MBB: State University of New York Athletic Conference

[thebear]

Bears defeated undermanned Paul Smiths squad 99-50.  Potsdam, web site is in transition until after the Holidays so stats and box aren't available at the moment.  Bears led at the half 56-32, despite 20 1st half points from Bobcat's Joe Collura.

Paul Smiths only was able to suit up six players.  Dobbs played everyone and emptied the bench with 8 minutes left.


6-10 Potsdam first year Tom Kelso was a force on the boards, and 6-11 redshirt Greg Lothridge had 10 points on 2 huge dunks, and a shades of Jack Sikma (One of the all-time D-III greats) turn around J.  First Year combo guard Olando Minott showed flashes of brilliance, particularly in transition and a burst to the rim.

Bears still a work in progress, but have more assets than the past few years.

Clarkson as always played physical d, against a gritty Keystone squad that never gave up. 

Clarkson - Potsdam final tomorrow should be fun to watch.

[jdex]

Thanks, Bear ....

Geneseo's S. Morton 29 pts(11x21fg, 5x10 3s), 10 rebs, 4 assts and then turned off gym lights! K. Stevens 10 pts, 9 rebs, 4 assts; J. Howe 9 pts(4x7fg), 6 rebs. Knights 23x54fg, 8x25 3s. Up on Rowan 31-30 at half

Buffalo State 38-31 halftime edge wiped out. T. More came from 14 back and broke game's seventh tie at 65 at 2:30. Bengal J. Gray 18 pts(5x12fg, 8x8ft); J. Tyndal 14 pts(6x10fg); J.O. Lott 13 pts, 8 assts, 4 stls, 9 trnvrs; AJ White 12 pts; A. Speed 8 rebs; A. Samedi 2 pts, 5pf in 17'. BS 28x59fg, 20 trnvrs. TM puts four in double pt figures, best at 16. Buff-JC consi on Saturday at 3, final at 1

Oneonta trails 29-26 midway and takes early second half lead. Falls behind by double figures before surge makes it close at end. R. Morin 18 pts(8x13fg), 4 reb, 3 blks in 28'; B. Beckford 12 pts(5x7fg), 5pf in 16'; M. Grimes 8 pts in 40'; M. Lane 7 rebs in 33'

Oswego slated to face Husson tonight in Old Westbury tourney. Brooklyn College advances to final with 74-69 kayoing of host

[jdex]

Oswego stays clean by virtue of 84-75 putdown of Husson. No problems reaching 3-0 in this Old Westbury tourney first rounder. In 47-31 control at half (17x33fg). T. Downing finishes 20 pts(8x21fg), 4 assts, 7 trnvrs in 32'; S. Francois 19 pts(7x10fg), 14 reb in 38'; C. Burridge 8 pts, 16 reb in 30'; K. Reuter 14 pts; J. Lightbourne 12 pts(10z12ft). Lakers with 48 reb. Face Brooklyn College in final

Brockport this evening tangles with Moravian in J Hopkins consi. Moravian whipped 86-61 by JH Jays

Morrisville's consi foe at Susquehanna tourney is Penn College. Penn tripped 70-61 by Sus

Geneseo goes for throne at Gettysburg vs. hosts. Homestanding Potsdam meets Clarkson in N Country final. New Paltz in own tourney tests York (NY) in consi. Oneonta bids for third place vs. Wesleyan (CT) at Gordon (MA) tourney. Buffalo State at home pursues consi prize vs. John Carroll this afternoon AFTER T More vs. R-Newark title match

In non-tourney play, Cortland plays matinee at CCNY, and Fredonia tonight is home to Cobleskill

[jdex]

Cortland 73, CCNY 57

Buffalo St. loses 89-56 to John Carroll in BS tourney consi. BS trails 45-27 at half and by 38 in second half. Sinks 23x60fg. N. Simmons 14 pts(6x11fg) in 27'; all-tourney aj White 8 pts, 7 rebs, 5 blks in 27; J. Gray 6 pts, 8 trnvrs in 17'. Thomas More crowned with 75-55 beating of Rutgers-Newark

[jdex]

Brockport 93, Moravian 63 in J Hopkins consi

Potsdam 76, Clarkson 62 in N. Country tourney at Pdam. Bears shake free of 36 all intermission tie on 12x21 second half fg

Cortland annexes win rather easily, forging 41-25 halftime lead. Eleven Dragons score. M. Lewis 15 pts(6x11fg), 10 rebs, 3 stls in 28'; C. Niehoff 12 pts(5x12fg), 5 rebs, 3 assts in 31'; R. Evans 11 pts(4x7fg, 2x5 3s) in 27'; W. Coston 9 pts, 6 rebs, 4 assts in 28'; C. Milke 9 pts(4x6fg) in 11'. CSt 29x61fg

