MBB: State University of New York Athletic Conference

[jdex]

Potsdam tumbles 75-66 to Montclair in Orlando's ECAC Fest. Bears 5-4, Montclair 8-3. Pdam trails 34-27 at break. Watches NJites bang down 11ax20 3s while hitting 4x17 itself. Bears 26x63fg, 10x11ft to Montclair 29x60fg, 6x8ft and 20 assts. D. Brown 19 pts(7x15fg, 3x6 3s), 8 rebs in 32'; A. Dike 16 pts(7x12fg), 5 rebs, 3 assts, 2 stls in 33'

[jdex]

Brockport takes first round 78-52 win over Immaculata, Pa  in DeSales, Pa tourney. Eagles take on 9-0 DeSales Sunday. DeSales 86-53 over John Jay. Bport extends 30-21 halftime lead and features J. Almeida 22 pts(7x11fg, 3x4 3s), 6 reb in 17'; M. Wilkes 13 pts; E. Keys 10 pts, 12 rebs; J. Clarke 10 pts. Hit 25x57fg. Bports 2-4

Buffalo State goes under vs. Widener 87-71 in BS tourney title fray. Widener by 39-38 at half and builds to double figures 5' into final half. Bengals twice within nine thereafter. All tourney J. Gray 24 pts; A. Speed 13 pts, 5 rebs; A. Samedi 11 pts; all tourney AJ White 10 pts. BS 29x63fg, 21 trnvrs vs. 9-3 Widener. BS 1-7. St. Lawrence takes consi 90-79 over Heidelberg

Cortland 2OT disappointment vs. Roanoke soothed by R. Evans 22 pts(7x12fg, 6x10 3s) in 35'. All tourney M. Lewis 20 pts(8x13fg), 15 rebs, 5pf in 46'; all tourney P. Oliver 11 pts, 13 rebs; fr pg N. Sutedjo 4 assts in 14'. Then there's  C. Niehoff 3x15fg, 0x6 3s, 8 pts, 3 rebs in 36'. CSt hurt by 17x31ft to hosts 21x27ft. Corts 56-34 reb margin; 28x69fg, 9x25 3s, 22 trnvrs. Greensboro 92-52 consi over PS-Abington

[jdex]

Plattsburgh bows 66-52 to Scranton in Scranton tourney opening round. Burg vs. Shenendoah, Va in Sunday consi. Richard Stockton over Shens 74-57

[magicman]

Plattsburgh St. falls to Shenandoah 63-39 in the consolation game of the Radisson Invitational at Scranton. Cardinals fall to 3-6 and face a tough Middlebury team on Tuesday.

[magicman]

Brockport State downs undefeated Desales 61-49. Desales, the #25th ranked team is D3 Hoops top 25 poll, falls to 9-1. Big win for the Port. Scooterman will be happy down in the sunshine state. Bport improves to 3-4.

[magicman]

Oneonta travels to Utica and comes away with a 77-71 win. Red Dragons improve to 8-3. UC drops to 3-4.

Oneonta next at undefeated NYU on Tuesday. With Brockport knocking Desales from the unbeaten ranks today, can Oneonta do the same at NYU? Oneonta dropped  a 2 pt OT decison to unbeaten Ithaca earlier and NYU won a hard fought decision over New Paltz 73-68 eariler this week. The SUNYAC might strike again. NYU could get some votes in the next Top 25 poll so this could be an interesting regional matchup. 

Utica also gets to take on an unbeaten opponent on Tuesday as they travel to Ithaca. Bombers should win by 9.

[jdex]

Oneonta bumps off UC on 27x54fg, 21x29ft shooting. R. Morin 15 pts(7x11fg) in 31'; M. Lane 13 pts(6x12fg), 5 rebs; B. Beckford 12 pts(6x11fg), 11 rebs; T. Talbot 10 pts. D. Herring 22 pts for UC which trails 33-32 at half and briefly leads in second half. Otherwise it's OSt by as many as nine. UC 25x63fg, 18x23ft in falling to 3-3 while OSt. stock rises to 8-3 with a Tuesday date vs. NYU and plenty of road dates (like 9 of next 11 games)

Plattsburgh mighty flat vs. 4-8 Shenendoah, Va whose Hornets sting the Burg with 14x24fg in first half enroute to 38-21 lead. Cards finish just 13x57fg, 1x16 3s. B. Mader 13 pts(5x13fg), 15 rebs; E. Daniyon 11 pts(4x7fg; C. Ruiz 4 pts(1x10fg, 1x7 3s) in 18'.  In title go Richard Stockton 77, Scranton 62

[jdex]

Brockport pg I. Mack mvp in DeSales trimming. Has 10 pts, 6 assts, 2 stls; all tourney E. Keys 13 pts, 6 rebs; J. Almeida 13 pts, 6 rebs; J. Clarke 6 rebs; M. Wilkes 11 pts. Ports down 30-28 at half, hits 24x55fg, 6x18 3s, 7x10ft

[scooterman]

Congrats to my beloved Eagles--Hopefully this is the start of their resurgence to the SUNYAC elite!!!They needed a big win at DeSales and this should push them in the right direction for a strong second semester. Did not see C. Parrish in the lineup either night. Doesn't look like it effected them. Good luck and keep it going. Magic keep me informed--The golfing is taking away from my b-ball time!!

