MBB: State University of New York Athletic Conference

[jdex]

Geneseo goes to head of the class with splurge at Oswego. Gens 44-30 at half. S. Morton 21 pts, 6 assts, 2 blks; B. Simpson 20 pts, 18 rebs

Cortland and Oneonta in nip and tuck affair in final regular season home date for CSt. Pulls away in waning moments. All hands aboard for most part. W. Coston 15 pts(6x10fg), 6 assts, 5 stls; J. Miolen 12 pts; P. Oliver 12 pts, 8 rebs; R. Evans 12 pts(3x5fg, 2x2 3s); M. Lewis 10 pts, 7 rebs; C. Niehoff 5 pts(1x14fg) in 38'. OSt's M. Lane 17 pts(8x15fg); M. Grimes 11 pts, 8 rebs; B. Beckford 11 pts, 8 rebs; S. Gillette 10 pts

Buffalo St. up 39-36 at half in Bport. Bengals by 67-65 at 2:49. A. Speed 26 pts(9x16fg), 16 rebs; J. Gray 13 pts; A. Samedi 12 pts. BS 26x52fg, 20x30ft, 2x5 3s. Bport's M. Wilkes 15 pts; J. Clarke 11 pts; S. Harris 10 pts; I. Mack 5 assts. Hits 23x67fg, 5x19 3s, 14x20ft

Potsdam  downs Morrisville as T. Kelso goes for 16 pts(8x9fg), 9 rebs; A. Dike 14 pts; starter S. Schwartz 12 pts(4x9 3s) in 28'; S. Clement 10 pts(4x6fg, 2x4 3s); D. Brown 5 assts, 2 pts(1x5fg) in 26'. No Siskavich. Mville's E. Wilson 14 pts

Fredonia falls to 8-13 Houghton, trailing 31-25 at half. Freds 19x52fg to Hough's 15x28fg but 26x38ft to Devils 13x15ft. J. Bryant 16 pts(6x8fg), 5pf in 38'; W. Davis 11 pts; K. Saunders 11 pts

Gens 9-3, One 9-4, Osw 9-4, Corts 8-4, BS 8-4, Pdam 7-5, Freds 7-6, NP 4-7, Platts 4-9, Bport 3-9, Mville 0-13

[magicman]

Potsdam-Morrisville game had an interesting statistic. Only 1 player from each team went to the free throw line in the entire game. Morrisville's J. McCants was 1 of 2 and Potsdam's A. Dike was 4 of 8. Total fouls called in the game were 7 against the Mustangs and 6 against the Bears. I guess the refs let em play. Don't think I've ever seen a game where only 2 players out of 20 had a ft attempt.

[thebear]

Refs did let them play, only called obvious stuff.  Game was over by 9:20. refreshing.   One of crew from magicman's home turf.

Siskavich & Lothridge both mobile, but on the bench in sweats.  Dobbs inserted Schwartz to replace Siskavich outisde threat & he responded with 4 1st half treys before cooling down.  Clement picked up the second half load from outside.

D. Brown obviously ailing, spent much time on the bench in heavy sweats with a towel on his head.  His one basket was a breakway steal and thunderous dunk in transition.

Potsdam up by 12 in the first half before M'ville run cut to 4.  Bears extended to +20 in the second half before Dobbs emptied what passed for the bench with 7' left.

Bears have won three straight heading into Rochester trip this weekend. 

Geneseo pounding of Oswego a wakeup call, particularly coming at Laker Hall.  Knights may be peaking at just the right time.

[magicman]

Refs did let them play, only called obvious stuff.  Game was over by 9:20. refreshing.   One of crew from magicman's home turf.

