give the Dutchmen a lead they would not relinquish, 56-55, with 12:59 showing. Mackey’s field goal started Union on a 20-9 run that saw the Dutchmen carry a 74-62 advantage into the final 2:58.

Cagianello finished with a game-high 21 points followed by Bruce’s 19 markers and Mackey’s 18. Brian Scordato contributed 10 points, seven rebounds and five assists.

Vassar, which fell to 6-5, 0-2 in the league, saw Judson Winton scored 14 points to go over 1,000 for his career at 1,006. Lawrence Avitabile led the Brewers with 19 points while Seth Taft added 15.

Newspaper Box Score
VASSAR vs Union College Dutchmen
01/15/05 4:00 at Viniar Athletic Center in Schenectady,NY
At Viniar Athletic Center in Schenectady,NY
UNION COLLEGE DUTCHMEN 82, VASSAR 69
VASSAR (6-5 // 0-2)
Lawrence Avitabile 8-12 2-7 19; Seth Taft 5-9 2-3 15; Judson Winton 6-13 0-0
14; William Kieffer 3-9 0-1 6; Will Byrne 2-8 0-0 6; Tyson Brazell 1-6 2-2
4; Rob Dauster 1-2 0-0 3; Kyle Dickmann 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 27-61 6-13 69.
UNION COLLEGE DUTCHMEN (7-6 // 2-1)
John Cagianello 8-14 3-4 21; Devon Bruce 8-10 2-3 19; Joe Mackey 7-9 0-1 18;
Brian Scordato 4-8 0-0 10; T.J. Ramey 2-7 0-0 4; Kyle Grimm 2-5 0-0 4; Chris
Murphy 1-2 0-0 3; James Rahill 1-2 1-2 3; Delon McAllister 0-1 0-0 0. Totals
33-58 6-10 82.
VASSAR........................   41   28  -   69
Union College Dutchmen........   40   42  -   82
3-point goals-VASSAR 9-24 (Seth Taft 3-5; Judson Winton 2-5; Will Byrne 2-7;
Lawrence Avitabile 1-1; Rob Dauster 1-2; Tyson Brazell 0-2; William Kieffer
0-2), Union College Dutchmen 10-23 (Joe Mackey 4-6; Brian Scordato 2-5; John
Cagianello 2-4; Devon Bruce 1-1; Chris Murphy 1-2; James Rahill 0-1; Kyle
Grimm 0-2; T.J. Ramey 0-2). Fouled out--VASSAR-None, Union College
Dutchmen-None. Rebounds-VASSAR 26 (William Kieffer 8), Union College
Dutchmen 40 (Devon Bruce 8). Assists-VASSAR 10 (Judson Winton 3), Union
College Dutchmen 19 (Brian Scordato 5). Total fouls-VASSAR 11, Union College
Dutchmen 14.