[jdex]

Yeah, Scooterman, ain't it tough! Got in 18 today at Legacy near Bradenton. Conditions somewhat better than CNY; actually a lot better. Sorry 'bout that

[jdex]

Geneseo eludes Pitt-Bradford 83-81 on B. Simpson 2ft at 0:59. S. Morton leads rally from 78-71 deficit and finishes with 27 pts(13x20fg), 7 reb, 3 assts in 31'. K. Stevens 14 pts(5x9fg, 2x4 3s), 10 rebs; M. Hoy 10 pts(4x8fg); J. Howe 10 pts(4x7fg); M. Baker 7 assts. Knights 35x62fg, 6x14 3s and lead 46-44 at half. PB 4-4

[magicman]

Congrats to my beloved Eagles--Hopefully this is the start of their resurgence to the SUNYAC elite!!!They needed a big win at DeSales and this should push them in the right direction for a strong second semester. Did not see C. Parrish in the lineup either night. Doesn't look like it effected them. Good luck and keep it going. Magic keep me informed--The golfing is taking away from my b-ball time!!

Go ahead rub it in about the golfing. I even gave you a karma point to get you out of the negative ranks. And I'm not sure about the golfing taking away from your b-ball time, I think it might be the poor start your Eagles got off to this year kind of dimmed your enthusiasm.  That and no big Plattsburgh-Brockport battle for SUNYAC supremacy to keep you focused.

[magicman]

Some tough non-conference matchups tonight for the SUNYAC teams.

Middlebury at Plattsburgh St. 8PM  Middlebury looking to avenge last years loss to the Cardinals when Cards came back from 20+ point deficit in 2nd half to beat the Panthers in Middlebury. This year both teams have beat Norwich and Johnson St. and lost to St. Lawrence. Middlebury handed #13 Richard Stockton their only loss. Cardinals, a young team, has had trouble come crunch time. Foul shooting woes and turnovers continue to plague them.  Think the Panthers win this one 73-65.

Oneonta at #32 NYU 7PM  Oneonta takes on their 2nd undefeated team and hopes the outcome is different than the last time. Had Ithaca on the ropes and missed that huge foul shot that would have tumbled the Bombers from the unbeaten ranks. Will they fare any better this time out? I hope they do, but on the road I think they lose a tight one 69-65

Clarkson at Cortland St. 6PM  Clarkson is a scrappy team that doesn't give up and hustles all over the court. But tough loss to Uof R last night and traveling down to Cortland today may be to much to overcome. Red Dragons off to a disappointing start at 4-4 but I think they get the job done 67-61.
 
Keene St. at New Paltz St. 7PM  Hard game to predict but Keene has played some good teams and is averaging 86 pts a game. Fared better against Williams than the Hawks did. Edge to the Owls 81-74 

Hobart at Buffalo St. 8PM  Both teams struggling with Buff St. finally breaking into the win column last weekend. Bengals have lost 4 games by a total of 10 pts, including 1 pt loss at Oneonta. Hobart hung with Fisher and Potsdam St. losing to each by 2. Bengals win #2 71-68.

St. Lawrence at Oswego St. 8PM St Lawrence is averaging 86 pts a game and  Oswego is rolling up 92 ppg. However the Lakers have been pounding the Cantons and Morrisvilles while losing to Geneseo and Naz. The Saints own wins over Middlebury, Potsdam and Plattsburgh. 2 of their 3 losses have come against ranked teams and as "the bear" said "don't see a huge gap between SLU and Ithaca". The Saints take this one 92-84.

Hope I'm right on the SUNYAC teams I picked to win. Hope I'm wrong on the ones I didn't.
Audio links available for the Oneonta-NYU and New Paltz-Keene St. games off the D3 Hoops scoreboard page. Wish they had one for Oswego-SLU as well.

[jdex]

Cortland for the second time in four days beaten in double OT --- tonight at home by Clarkson 55-54!! Virtually same CSt squad routed Knights a year ago in Potsdam. Hard times for 4-5 RDragons

[jdex]

This had to be a tough watch! Cortland scores game's first five points before Clarkson connects nearly five minutes into play. Corts advantage most of first half which ends 23 all. CSt by as many as seven in second half and has 41-39 lead with 3:30 left in reg. Regulation ends 41-41 on B. Linton hoop at 0:04. Corts also lead most of first OT. Clarkson extends on Linton two ft at 0:07. Second OT stands  54-54 at 2:12 -- E. Pickering delivers gamer at 1:13 on second of two ft. Then CSt has turnover and R. Evans steal, but two shots fail. Excitement galore!!

Corts 19x65fg, 4x13 3s, 12x23ft. Knights 20x61fg, 1x15 3s, 14x17ft. Evans 17 pts(7x14fg, 3x6 3s) in 42'; C. Niehoff 13 pts(2x8fg, 8x10ft) in 38'; M. Lewis 9 pts, 9 rebs in 36'; W. Coston 3x16fg, 7 reb in 44'. Clarkson gets 12 pts(4x13fg) from Linton; G. Koduah 11 pts, 12 rebs; K. Murry 11 rebs; Pickering 1x10fg. Corts 4-5, Knights 8-2 on heels of close Monday loss to Rochester