MBB: State University of New York Athletic Conference

[jdex]

Geneseo 65, Oswego 64
Oneonta 66, Cortland 59
Clarkson 64, Potsdam 56
St. Lawrence 82, Plattsburgh 71

Cortland down 37-24 at half at OSt. R. Morin 13 pts paces balanced host showing. OSt 24x55fg. Corts 26x59fg led by C. Niehoff 19 pts(8x15fg). M. Lewis 13  pts

Potsdam drops first to vengeful Golden Eagles. Potsdam down big early, rallies to six down. D. Brown 20 pts, 7 rebs; fr T. Kelso 14 pts(7x11fg), 7 rebs

[jdex]

New Paltz 83, Morrisville 53. Hawks by 37-20 at intermission and led by J. Anderson 21 pts(9x14fg) in 26'; L. Bertam 15 pts(7x11fg); C. Cornine 9 rebs. D. Coleman 12 pts(6x11fg) in 22' for Mville

Geneseo wins on S. Morton hoop at the buzzer to overcome 79-71 deficit with 3:05 left. Morton scores 14 over final 6' and despite foul woes finishes with 32 pts(10x13fg, 2x3 3s), 10x12ft, 8 rebs, 4 assts, 3 stls. J. Howe 17 pts, 8 rebs; B. Simpson 13 pts; K. Stevens 12 prts, 10 rebs. Oswego's T. Downing hoop at 0:03 provides edge before Morton heroics. Downing 26 pts; K. Reuter 20 pts

Plattsburgh bows despite C. Ruiz 22 pts(10x22fg); E. DEaniyan 9 pts, 15 rebs. Down 35-34 at half and St. Lawrence maintains edge through second half. Larries T. Wopperer 36 pts (including 1,000 career pt), 9 3s; J. Sharlow 16 assts. Pburgh 31x67fg

[Gregory Sager]

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.

Sikma isn't an all-time D3 great, Bear. He played for Illinois Wesleyan back when it was an NAIA school. Same with Terry Porter at UWSP.

[Razor]

If there was any doubt who the best player in the SUNYAC is this year (and possibly the region), I think that it was erased last night in Geneseo.  Scott Morton scored 32 pts. in 24 minutes of play and had 16 of those over the final 7 minutes with his team trailing by 6pts when he re-entered the game because of foul trouble.  The game itself, has got to be one of the best I've ever seen at the D3 level and had 3 lead changes in the final 7 seconds of regulation including a miracle no-look shot by Morton at the buzzer that won the game for Geneseo.  The shot is featured on ESPN's sportscenter as the #1 play of the night and I have posted a link for the video below.  Great battle between to very well-coached programs and 2 great players in Morton and Tommy Downing.  If Geneseo can develop some consistent scoring from others besides Morton and Howe this could be a special year for them.

http://www.13wham.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=202698@video.wokr13.com&navCatId=26

[owen]

Just saw the clip. WOW!  Great stuff. Thanks for the link.

[cstate19]

That is an unreal shot.

[with age came?]

I concur that was an amazing clip!!   Thanks for the link.  SUNYAC has some entertaining teams this year with surprises in both directions (Cortland    Fredonia   Oneonta)   Should be a very interesting year with out a real monster like Plattsburgh was last year.

[cstate19]

Anyone have any theories onto why Cortland is off to such a poor start?

[shaq oneil rulez]

Keep New Paltz on the radar this weekend.  They are young but talented, which can always lead to surprises...

[thebear]

Anyone have any theories onto why Cortland is off to such a poor start?

The key to this puzzle is the emergence of a point guard to bring the ball up against pressure, and to provide solid, annoying on ball defense.  The other four spots are solid, Lewis & Oliver are a formidable inside presence, Coston is an athletic marvel, and Niehoff is a great shooter, and solid all-around player.

They need someone to emerge who can play in your face defense on tough point & combo guards, and run Cortland's complicated sets, a la princeton.

[Gregory Sager]

If there was any doubt who the best player in the SUNYAC is this year (and possibly the region), I think that it was erased last night in Geneseo.  Scott Morton scored 32 pts. in 24 minutes of play and had 16 of those over the final 7 minutes with his team trailing by 6pts when he re-entered the game because of foul trouble.  The game itself, has got to be one of the best I've ever seen at the D3 level and had 3 lead changes in the final 7 seconds of regulation including a miracle no-look shot by Morton at the buzzer that won the game for Geneseo.  The shot is featured on ESPN's sportscenter as the #1 play of the night and I have posted a link for the video below.  Great battle between to very well-coached programs and 2 great players in Morton and Tommy Downing.  If Geneseo can develop some consistent scoring from others besides Morton and Howe this could be a special year for them.

http://www.13wham.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=202698@video.wokr13.com&navCatId=26

Actually, you needn't have linked to another site to show Morton's shot. The entire ESPN interview with Morton, which featured several renditions of the final seven seconds of the game, was linked from the front page of d3hoops.com. The link's still there, in fact, at the bottom of the page. And I'm pretty sure that this site actually had the interview linked before anyone else did.

Moral of the story? Anything you want to see or know about D3 basketball is available right here on this site!

Amazing shot and finish to that game, by the way.

[cstate19]

Anyone have any theories onto why Cortland is off to such a poor start?

The key to this puzzle is the emergence of a point guard to bring the ball up against pressure, and to provide solid, annoying on ball defense.  The other four spots are solid, Lewis & Oliver are a formidable inside presence, Coston is an athletic marvel, and Niehoff is a great shooter, and solid all-around player.

They need someone to emerge who can play in your face defense on tough point & combo guards, and run Cortland's complicated sets, a la princeton.

There is some talk that Span cut the point guard that could do that.  I am sure he thinks that Coston can translate his athletic talents into the Defensive pressure as he is playing him at the 1.

[jdex]

Potsdam 60, Geneseo 55

Oneonta clips Buffalo St. 73-72 at OSt. BS by 34-33 at half. RDragons take lead with 11' left. Extend edge to seven and survive Bengals push at wire. Buff's J. Gray caps team-leading 17 pt (6x19fg) with trey at 0:36 to finish game's scoring. BS has four scoring double figures as does OSt, whose M. Grimes nets 21 pts(8x14fg) with 7 rebs; M. Lane 10 rebs; R. Morin 19 pts(8x12fg)

Brockport and Plattsburgh go to OT tied at 83

[jdex]

Cortland 68, Morrisville 39

Fredonia over New Paltz 68-63. Freds by 36-27 at half. B. Cooper 19 pts. NP gets 26 pts from S. Taylor

Plattsburgh at home about to deal Brockport an ot setback

[jdex]

Plattsburgh slips past Brockport 99-92 in ot led by C. Ruiz' 41 pts(14x26fg, 3x7 3s, 10x13ft), 12 rebs in 43'. Cards assume 45-37 halftime lead on 19x37fg (5x10 3s). Eagles lead by as many as five in second half. Pburgh up 60-58 on Ruiz hoop at 12:19 and hold off Bport till J. Almeida bucket at 3:57 completes reg pointmaking. Eagles miss at buzzer. See-saw early in ot. Cards get lead for good on D. Tangney jumper at 3:46 of ot. Bport's Almeida with 20 pts(8x16fg, 4x9 3s); M. Wilkes 20 pts(8x22fg). No C. Parrish