[jdex]

Oswego captures Old Westbury tourney by outgunning Brooklyn College 89-62 as K. Reuter earned mvp with 30 pts(10-18fg, 6x9 3s) in 29'. Reuter had 26 second half points including 6x6 3s to help Lakers boost 39-24 first stanza lead. C. Burridge 12 pts, 8 rebs, 4 assts; all tourney S. Francois 14 rebs; T. Downing 5 pts(1x3fg) in 25'. Old Westbury over Husson 82-69 for third place

Geneseo bows 58-56 to Gettysburg in Gburg tourney championship. Comes from 28-23 halftime deficit to tie at 53 and then 56 on M. Hoy 2ft. All tourney S. Morton 20 pts(6x10fg, 7x8ft), 5 rebs, 6 assts; J. Howe 13 pts(6x10fg), 7 rebs, 4 assts; B. Simpson 12 pts(6x10fg). Bullets win on K. Kennedy 18 foot jumper at 0:12. Victors 20x38fg and 7x14 3s to Knights 2x14

Fredonia buries Cobleskill 71-26. Races to 37-3 halftime lead ........that's right, 37-3! Freds score game's first 17 points and take advantage of 20 first half Cskill trnvrs. K. Saunders 15 pts, S. Valenta 12 pts, B. Morse 10 pts, J. Bryant 9 rebs

Oneonta finishes third in Gordon (MA) tourney with 62-47 victory vs. Wesleyan (CT). M. Lane 16 pts(5x12fg), 5 reb, 3 stls in 35'; T. Talbot 10 pts(5x5fg) in 15' off bench; B. Beckford 10 rebs, 8 pt in 33'. OSt 22x50fg. Gordon upsets Wm Paterson in final 68-67 by striking for game's final 10 points -- game winning layup at 3.7 seconds

New Paltz nipped 62-61 by York (NY) in NP tourney consi double ot skirmish. York by 25-21 at half; tied at 49 through reg and at 57 thru first ot. No scoring in final 3:45 of reg; NP takes lead at 0:18 of first ot but squared at 0:04. York ft (second of two) wins at 0:05. Fr. S. Jenkins 12 pts, 4 rebs, 3 assts for Hawks; C. Cornine 11 pts, 15 rebs; J. Anderson 11 pts, 5 rebs. NP 21x77fg and outrebounded by 57-47

Brockport's C. Parrish all tourney at Hopkins tourney Nets 19 pts with 8 rebs in consi win. J. Clarke 11 pts, J. Johnson 11 pts, M. Wilkes 10 pts, 4 assts, 3 stls; E. Keys 10 pts, 7 rebs. Whitworth (WA) downs J Hopkins 70-60 for title, overcoming 31-30 JH lead at half

[thebear]

Potsdam put on a second half surge to pull away from cross town rival and defending Liberty League champion Clarkson by a final tally of 74-62 at Jerry Welsh Gymnasium.

Clarkson came back from 9 down to take a late first half lead before Potsdam tied it at 36 at intermission.

In the second half it was all Potsdam, and the Bears built a working lead by the 10 minute mark, and then threw in a 21-9 surge over the next seven minutes to build a lead that reached 18.

Damon Brown led Potsdam with 17 points, while fellow seniors Alvin Dike and Brandon Siskavich added 15 and 13 respectively.  Siskavich had the edge in play over Clarkson's Elson Pickering, who was held to nine points, and committed four turnovers.

Dike was selected tournament MVP, and Siskavich to the all-tournament team.  They were joined by Brian Salanger & Keth Murray of Clarkson, New Hartford native Michael Evans of Keystone, and point guard Joseph Collura of Paul Smiths.

Potsdam shot 58% for the game, and relied on drives and mid range jump shots as they made 2 of only 3 treys in the game.  Clarkson shot 43%, but a weak 2-11 from beyond the new arc.  Potsdam outrebounded Clarkson 32-23 led by Siskavich with 8, and promising first year Tom Kelso with 5 in 15 minutes.

Potsdam is on Thanksgiving break before resuming action on December 2 in a rematch with Clarkson at Alumni Gym.
The Bears then face a huge early SUNYAC matchup against contenders Geneseo & Brockport on December 5 & 6 at Jerry Welsh Gym.

[jdex]

Tuesday nc outings ....