That would explain the speed of the game and let em play theme. T. L.(I'm guessing) had to drive back to the Burgh

[jdex]

Brockport hammers Potsdam 85-53. M. Wilkes 23 pts; J. Johnson 11 pts; A. Marchant 11 pts. Pdam's D. Brown 18 pts; B. Siskavich 10 pts; S. Clement 10 pts

Buffalo St. gets past Cortland 76-66. Corts by 36-33 at half. Bengals quick second half reversal. Three point game at 0:39. AJ White points allow BS breathing room. J. Gray 18 pts(7x14fg); A. Speed 11 pts, 12 rebs; J. Tyndal 17 pts(7x13fg); White 15 pts(4x5fg, 7x10ft). BS 27x54fg, 21x32ft. CSt 26x65fg. C. Niehoff 16 pts(6x18fg); J. Miolen 15 pts(5x9fg); P. Oliver 14 pts(7x13g); M. Lewis 11 rebs

Oneonta belts Morrisville 75-40. Leads 36-12 at half. R. Morin 21 pts(9x12fg) in 23'. Twelve RDragons score. Go 31x62fg. Mville 13x58fg. K. Gordon 9 pts(3x11fg); E. Wilson 9 pts(2x10fg). Stangs 1x20 3s

[jdex]

Geneseo downs Plattsburgh 78-73. Knights in 36-30 halftime edge. Burgh within one at 1:31. Free throws by S. Morton lead to clinch. Gens 28x52fg. K. Stevens 19 pts(7x10fg, 3x5 3s), 8 rebs; J. Blair 14 pts(6x9fg); Morton 12 pts(3x8fg), 4 assts, 4 stls, 4pf in 29'; B. Simpspn 11 pts, 6 assts; J. Howe 12 pts. Cards C. Ruiz 22 pts(7x17fg), 5 stls; B. Mader 20 pts(8x11fg); E. Daniyan 13 pts, 9 rebs. Pburgh 25x60fg

[jdex]

Oswego sinks New Paltz 66-62. T. Downing nets 28 pts(4x7 3s). NP's C. Cornine 23 pts, 9 rebs

[scooterman]

Magic--Give me the scenario for the Eagles to make the SUNYAC playoffs--They have 4 wins with New Paltz and Plattsburgh. Thanks Scooter needs some help

[magicman]

Geneseo over visiting Potsdam 90-77

Host Buffalo St. hands New Paltz 9th straight loss 80-65

Morrisville St. travels to Cazenovia and wins 83-80 in OT

 

[magicman]

Magic--Give me the scenario for the Eagles to make the SUNYAC playoffs--They have 4 wins with New Paltz and Plattsburgh. Thanks Scooter needs some help

Scooter,

Plattsburgh has 10 losses with 2 games to play. I believe they will win both of those games, on the road against Morrisville and New Paltz to end up at 6-10 in the YAC. New Paltz and Brockport both have 9 losses with 3 games to play. New Paltz travels to Oneonta on Tuesday and finishes at home against Potsdam, then Plattsburgh. I think they lose all 3 games and wind up 4-12. Your Eagles travel to Morrisville on Tuesday a game they will surely win, and finish by hosting Cortland, then Geneseo. Tough 2 game finale. If the Cards win their final 2 games, your Eagles will have to win all 3 of their games to finish 7-9. If they win 2 of 3 they end up tied with Plattsburgh at 6-10 and lose the tiebreaker to the Cards by virtue of that 99-92 OT loss to the Cards back on December 5th.

The other scenario is New Paltz beats Plattsburgh.  They would both end up 5-11 and then Brockport would only have to win 2 of their final 3 games to end up 6-10 and claim the final playoff spot. If Brockport only wins 1 of their final 3 they also end up at 5-11. With a 3 way tie and teams beating each other(New Paltz and Plattsburgh will have split , Brockport beat New Paltz, and Plattsburgh beat Brockport), I think they go to how the 3 tied teams did against the top teams in the conference. Not sure of that however. Bear or jdex will probably have to help me out if that happens. I, of course am hoping for my initial scenario to play out.  

[magicman]

Oswego St. takes care of visiting Oneonta 107-95.

[magicman]

Conference standings with 1 week to go.

