Hoboken, NJ— The Sage Colleges' men's basketball team travelled to Stevens Institute of Technology on Tuesday evening for an Empire 8 match-up. The Ducks collected a 78-67 win to improve to 12-4 overall and 5-2 in the league. The loss puts Sage at 5-10 overall and 1-5 in the conference.

Sage held a 36-32 lead at the half as junior guard Christian Larson (Jacksonville, FL/Oakleaf) and rookie guard Jalon Borders (Bartow, FL/Bartow) each had nine points in the first stanza of play.

Stevens used a strong second half with some impressive shooting (51.7%) from the floor to overtake Sage and capture the league win.

For the game, Larson finished with a career-best 17 points, while making four of nine shots from three-point range. Borders added a career-best 15 points as well for Sage, while senior forward Chris Kidd (Troy, NY/Beacon) and rookie forward Jason Geronimo (Orlando, FL/Colonial) both hauled in seven rebounds in the game. Sophomore center Joshua Gonzalez (Albany, NY/Canajoharie) finished with nine points in the contest.

Sage is back in action on Friday, January 18 hosting Alfred University in Kahl Gym in a 7:30 p.m. Empire 8 contest.