Brockport at 1-1 home vs. 1-1 SJF
Fredonia takes 2-0 mark to 1-3 D'Youville
Cortland at 2-1 travels to 0-2 Elmira
Plattsburgh holds 1-1 log vs. incoming 2-1 Clarkson
New Paltz at 1-2 greets 1-1 Utica IT
Geneseo boasting 2-1 record in trip to 1-2 Hobart

[jdex]

Cortland sees Elmira come from 15 back in final 15' for 69-63 Soaring Eagles win in Elmira

Brockport falters at home in 86-76 loss to St. John Fisher

[jdex]

Cortland upset after holding 43-30 halftime lead and up 15 with 14:55 left. Elmira pulls even at 59 at 4:46, takes lead on J. Adamson layup at 3:49 and builds margin to six! RDragons 26x64fg, 3x23 3s, 8x16ft. Eagles 22x63fg but 20x29ft. Corts M. Lewis 19 pts(8x14fg), 6 reb, 5pf in 33'; P. Oliver 15 pts(6x7fg, 14 rebs, 4pf in 28'; J. Miolan 13 pts(5x12fg); R. Evans 6 pts(3x10fg, 0x6 3s); sr C. Niehoff 5 pts, 5pf in 34'. Eagles Adamson 18 pts(6x18fg), 14 rebs; B. DiPiazzo 18 pts(6x13fg). Corts 47-42 reb -- plenty of misses all around.

Brockport in 44-32 hole at half and tightens contest in second half. Port with 24 trnvrs accounting for 29 SJF points. Bport converts 15 Fisher turnovers into 20 marks. SJF 35x65fg. ...... Bport 39-27 board edge. J. Almeida 20 pts (6x10fg, 2x6 3s, 6x6ft) in 18' pace hosts, whose M. Wilkes 17 pts(8x17fg) in 34'; S. Harris 12 pts in 28'; B. Williams 0 pts in 7'; C. Parrish 5 pts(2x3fg), 6 rebs, 4pf in 21'. Port 29x54fg. SJF with five scoring in double figures led by O. Franklin 17 (6x11fg) in 30'

[jdex]

Plattsburgh nipped 59-58 by Clarkson whose E. Pickering winds up scoring at 1:36 on B. Linton assist. Pburgh takes 58-55 lead on E. Daniyan ft pair at 2:29. Linton narrows on Linton hoop at 2:21. Clarkson by 37-35 at half. Cards C. Ruiz 25 pts(10x13fg); Daniyan 19 pts(8x12fg); B. Mader 10 rebs, 4 assts. Pburgh 21x44fg, 1x3 3s, 15x24ft. Clarkson's Linton 18 pts(8x15fg); F. Llanos 14 pts(5x9fg). Green 23x48fg, 7x17 3s, 6x12ft

Geneseo over Hobart 61-53. Knights hold 32-25 lead at half. J. Howe 20 pts(9x15fg), 5 rebs; S. Morton 12 pts, 7 rebs; B. Simpson 11 pts(5x7fg); K. Stevens 10 rebs; M. Baker 6 assts

New Paltz beaten 97-85 by Utica IT. S. Taylor 17 pts(7x14) in loss; J. Anderson 15 pts; L. Bertram 14 pts; S. Jenkins 11 pts. IT by 48-42 at half. Uticans 36x64fg and led by D. Brown 27 pts, A. Edwards 25, D. Golembiowski 21. IT by as many as 19 in second half

Fredonia stops D'Youville 64-44, striking for game's opening 15 points en route to 32-19 halftime advantage. K. Saunders 14 pts, 5 rebs; W. Davis 9 assts

[jdex]

Unbeaten Fredonia tonight makes run at third straight with home date vs. 2-3 Pitt-Bradford

Conference gets underway Tuesday and several good early matchups on the agenda including Oswego at Geneseo out of the gate. DaBear on Empire 8 top of page 391 lists others. Agree Geneseo leading horse on early nc returns

Being rabid Cortland fan we concur (with Bear's E8 post) RDragons solidifying of pg appears to be a must. Loss of handlers Fish and Schaller proving bigger then expected, we fear. Span well aware of hole going into the season but figured vets like Coston, Niehoff, Miolan could handle by committee. Now Cortlands appear to be searching .....

[jdex]

Fredonia improves to 5-1 by downing Pitt-Bradford 84-79 at home. Devils decide it with 35x54ft shooting to PB 12x25. Freds by 35-33 at half and lead by 12 in second period. Margin two at 0:07. Pull 24x60fg trigger. K. Mitchell 17 pts(11x16ft); S. Valenta 16 pts, 11 rebs; K. Saunders 13 pts(11x12ft), 3 stls; B. Cooper 12 pts, 3 stls; B. Morse 11 pts; J. Bryant 11 rebs. PB 2-4

[Caz Bombers]

Is Fredonia good now?  When did that happen?

[jdex]

Tuesday docket has three conference openers:

Oswego at Geneseo
Cortland at Oneonta
New Paltz at Morrisville

A pair of north country NC:

Potsdam at Clarkson
Plattsburgh at St. Lawrence