1   Geneseo    11-3      2-20 at Fredonia    2-21 at Brockport
2   Oswego     11-4      2-20 vs Buff St
3   Buffalo St   10-4      2-17 vs Fredonia     2-20 at Oswego
4   Oneonta    10-5      2-17 vs New Paltz
5   Cortland     8-5       2-17 at Potsdam  2-20 at Brockport 2-21 at Fredonia
6   Fredonia     7-6       2-17 at Buff St.   2-20 vs Geneseo  2-21 vs Cortland
7   Potsdam     7-7       2-17 vs Cortland  2-20 at New Paltz
8   Brockport    4-9       2-17 at Morrisville  2-20 vs Cortland  2-21 vs Geneseo
9   New Paltz   4-9       2-17 at Oneonta  2-20 vs Potsdam  2-21 vs Plattsburgh
10 Plattsburgh 4-10     2-20 at Morrisville  2-21 at New Paltz
11 Morrisville    0-14     2-17 vs Brockport  2-20 Vs Plattsburgh

Interesting observation. Probably won't happen, but because of who plays who,  current top 5 teams could all end up with 11-5 records.

Geneseo obviously in driver's seat, but if they go 1-1 and Buff St wins last 2 the Bengals would claim top spot by virtue of win against Geneseo earlier.  Oswego's only chance is to beat Buff St. and hope Geneseo loses both remainig games, then Lakers claim with only 4 losses. Geneseo's 2 wins over Oswego gives them the advantage if they both end up 12-4 .  No other team can come in 1st place.

[jdex]

Oswego in front 45-35 at half and builds lead to 20 early in second half. Oneonta within eight at 3:10, then fades. Lakers 32x56fg, 10x21 3s, 33x38ft. K. Reuter 38 pts(10x16fg, 5x8 3s, 13x13ft) in 38'. Oneonta 35x70fg. B. Beckford 24 pts(9x13fg)

Geneseo chases Potsdam 40-38 at half. Tight second half till Gens extend to double figures about 5' from end. Knights 29x57fg, 8x17 3s, 24x30ft. S. Morton 28 pts(8x16fg), 10 assts, 8 rebs, 3 stls; K. Stevens 21 pts(6x8fg). Bears 28x61fg, 12x12ft, 9x18 3s. D. Brown 26 pts(10x17fg, 4x8 3s) 3 assts

Buffalo St. holds 35-26 margin at half vs. New Paltz.  Bengals 28x58fg. A. Speed 16 pts(6x10fg), 6 rebs; J. Gray 14 pts, 4pf in 23'; N. Simmons 11 pts; J. Tyndal 6 assts. NP H. Wichard 21 pts(8x15fg; M. Hauser 16 pts(10x15ft)

Morrisville up 31-29 at half vs. Cazenovia. Squared at 70 thru reg, Mville with slim edge most of OT and clinches on E. Wilson late charity flips. Caz misses '3' at end. Stangs 33x92fg. E. Wilson 24 pts(8x18fg); J. McCants 23 pts(10x25fg)

[magicman]

Cortland travels north to Potsdam and falls to the Bears 68-61. Brandon Siskavich hits 2 free throws with 37 seconds left to put the bears up 64-61. Cortland misses a 3 with 12 secs left, grabs the rebound and takes a time out. Red Dragons called for a 5 second violation on the in bounds pass after the time out and Potsdam's Damon Brown fouled and hits 2 more ft's to extend lead to 66-61. Cortland turns it over again and intentionally fouls Siskavich with 2 secs left. He hits both to make the final score 68-61. 

Bears were led by Damon Brown with 16 pts, Siskavich with 10 and Tom Kelso with 10. Red Dragons paced by Juan Miolan with 16 and Dan Evans with 15. Bears were 17-19 from the line which proved to be the deciding factor. Game was close throughout with Cortland opening up a 19-10 early lead and Bears coming back to be down 4 at the break. Never more than a 5 pt lead from then on until the final score. Bears improve to 8-7 with game at New Paltz Friday. Cortland falls to 8-6 and probably loses any chance of a home playoff game. Red Dragons travel to Brockport then New Paltz this weekend.   

[jdex]

Fredonia 82, Buffalo St. 62
Brockport 84, Morrisville 76